[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 900 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 900

          To designate certain lands in Alaska as wilderness.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 1997

  Mr. Vento (for himself, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Yates, Mrs. Maloney of New 
York, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Sanders, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Lantos, Mrs. Meek 
    of Florida, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Torres, Mr. Traficant, Ms. 
Woolsey, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Borski, 
  Mr. Clay, Ms. Rivers, Mrs. Kennelly of Connecticut, Mr. Meehan, Mr. 
 Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. 
Minge, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Evans, Mr. Fazio of California, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. 
 Bonior, Mr. Waxman, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Sabo, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Holden, 
Mr. Skaggs, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Shays, Mr. Flake, 
  Mr. Gonzalez, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Gejdenson, Ms. Furse, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
  Filner, Mr. Owens, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Cardin, Mr. 
     McHale, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Maloney of 
 Connecticut, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Hall of Ohio, Mr. Engel, Mr. 
      Olver, Mr. Stark, Mr. Serrano, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Kennedy of 
Massachusetts, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Payne, Mrs. Tauscher, Ms. 
  Slaughter, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Matsui, Ms. DeGette, and Mr. 
   Berman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
          To designate certain lands in Alaska as 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 ``Morris K. Udall Wilderness Act of 
1997''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREA.

    In furtherance of the provisions of the Wilderness Act, an area in 
Alaska comprising approximately 1,559,538 acres, as generally depicted 
on a map entitled ``Arctic National Wildlife Refuge--1002 Area 
Alternative E--Wilderness Designation'', dated October 28, 1991, and 
available for inspection in the offices of the Secretary of the 
Interior, is hereby designated as wilderness and, therefore, as a 
component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
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