A bill to designate certain lands in the Cherokee National Forest in the State of Tennessee as wilderness areas, and for other purposes.
Tennessee Wilderness Act of 1986 - Designates the following lands in the Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee, as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Pond Mountain Wilderness; (2) Big Laurel Branch Wilderness; (3) Unaka Mountain Wilderness; (4) Sampson Mountain Wilderness; (5) Little Frog Mountain Wilderness; and (6) Big Frog Extension Wilderness. Requires such lands to be administered in accordance with the Wilderness Act.
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 specified counties in Tennessee shall not be subject to judicial review. Releases national forest system lands in specified counties in Tennessee 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 specified counties in Tennessee reviewed in the RARE II program and not designated as wilderness from management as wilderness areas.
States that the provisions above shall also apply to national forest system roadless lands in specified counties in Tennessee which are less than 5,000 acres in size.
Terminates specified wilderness studies made unnecessary by this Act's designations.
Subcommittee on Agricultural Research. 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).
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 99-853 (Part I).
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 99-853 (Part I).
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.
Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1016.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Enacted as Public Law 99-490
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Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Measure Signed in Senate.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 99-490.
Became Public Law No: 99-490.