97th Congress > House > Vote 795
Description: TO PASS S. 1965, A BILL DESIGNATING CERTAIN LANDS IN THE MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOREST IN MISSOURI, WHICH COMPRISE APPROXIMATELY SIX THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-EIGHT ACRES, AND WHICH ARE GENERALLY DEPICTED ON A MAP ENTITLED "PADDY CREEK WILDERNESS AREA", AS A COMPONENT OF THE NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION SYSTEM. (MOTION PASSED)
Bill summary: (Measure passed House, amended, roll call #468 (367-23))
Paddy Creek Wilderness Act of 1981 - Designates the Paddy Creek Wilderness Area in the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
Provides that the second roadless area review and evaluation (RARE II) final environmental statement (dated January 1979) shall not be subject to judicial review with respect to national forest system lands in Missouri. Releases national forest system
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lands in Missouri which were reviewed in the RARE II program from further review by the Department of Agriculture, pending the revision of initial national forest management plans. Releases lands in Missouri reviewed in the RARE II program and not designated as wilderness from management as wilderness areas. Prohibits the Department of Agriculture from conducting any further statewide roadless area review and evalution of national forest system lands in West Virginia without express congressional authorization.
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Bill titles: A bill to designate certain lands in the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri, which comprise approximately six thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight acres, and which are generally depicted on a map entitled "Paddy Creek Wilderness Area", as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
Original source documents: Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 148, p. 9991;
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