[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1663 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1663

 To clarify the intent of the Congress in Public Law 93-632 to require 
the Secretary of Agriculture to continue to provide for the maintenance 
    of 18 concrete dams and weirs that were located in the Emigrant 
Wilderness at the time the wilderness area was designated as wilderness 
                           in that Public Law


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 1997

Mr. Doolittle introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To clarify the intent of the Congress in Public Law 93-632 to require 
the Secretary of Agriculture to continue to provide for the maintenance 
    of 18 concrete dams and weirs that were located in the Emigrant 
Wilderness at the time the wilderness area was designated as wilderness 
                           in that Public Law

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

SECTION 1. RETENTION AND MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN DAMS AND WEIRS, 
              EMIGRANT WILDERNESS, STANISLAUS NATIONAL FOREST, 
              CALIFORNIA.

    With respect to the Emigrant Wilderness in the Stanislaus National 
Forest, California, as designated by section 2(b) of Public Law 93-632 
(88 Stat. 2154; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note), the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall retain and maintain the 18 concrete dams and weirs that were 
located within the boundaries of the Emigrant Wilderness on the date of 
the enactment of such Public Law, January 3, 1975. If personnel of the 
Forest Service are unavailable to perform the maintenance of the dams 
and weirs, or to supplement the maintenance activities of Forest 
Service personnel, the Secretary shall contract with other persons to 
perform the maintenance at Government expense or permit other persons 
to perform the maintenance at private expense.
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