[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3585-S3586]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 575. Mr. KAINE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

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     SEC. 10__. ADDITIONS TO ROUGH MOUNTAIN AND RICH HOLE 
                   WILDERNESSES.

       Section 1 of Public Law 100-326 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 102 
     Stat. 584; 114 Stat. 2057; 123 Stat. 1002) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(21) Rough mountain addition.--Certain land in the George 
     Washington National Forest comprising approximately 1,000 
     acres, as generally depicted as the `Rough Mountain Addition' 
     on the map entitled `GEORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL FOREST - 
     South half - Alternative I - Selected Alternative Management 
     Prescriptions - Land and Resources Management Plan Final 
     Environmental Impact Statement' and dated March 4, 2014, 
     which is incorporated in the Rough Mountain Wilderness Area 
     designated by paragraph (1).
       ``(22) Rich hole addition.--
       ``(A) Designation.--Certain land in the George Washington 
     National Forest comprising approximately 4,600 acres, as 
     generally depicted as the `Rich Hole Addition' on the map 
     entitled `GEORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL FOREST - South half - 
     Alternative I - Selected Alternative Management Prescriptions 
     - Land and Resources Management Plan Final Environmental 
     Impact Statement' and dated March 4, 2014, which shall be 
     incorporated in the Rich Hole Wilderness Area designated by 
     paragraph (2) on the earlier of--
       ``(i) the date on which the Secretary of Agriculture 
     publishes in the Federal Register notice that the activities 
     permitted under subparagraph (C) have been completed; and
       ``(ii) the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment 
     of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2020.
       ``(B) Management.--Except as provided in subparagraph (C), 
     the Secretary shall manage the wilderness area designated 
     under subparagraph (A) in accordance with the Wilderness Act 
     (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.).
       ``(C) Water quality improvement activities.--
       ``(i) In general.--To enhance natural ecosystems within the 
     Rich Hole Addition by implementing certain activities to 
     improve water quality and aquatic passage, as described in 
     the Forest Service document entitled `Decision Notice for the 
     Lower Cowpasture Restoration and Management Project' and 
     dated December 2015, the Secretary of Agriculture may use 
     motorized equipment and mechanized transport in the Rich Hole 
     Addition under subparagraph (A) until the date on which the 
     Rich Hole Addition is incorporated into the Rich Hole 
     Wilderness under that subparagraph.
       ``(ii) Requirement.--In carrying out clause (i), the 
     Secretary of Agriculture, to the maximum extent practicable, 
     shall use the minimum tool or administrative practice 
     necessary to carry out that clause with the least amount of 
     adverse impact on wilderness character and resources.''.
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