[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1239 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1239

          To designate certain lands in Alaska as wilderness.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 23, 1999

 Mr. Vento (for himself, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. Forbes, Mr. 
Bonior, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Shays, Ms. 
Pelosi, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mr. Coyne, Mr. Lewis of 
 Georgia, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Leach, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Campbell, 
Ms. DeGette, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Ramstad, 
 Mr. Nadler, Mr. Markey, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Waxman, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. 
DeFazio, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Davis of Florida, Mr. Costello, Mr. Wynn, Mr. 
 Barrett of Wisconsin, Ms. Rivers, Mrs. Tauscher, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
Kildee, Mr. Borski, Mr. Weygand, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mrs. Mink 
 of Hawaii, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. 
Gejdenson, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Berman, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Cardin, 
  Ms. Norton, Mr. Allen, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. 
 Meehan, Mr. Stark, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Tierney, 
 Mr. Pastor, Mr. Clay, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Holden, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Holt, 
    Mr. Matsui, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Filner, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Neal of 
 Massachusetts, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Moran of 
  Virginia, Mr. Payne, Mr. Kind, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. 
    Dixon, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Evans, Mr. 
Baldacci, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Inslee, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. Thompson 
of California, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Hall of Ohio, Ms. Waters, Mr. 
 Lantos, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Porter, Mrs. Lowey, 
Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Sawyer, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Moore, Mr. Price 
 of North Carolina, Mr. Olver, Mr. Minge, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Sanders, 
 Mr. Serrano, Mr. Boucher, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Luther, Mr. Smith 
of New Jersey, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Obey, Mr. Capuano, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. 
   Hooley of Oregon, and Mr. Maloney of Connecticut) 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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