[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2865 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2865

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                                 AN ACT


 
To designate certain land of the National Forest System located in the 
                    State of Virginia 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 ``Virginia Wilderness Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. 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'' (Public Law 100-326; 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:
            ``(7) certain land in the George Washington National 
        Forest, comprising approximately 6,500 acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled `The Priest Wilderness Study Area', 
        dated June 6, 2000, to be known as the `Priest Wilderness 
        Area'; and
            ``(8) certain land in the George Washington National 
        Forest, comprising approximately 4,800 acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled `The Three Ridges Wilderness Study 
        Area', dated June 6, 2000, to be known as the `Three Ridges 
        Wilderness Area.''.

            Passed the Senate October 5 (legislative day, September 
      22), 2000.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
106th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2865

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

To designate certain land of the National Forest System located in the 
                    State of Virginia as wilderness.