The bill designates approximately of wilderness in five BLM Wilderness Study Areas near Fort Irwin as well as portions of Death Valley National Park (90,000 acres/140 sq mi/360 km2) and the San Bernardino National Forest (4,300 acres/6.7 sq mi/17 km2). It releases approximately in the Cady and Soda Mountains that were designated wilderness study areas in the 1994 California Desert Protection Act, thereby allowing vehicular access to these areas.