Sipsey Wilderness Additions Act of 1983 - Designates certain lands in the Bankhead National Forest in Alabama as part of the Sipsey Wilderness.
Provides that the RARE II (second roadless area review and evaluation) Final Environmental Statement (dated January 1979) with respect to national forest system lands in Alabama shall not be subject to judicial review. Releases national forest system lands in Alabama which were reviewed in the RARE II program from further review by the Department of Agriculture, pending the revision of initial national forest management plans. Releases lands in Alabama reviewed in the RARE II program and not designated as wilderness from management as wilderness areas. Prohibits the Department of Agriculture from conducting any further statewide roadless area review and evaluation of national forest system lands in Alabama without express congressional authorization.
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 98-98 (Part I).
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 98-98 (Part I).
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 Agriculture. Report No: 98-98 (Part II).
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Agriculture. Report No: 98-98 (Part II).
Placed on Union Calendar No: 149.
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Received in the Senate.
Ordered held at the desk until the close of business June 14, 1983.
Held at the desk until the close of business June 15, 1983.
Read the second time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
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