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PUBLIC LAW 97-000—MMMM. DD, 1982

PUBLIC LAW 97-384—DEC. 22, 1982

96 STAT. 1943

1976 (Public Law 94-588) to be an adequate consideration of the suitability of such lands for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System and the Department of Agriculture shall not be required to review the wilderness option prior to the revision of the initial plans and in no case prior to the date established by law for completion of the initial planning cycle; (3) areas in the State of Indiana reviewed in such final environmental statement and not designated as wilderness by this Act shall be managed for multiple use pursuant to section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 as amended by the National Forest Management Act of 1976; and (4) unless expressly authorized by Congress the Department of Agriculture shall not conduct any further statewide roadless area review and evaluation of national forest system lands in the State of Indiana for the purpose of determining their suitability for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System. SEC. 5. As soon as practicable after enactment of this Act, maps and legal descriptions of the Wilderness Area shall be filed with the Committees on Agriculture and Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, and such mai» and legal descriptions shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act: Provided, however. That corrections of clerical and typographical errors in such legal descriptions and maps may be made. Approved December 22, 1982.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 2710: HOUSE REPORT No. 97-948 Pt. I (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORT No. 97-557 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982): Sept. 29, considered and passed Senate; action vitiated and bill returned to calendar. Oct. 1, considered and passed Senate. Dec. 13, considered and passed House.

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