[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 123 (Thursday, October 5, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9985-S9986]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    VIRGINIA WILDERNESS ACT OF 2000

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 2865) to designate 
certain land of the National Forest System located in the State of 
Virginia as wilderness.
  The bill (S. 2865) was read the third time and passed, as follows:

                                S. 2865

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

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     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.''.

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