[106th Congress Public Law 471]
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Public Law 106-471
106th Congress

                                 An Act


 
   To designate certain National Forest <<NOTE: Nov. 9, 2000 -  [H.R. 
 4646]>> System lands within the boundaries of the State of Virginia as 
                            wilderness areas.

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

SECTION 1. 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'', approved June 7, 1988 (102 Stat. 584) is <<NOTE: 16 
USC 1132 note.>> 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 new paragraphs:
            ``(7) certain lands in the George Washington National 
        Forest, which comprise approximately 5,963 acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled `The Priest Wilderness Study Area', 
        dated June 6, 2000, and which shall be known as the Priest 
        Wilderness Area; and
            ``(8) certain lands in the George Washington National 
        Forest, which comprise approximately 4,608 acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled `The Three Ridges Wilderness Study 
        Area', dated June 6, 2000, and which shall be known as the Three 
        Ridges Wilderness Area.''.

    Approved November 9, 2000.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 4646 (S. 2865):
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SENATE REPORTS: No. 106-442 accompanying S. 2865 (Comm. on Energy and 
Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 146 (2000):
            Oct. 17, considered and passed House.
            Oct. 27, considered and passed Senate.

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