[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3971 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3971

 To designate the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness in the Ouachita National 
                    Forest, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 9, 2023

   Mr. Hill introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To designate the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness in the Ouachita National 
                    Forest, 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 ``Flatside Wilderness Additions Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONS TO FLATSIDE WILDERNESS.

    Section 3(d) of Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-508; 
98 Stat. 2349) is amended by inserting ``and certain land in the 
Ouachita National Forest, which comprise approximately 2,215 acres, 
generally depicted as `Land Proposed for Wilderness Designation' on the 
map titled `Flatside Wilderness, Proposed Addition Designation', dated 
September 29, 2022'' after ``1984''.

SEC. 3. FIRE, INSECTS, AND DISEASES.

    Nothing in this Act or the amendment made by section 2 shall be 
construed to limit the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture under 
section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)), in 
accordance with existing laws (including regulations).

SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS ADDITION.

    The wilderness designated by section 3(d) of Arkansas Wilderness 
Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-508; 98 Stat. 2349), shall be known as the 
``Flatside-Bethune Wilderness''. Any reference in a law, map, 
regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to 
such portion of the Flatside Wilderness shall be deemed to be a 
reference to the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness.
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