Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 51 — Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation
§ 3144. Wilderness portion of study
Statutory text
Suitability of lands for preservation as wilderness; report to President
As part of the study, the Secretary shall review the suitability or nonsuitability for preservation as wilderness of the Federal lands described in section 3141 of this title and report his findings to the President.
Presidential recommendations to Congress
The President shall advise the Senate and the House of Representatives of his recommendations with respect to the designation of the area or any part thereof as wilderness together with a map thereof and a definition of its boundaries.
Preservation of wilderness character and potential
Subject to valid existing rights and the provisions of section 3142 of this title, the wilderness study area designated by this section shall, until Congress determines otherwise, be administered by the Secretary so as to maintain presently existing wilderness character and potential for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System. Already established uses may be permitted to continue, subject to such restrictions as the Secretary deems desirable, in the manner and degree in which the same were being conducted on .
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
Pub. L. 96–487 title X § 1004 · 94 Stat. 2371
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 3144
(Pub. L. 96–487, title X, § 1004, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2452.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 96–487, title X, § 1004, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2452.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 1004. wilderness portion of study (a) As part of the study, the Secretary shall review the suitability or nonsuitability for preservation as wilderness of the Federal lands described in section 1001 and report his findings to the President. (b) The President shall advise the Senate and the House of Presidential recommendations to Congress. Representatives of his recommendations with respect to the designation of the area or any part thereof as wilderness together with a map thereof and a definition of its boundaries. (c) Subject to valid existing rights and the provisions of section 1002 of this Act, the wilderness study area designated by this section shall, until Congress determines otherwise, be administered by the Secretary so as to maintain presently existing wilderness character and potential for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System. Already established uses may be permitted to continue, subject to such restrictions as the Secretary deems desirable, in the manner and degree in which the same were being conducted on the date of enactment of this Act.
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