A bill to designate certain lands in the Bankhead National Forest, Alabama, as a wilderness area and to incorporate such wilderness area into the Sipsey Wilderness.
Alabama Wilderness Act of 1982 - Designates certain lands in the Talladega National Forest in Alabama as the Cheaha Wilderness. Designates certain lands in the Bankhead National Forest in Alabama as part of the Sipsey Wilderness.
States that the RARE II final environmental impact statement (dated January 1979) shall not be subject to judicial review with respect to national forest system lands in Alabama. Provides that the second roadless area review and evaluation of national forest lands in Alabama shall be treated as an adequate consideration of their suitability for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System. Provides that areas not designated as wilderness by this Act or remaining in further planning need not be managed so as to protect their wilderness character pending revision of land management plans required by the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974. Prohibits the Department of Agriculture from conducting any further statewide roadless area review and evaluation of national forest lands in Alabama to determine their suitability as wilderness without express congressional authorization.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From USDA.
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 97-646 (Part I).
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 97-646 (Part I).
Referred to House Committee on Agriculture Sequentially, for a period ending not later than July 30, 1982.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Agriculture. Report No: 97-646 (Part II).
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Agriculture. Report No: 97-646 (Part II).
Placed on Union Calendar No: 424.
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Considered by House Unfinished Business Vote Postponed Until August 3, 1982.
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 349 - 59 (Record Vote No: 240).
Roll Call #240 (House)Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 349 - 59 (Record Vote No: 240).
Roll Call #240 (House)Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water. Hearings held.
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