[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4087 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4087

To designate certain Federal lands in the Talladega National Forest in 
        the State of Alabama as the Dugger Mountain Wilderness.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 17, 1996

 Mr. Browder introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
      Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 
Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To designate certain Federal lands in the Talladega National Forest in 
        the State of Alabama as the Dugger Mountain Wilderness.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Dugger Mountain Wilderness Act of 
1996''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF DUGGER MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS, ALABAMA.

    (a) Designation.--In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain Federal lands in the Talladega 
National Forest in the State of Alabama, which comprise approximately 
14,000 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Dugger Mountain 
Wilderness--Proposed'' and dated ____ 1996, are hereby designated as 
wilderness and, therefore, as components of the National Wilderness 
Preservation System, and shall be known as the Dugger Mountain 
Wilderness.
    (b) Map and Description.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to 
Congress a map and a boundary description of the area designated as 
wilderness by this section. The map and description shall have the same 
force and effect as if included in this Act, except that the Secretary 
may correct clerical and typographical errors in the map and 
description. The map and boundary description shall also be on file and 
available for public inspection in appropriate offices of the 
Department of Agriculture.
    (c) Management.--Subject to valid existing rights, lands designated 
as wilderness by this section shall be managed by the Secretary of 
Agriculture in accordance with the Wilderness Act, except that, with 
respect to the wilderness area designated by this section, any 
reference in the Wilderness Act to the effective date of the Wilderness 
Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of this 
Act.
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