16 U.S.C. § 460ggg
Wilderness
United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective
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- 16 U.S.C. § 460ggg, Wilderness, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/445163
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In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131–1136), the following lands in the State of Georgia are hereby designated as wilderness and therefore as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System:
Subject to valid existing rights, each wilderness area designated by this subchapter shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act [16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.] governing areas designated by that Act as wilderness, except that any reference in such provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to December 11, 1991.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Chattahoochee National Forest Protection Act of 1991House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally