[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H.R. 1779 Referred in Senate (RFS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1779


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 22, 1997

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To make a minor adjustment in the exterior boundary of the Devils 
  Backbone Wilderness in the Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri, to 
        exclude a small parcel of land containing improvements.

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

SECTION 1. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT, DEVILS BACKBONE WILDERNESS, MARK TWAIN 
              NATIONAL FOREST, MISSOURI.

    The boundary of the Devils Backbone Wilderness established by 
section 201(d) of Public Law 96-560 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note) in the Mark 
Twain National Forest, Missouri, is hereby modified to exclude from the 
area encompassed by the Devils Backbone Wilderness a parcel of real 
property consisting of approximately two acres in Ozark County, 
Missouri, and containing a garage, well, mailbox, driveway, and other 
improvements, as depicted on a map entitled ``Devils Backbone 
Wilderness Boundary Modification'', dated June 1996. The map shall be 
retained with other Forest Service maps and legal descriptions 
regarding the Devils Backbone Wilderness and shall be made available 
for public inspection as provided in section 202 of Public Law 96-560 
(94 Stat. 3274).

            Passed the House of Representatives October 21, 1997.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.