H. R. 3603 109th CONGRESS 2d Session

SEC. 210. WILDERNESS REVIEW.

(a) National Forests- Section 5 of Public Law 92-400 (16 U.S.C. 460aa-4), which required a review of the undeveloped and unimproved portion or portions of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area established by that Act as to suitability or nonsuitability for preservation as part of the National Wilderness Preservation System, is repealed.

(b) Public Lands-

(1) FINDING- Congress finds that, for the purpose of section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782), the public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management in the following areas have been adequately studied for wilderness designation:

(A) The Jerry Peak Wilderness Study Area.

(B) The Jerry Peak West Wilderness Study Area.

(C) The Corral-Horse Basin Wilderness Study Area.

(D) The Boulder Creek Wilderness Study Area.

(2) RELEASE- Any public land described in paragraph (1) that is not designated as wilderness by this title--

(A) is no longer subject to section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); and

(B) shall be managed in accordance with land management plans adopted under section 202 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1712).

SUBSTITUTE TO H.R. 222

SEC. 210. WILDERNESS REVIEW.

(a) NATIONAL FORESTS.—Section 5 of Public Law 92–400 (16 U.S.C. 460aa–4), which required a review of the undeveloped and unimproved portion or portions of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area established by that Act as to suitability or nonsuitability for preservation as part of the National Wilderness Preservation System, is repealed.

(b) PUBLIC LANDS.—

(1) FINDING.—Congress finds that, for the purpose of section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782), the public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management in the following areas have been adequately studied for wilderness designation:

(A) The Jerry Peak Wilderness Study Area.

(B) The Jerry Peak West Wilderness Study Area.

(C) The Corral-Horse Basin Wilderness Study Area.

(D) The Boulder Creek Wilderness Study Area.

(2) RELEASE.—Any public land described in paragraph (1) that is not designated as wilderness by this title—

(A) is no longer subject to section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); and

(B) shall be managed in accordance with land management plans adopted under section 202 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1712).