[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3863 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3863

   To designate certain Federal land within the Monongahela National 
 Forest as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 28, 2010

Mr. Rockefeller introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To designate certain Federal land within the Monongahela National 
 Forest as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, 
                        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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Monongahela Conservation Legacy Act 
of 2010''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LAND IN MONONGAHELA 
              NATIONAL FOREST, WEST VIRGINIA, AS WILDERNESS.

    (a) Designation.--In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the Federal land within the Monongahela 
National Forest in the State of West Virginia, comprising approximately 
6,042 acres, as generally depicted on the map titled ``North Fork 
Mountain'' and dated July 19, 2010, are designated as a wilderness area 
for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System, and shall 
be known as the ``North Fork Mountain Wilderness''.
    (b) Administration.--Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal 
lands designated as wilderness by subsection (a) shall be administered 
by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the Wilderness Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.).
    (c) Effective Date of Wilderness.--With respect to the Federal 
lands designated by subsection (a), any reference in the Wilderness Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) to the effective date of the Wilderness Act 
shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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