H.R. 5497 — A bill to designate certain lands in the Monongahela National Forest West Virginia, as the Cranberry Wilderness and Cranberry Back Country, and for other purposes.

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Designates certain lands in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia, as the Cranberry Wilderness and Cranberry Back Country.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to administer such lands.

Authorizes the Secretary to acquire any valid existing rights in such lands whenever the Secretary finds that the exercise of such rights will significantly impair the values for which the wilderness area and Back Country Area are established.

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1979-09-28
Introduced in House
1979-09-28
Introduced in House
1979-09-28
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

A bill to designate certain lands in the Monongahela National Forest West Virginia, as the Cranberry Wilderness and Cranberry Back Country, and for other purposes.

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