16 U.S.C. § 698l
Review of Big Cypress Preserve area and Addition area by Secretary; report to President
United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective
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Within five years from October 11, 1974, with respect to the preserve and five years from April 29, 1988, with respect to the Addition, the Secretary shall review the area within the preserve or the area within the Addition (as the case may be) and shall report to the President, in accordance with section 1132(c) and (d) of this title, his recommendations as to the suitability or nonsuitability of any area within the preserve or the area within the Addition (as the case may be) for preservation as wilderness, and any designation of any such areas as a wilderness shall be accomplished in accordance with section 1132(c) and (d) of this title.
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.
- A bill to establish the Big Cypress National Preserve in the State of Florida, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Big Cypress National Preserve Addition ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally