Designates the following specified lands as wilderness areas for inclusion in the National Wildlife Refuge System: (1) Chamisso National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, (2) Izembek National Wildlife Range, Alaska, (3) Simeonof National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, (4) Farallon National Wildlife Refuge, California, (5) National Key Deer Refuge, Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge, and Key West National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, (6) Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, (provides that nothing in this Act shall prohibit the established uses of the navigable waters of the Chassahowitzka Wilderness of motorboats, commercial fishing, and guiding activities which are compatible with primary refuge objectives), (7) Saint Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, (8) Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, (provides that nothing in this Act shall be deemed to prohibit the construction and maintenance of the proposed underground electric power transmission line in this area), (9) Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, (10) Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, (11) Breton National Wildlife Refuge, Louisiana, (12) Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge, Maine, (13) Brigantine National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey, (14) Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, (15) Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota, (16) Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota, (17) West Sister Island National Wildlife Refuge, Ohio, (provides that this Act shall not preclude continued essential maintenance of the lighthouse as a navigational aid and as a historical structure), (18) Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, Oregon, (19) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon, (20) Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina, and (21) Matia Island and San Juan National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, (provides that nothing in this Act shall prohibit the establishment and maintenance of Aids to Maritime Navigation by the United States Coast Guard on those islands).
Designates the following specified lands as wilderness areas for inclusion in the National Forest System: (1);Blue Range Primitive Area, in the Apache National Forest, Arizona and New Mexico, (2) Agua Tibia Primitive Area, in the Cleveland National Forest, California, (3) Emigrant Basin Primitive Area, in the Stanislaus National Forest, California, (4) Gore Range-Eagles Nest Primitive Area, in the Arapaho and White River National Forests, Colorado, (5) Flat Tops Primitive Area, in the Routt and White River National Forests, Colorado, (6) San Juan and Upper Rio Grande Primitive Areas, in the Rio Grande and San Juan National Forests, Colorado, (7) Mission Mountains Primitive Area, in the Flathead National Forest, Montana, (8) Spanish Peaks Primitive Area, in the Gallatin National Forest, Montana, (9) Aldo Leopold Primitive Area, in the Gila National Forest, New Mexico, (10) High Uintas Primitive Area, in the Ashley and Wasatch National Forests, Utah, and (11) Glacier Primitive Area, in the Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming. (Amends 16 U.S.C. 1132(c))
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
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