§ 460gg-1. — Wilderness designation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC460gg-1]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XCI--HELLS CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
Sec. 460gg-1. Wilderness designation
(a) Map designation
The lands depicted as the ``Hells Canyon Wilderness'' on the map
referred to in section 460gg(b) of this title are hereby designated as
wilderness.
(b) Application of Wilderness Act
The wilderness designated by this subchapter shall be administered
by the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter or
in accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act [16 U.S.C. 1131
et seq.], whichever is the more restrictive, except that any reference
in such provisions of the Wilderness Act to the effective date of that
Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the effective date of this
subchapter. The provisions of section 460gg-6(b) and section 460gg-8 of
this title shall apply to the wilderness. The Secretary shall make such
boundary revisions to the wilderness as may be necessary due to the
exercise of his authority under subsection 3(b) of this Act.
(Pub. L. 94-199, Sec. 2, Dec. 31, 1975, 89 Stat. 1117.)
References in Text
This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original
``this Act'', which is Pub. L. 94-199, Dec. 31, 1975, 89 Stat. 1117,
which enacted sections 460gg to 460gg-13 of this title, amended sections
1274 and 1276 of this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes
under sections 460gg and 1274 of this title.
The Wilderness Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 88-577,
Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 890, as amended, which is classified generally
to chapter 23 (Sec. 1131 et seq.) of this title. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out
under section 1131 of this title and Tables.
The effective date of the Wilderness Act, referred to in subsec.
(b), means Sept. 3, 1964, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 88-577, which
enacted chapter 23 of this title.
The effective date of this subchapter, referred to in subsec. (b),
means Dec. 31, 1975, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 94-199.
Subsection 3(b) of this Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is subsec.
3(b) of Pub. L. 94-199, which is set out as a note under section 1274 of
this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 460gg, 460gg-4 of this
title.
