[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4646 Engrossed in House (EH)]


  2d Session

                               H. R. 4646

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                                 AN ACT

To designate certain National Forest System lands within the boundaries 
             of the State of Virginia as wilderness areas.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4646

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                                 AN ACT


 
To designate certain National Forest System lands within the boundaries 
             of the State of Virginia as wilderness areas.

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

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS.

    Section 1 of the Act entitled ``An Act to designate certain 
National Forest System lands in the States of Virginia and West 
Virginia as wilderness areas'', approved June 7, 1988 (102 Stat. 584) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and inserting 
        a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
            ``(7) certain lands in the George Washington National 
        Forest, which comprise approximately 5,963 acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled `The Priest Wilderness Study Area', 
        dated June 6, 2000, and which shall be known as the Priest 
        Wilderness Area; and
            ``(8) certain lands in the George Washington National 
        Forest, which comprise approximately 4,608 acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled `The Three Ridges Wilderness Study 
        Area', dated June 6, 2000, and which shall be known as the 
        Three Ridges Wilderness Area.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives October 17, 2000.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.