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







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4646

To designate certain National Forest System lands within the boundaries 
 of the State of Virginia as wilderness areas, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 13, 2000

  Mr. Goode introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
      Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 
Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To designate certain National Forest System lands within the boundaries 
 of the State of Virginia as wilderness areas, and for other purposes.

    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.

    (a) Designation.--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 6,500 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 4,800 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.''.
    (b) Administration of Wilderness Areas.--Section 2 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) by striking ``Subject'' and inserting ``(a) In 
        General.--Subject''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) Exception.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), the designations 
made by paragraphs (7) and (8) of section 1 shall not prevent the fire 
fighting companies and rescue squads and crews of Nelson County, 
Virginia, or any other county in Virginia, from cutting trees or other 
plant life or from using any type of motorized equipment or vehicle in 
the course of fighting fires or responding to emergencies in the Priest 
Wilderness Area, the Three Ridges Wilderness Area, or any unit of the 
National Forest System that is adjacent to those wilderness areas.''.
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