16 U.S.C. § 410ff–5 — Designation of wilderness areas

Within three complete fiscal years of March 5, 1980, the Secretary had a two-part duty regarding Channel Islands National Park. First, the Secretary had to review the land within the park to determine which areas, if any, would be suitable for designation as wilderness under the National Wilderness Preservation System. Second, the Secretary had to report specific recommendations to the President, stating which areas were suitable — or not suitable — for that designation. This review and reporting had to follow the procedure set out in section 1132(c) and (d) of this title. If any area of the park was later actually designated as wilderness based on this process, that designation also had to be carried out following that same section 1132(c) and (d) procedure, ensuring consistency with how wilderness is designated elsewhere in the National Park System.