[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1967 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1967

 To provide for the management of certain inventoried roadless areas, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 28, 2014

 Mr. Barrasso 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 provide for the management of certain inventoried roadless 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Inventoried Roadless Area Management 
Act''.

SEC. 2. MANAGEMENT OF INVENTORIED ROADLESS AREAS.

    (a) Finding.--Congress finds that, for purposes of the second 
roadless area review and evaluation program (RARE II) and the land and 
resource management plan revision process under section 6 of the Forest 
and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 
1604), the National Forest System land described in subsection (c) has 
been adequately studied for wilderness designation and should not be 
recommended as potential additions to the National Wilderness 
Preservation System.
    (b) Release.--The National Forest System land described in 
subsection (c)--
            (1) is no longer subject to the land use restrictions of 
        the Roadless Area Conservation Rule established under part 294 
        of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor 
        regulations); and
            (2) shall not be managed to preserve roadless or wilderness 
        characteristics.
    (c) Description of Land.--The National Forest System land referred 
to in subsections (a) and (b) is each of the inventoried roadless areas 
within the National Forest System in the State of Wyoming, as set forth 
in the maps contained in the Forest Service Roadless Area Conservation, 
Final Environmental Impact Statement, Volume 2, dated November 2000.
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