[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 985 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 985


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                June 18 (legislative day, June 17), 1997

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

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                                 AN ACT


 
   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 the parcel of land described in 
subsection (b) is conveyed to the United States on or before December 
31, 2000, 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). Upon conveyance of the parcel, the boundary of 
the Eagles Nest Wilderness is adjusted to include 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, which shall be available 
for public inspection in the office of the Forest Supervisor of the 
White River National Forest in the State of Colorado. The parcel 
comprises approximately 160 acres in Summit County, Colorado, adjacent 
to the Eagles Nest Wilderness.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 17, 1997.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.