Designates specified lands in the Los Padres and the Angeles National Forests, California, as the Sespe, Matilija, San Rafael, Garcia, Chumash, Ventana, and Silver Peak Wilderness Areas, which shall be components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to rename a specified trail the Gene Marshall-Piedra Blanca National Recreation Trail.
Designates a specified area within the Silver Peak Wilderness as the Nathaniel Owings Redwood Grove.
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) take necessary actions for fire prevention and watershed protection in such areas; and (2) manage activities that maintain and restore fish and wildlife populations and their habitats (including the California condor) inside them.
Reserves Federal water rights for wilderness areas designated by this Act.
Releases all non-designated wilderness areas in the Los Padres National Forest from further statewide roadless area review and evaluation for purposes of determining their suitability for inclusion in the System.
Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Sespe Creek and the Sisquoc and Big Sur Rivers, California, as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
Designates segments of the Piru, Matilija, Lopez, and Sespe Creeks and the Little Sur River, California, as potential additions to the System.
Authorizes, under certain conditions: (1) Pittsburg, California, to use specified land for a fire station, another public purpose, or to transfer such land to another governmental entity; and (2) Merced County, California, to use specified land for an elementary school. (Currently, the city and county are restricted to using such lands for a public park and recreation area.)
Authorizes appropriations.
Considered under suspension of the rules.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported in lieu of S. 1225 without amendment favorably.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Johnston without amendment. With written report No. 102-291. Additional views filed.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Johnston without amendment. With written report No. 102-291. Additional views filed.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 475.
Enacted as Public Law 102-301
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Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 102-301.
Became Public Law No: 102-301.