[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6156 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6156

To amend the Wilderness Act and the Federal Land Policy and Management 
 Act of 1976 to require the management of a wilderness study area, not 
designated by statute, under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service or 
 the Bureau of Land Management for multiple use pending congressional 
  consideration of the recommendation for designation of the area as 
                  wilderness, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 22, 2016

 Mr. Meadows introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Natural 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 amend the Wilderness Act and the Federal Land Policy and Management 
 Act of 1976 to require the management of a wilderness study area, not 
designated by statute, under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service or 
 the Bureau of Land Management for multiple use pending congressional 
  consideration of the recommendation for designation of the area as 
                  wilderness, 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 ``Local Wilderness Management Act''.

SEC. 2. MULTIPLE USE MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST AND BUREAU OF LAND 
              MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS PENDING CONGRESSIONAL 
              CONSIDERATION OF WILDERNESS RECOMMENDATION.

    (a) National Forest System.--Section 3(b) of the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1132(b)) is amended by striking the fifth sentence and inserting 
the following new sentence: ``In the case of an area classified as 
`primitive' on the effective date of this Act or designated, officially 
or defacto, by Forest Service action after that date as a `wilderness 
study area', the Secretary of Agriculture shall manage the area for 
multiple use (as defined in section 4 of the Multiple-Use Sustained-
Yield Act of 1960 (16 U.S.C. 531)), including mining, grazing, 
conservation, recreation, and other uses, until such time as Congress 
enacts a law designating the area as wilderness or specifying an 
alternative management approach for the area.''.
    (b) Bureau of Land Management Public Lands.--Section 603(c) of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)) is 
amended by striking the first sentence and inserting the following new 
sentence: ``In the case of an area described in subsection (a) or 
designated, officially or defacto, by Bureau of Land Management action 
after the review period as a `wilderness study area', the Secretary of 
the Interior shall manage the area according to the authority provided 
under this Act and other applicable law in a manner to promote multiple 
use (as defined in section 4 of the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 
1960 (16 U.S.C. 531)), including the continuation of existing mining 
and grazing uses and mineral leasing, until such time as Congress 
enacts a law designating the area as wilderness or specifying an 
alternative management approach for the area.''.

SEC. 3. LOCAL PARTICIPATION IN DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS.

    The Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to National Forest 
System land, and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public 
land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, may not designate, 
officially or defacto, land as a wilderness study area without the 
written consent of the governing body of the county in which the land 
is located.
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