[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 985 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 985

   To provide for the expansion of the Eagles Nest Wilderness within 
  Arapaho and White River National Forests, Colorado, to include the 
  lands known as the Slate Creek Addition upon the acquisition of the 
                      lands by the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 1997

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for the expansion of the Eagles Nest Wilderness within 
  Arapaho and White River National Forests, Colorado, to include the 
  lands known as the Slate Creek Addition upon the acquisition of the 
                      lands by the United States.

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

SECTION 1. SLATE CREEK ADDITION TO EAGLES NEST WILDERNESS, ARAPAHO AND 
              WHITE RIVER NATIONAL FORESTS, COLORADO.

    (a) Slate Creek Addition.--If, before December 31, 2000, the United 
States acquires the parcel of land described in subsection (b), then, 
upon the acquisition of the parcel by the United States, the parcel 
shall be included in, and managed as part of, the Eagles Nest 
Wilderness designated by Public Law 94-352 (90 Stat. 870; 16 U.S.C. 
1132 note). The Secretary of Agriculture shall adjust the boundaries of 
the Eagles Nest Wilderness to reflect the inclusion of the parcel.
    (b) Description of Addition.--The parcel referred to in subsection 
(a) is generally depicted on a map entitled `Slate Creek Addition-
Eagles Nest Wilderness', dated February 1997, and comprises 
approximately 160 acres in Summit County, Colorado, adjacent to the 
Eagles Nest Wilderness.
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