To designate certain National Forest System lands in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes.
Provides that designation of the Wilderness shall not be construed to prevent within the area's boundaries: (1) installation and maintenance of hydrologic, meteorological, climatological, or atmospheric data collection and transmission facilities essential to the scientific research purposes of the Luquillo Experimental Forest if the scale and scope of facility development are not detrimental to the area's wilderness characteristics; (2) construction and maintenance of nesting structures, observation blinds, and population monitoring platforms for threatened and endangered species; or (3) construction and maintenance of trails to such facilities as necessary for research purposes and the recovery of such species.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health Discharged.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 107-409.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 107-409.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 244.
Mr. Hansen asked unanimous consent to consider in the House.
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR 11/14/2002 H8880-8881; text of measure as reported in House: CR 11/14/2002 H8880)
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
On passage Passed without objection.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate.
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