; Public Law 103–433 ) is amended by striking 1 and 2, and titles I through IX and inserting 1, 2, and 3, titles I through IX, and titles XIII through XVIII . (b) Definitions The California Desert Protection Act of 1994 ( Public Law 103–433 ; 108 Stat. 4481) is amended by inserting after section 2 the following: 3. Definitions In titles XIII through XVIII: (1) Conservation area The term Conservation Area means the California Desert Conservation Area. (2) Secretary The term Secretary means— (A) with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of the Interior; and (B) with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Agriculture. (3) State The term State means the State of California. . (c) Administration of wilderness areas Section 103 of the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 ( Public Law 103–433 ; 108 Stat. 4481) is amended— (1) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following: (d) No buffer zones (1) In general Congress does not intend for the designation of wilderness areas by this Act— (A) to require the additional regulation of land adjacent to the wilderness areas; or (B) to lead to the creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones around the wilderness areas. (2) Nonwilderness activities Any nonwilderness activities (including renewable energy projects, energy transmission or telecommunications projects, mining, camping, hunting, and military activities) in areas immediately adjacent to the boundary of a wilderness area designated by this Act shall not be restricted or precluded by this Act, regardless of any actual or perceived negative impacts of the nonwilderness activities on the wilderness area, including any potential indirect impacts of nonwilderness activities conducted outside the designated wilderness area on the viewshed, ambient noise level, or air quality of wilderness area.