A bill to further the purposes of the Wilderness Act by designating certain acquired lands for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System, to provide for study of certain additional lands for such inclusion.
Eastern Wilderness Areas Act - Designates specified lands in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System.
Provides for a study of specified additional lands in nine States for such inclusion. Provides for the filing of maps and descriptions, the management of wilderness areas, and the transfer of Federal property where necessary pursuant to this Act.
Authorizes to be appropriated up to $5,000,000 for the acquisition of land and $1,700,000 for purposes of conducting the review of wilderness study areas designated by this Act.
Measure laid on table in House, S. 3433 passed in lieu.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.
Reported to Senate from the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, S. Rept. 93-803.
Reported to Senate from the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, S. Rept. 93-803.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Measure passed Senate, amended.
Measure passed Senate, amended.
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs discharged in House.
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs discharged in House.
Passed/agreed to in House: Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 13455.
Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 13455.
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to House amendments.
Enacted as Public Law 93-622
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Senate agreed to House amendments.
Measure presented to President.
Measure presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Public law 93-622.
Public law 93-622.