PUBLIC LAW 9 8 - 5 7 4 - O C T. 30, 1984
98 STAT. 3051
Public Law 98-574 98th Congress An Act To designate various areas as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System in the national forests in the State of Texas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Texas Wilderness Act of 1984". DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS
SEC. 2. In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131-1136), the following lands in the State of Texas are hereby designated as wilderness and, therefore, as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) certain lands in the Angelina National Forest, Texas, which comprise approximately five thousand four hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Turkey Hill Wilderness—Proposed", dated March 1984, and which shall be known as the Turkey Hill Wilderness; (2) certain lands in the Angelina National Forest, Texas, which comprise approximately twelve thousand acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Upland Island Wilderness— Proposed"; dated March 1984, and which shall be known as the Upland Island Wilderness; (3) certain lands in the Davy Crockett National Forest, Texas, which comprise approximately three thousand acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Big Slough Wilderness— Proposed", dated March 1984, and which shall be known as the Big Slough Wilderness; (4) certain lands in the Sabine National Forest, Texas, which comprise approximately nine thousand nine hundred and fortysix acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Indian Mounds Wilderness—Proposed", dated September 1984, and which shall be known as the Indian Mounds Wilderness; and (5) certain lands in the Sam Houston National Forest, Texas, which comprise approximately four thousand acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Little Lake Creek Wilderness—Proposed", dated March 1984, and which shall be known as the Little Lake Creek Wilderness. MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS
SEC. 3. As soon as practicable after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall file a map and legal description of each wilderness area designated by this Act with the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Committee on Agriculture of the United States House of Representatives and with the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the United States Senate. Each such map and description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except that correction of clerical and
Oct. 30, 1984 [H.R. 3788] Texas Wilderness Act of 1984. National Wilderness Preservation System. National Forest System. 16 USC 1132 note.
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