16 U.S.C. § 3205 — General wilderness review
submitted 46 years ago by Pub. L. 96-487 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 217 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary must review certain Alaska National Park and National Wildlife Refuge lands for wilderness suitability and report to the President. The President must make recommendations to Congress, but administration of the lands does not change while Congress considers them.
(a) Within five years after December 2, 1980, the Secretary must review all Alaska lands in National Park System and National Wildlife Refuge System units that this Act did not designate as wilderness. The review must determine suitability or nonsuitability for wilderness and follow section 1132(d)’s public-notice, hearing, and agency-review rules. The Secretary must report the findings to the President.
(b) The Secretary must conduct the review, and the President must advise the Senate and House of recommendations, under sections 1132(c) and (d). The President must give Congress recommendations about these areas within seven years after December 2, 1980.
(c) This section does not change administration of a park or refuge unit under this Act or other law unless Congress acts on a presidential recommendation.
Within five years from December 2, 1980, the Secretary shall, in accordance with the provisions of section 1132(d) of this title relating to public notice, public hearings, and review by State and other agencies, review, as to their suitability or nonsuitability for preservation as wilderness, all lands within units of the National Park System and units of the National Wildlife Refuge System in Alaska not designated as wilderness by this Act and report his findings to the President.
The Secretary shall conduct his review, and the President shall advise the United States Senate and House of Representatives of his recommendations, in accordance with the provisions of sections 1 1132(c) and (d) of this title. The President shall advise the Congress of his recommendations with respect to such areas within seven years from December 2, 1980.
Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the administration of any unit of the National Park System or unit of National Wildlife Refuge System in accordance with this Act or other applicable provisions of law unless and until Congress provides otherwise by taking action on any Presidential recommendation made pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 96–487, title XIII, § 1317, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2485.)
- 1980Enacted · Pub. L. 96-487 · 94 Stat. 2485
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