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 100 STAT. 1802

PUBLIC LAW 99-504—OCT. 20, 1986

Public Law 99-504 99th Congress

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An Act Oct. 20, 1986 [S. 816] Nebraska Wilderness Act of 1985. National Wilderness Preservation System. National Forest System. Conservation. 16 USC 1132 note. 16 USC 1131 note.

To establish the Pine Ridge National Recreation Area and Soldier Creek Wilderness in the State of Nebraska, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SEC. 1. That this Act may be cited as the "Nebraska Wilderness Act of 1985". TITLE I—WILDERNESS SEC. 101. In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act of 1964, certain lands in the Nebraska National Forest, which comprise approximately eight thousand one hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Soldier Creek Wilderness—Proposed", dated February 1985, are hereby designated wilderness and, therefore, as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and shall be known as the Soldier Creek Wilderness. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS

Animals.

16 USC 1133 and note.

SEC. 102. (a) Subject to valid existing rights and the provisions of subsection (b), the wilderness area designated under section 101 shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "Secretary") in accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act 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 the effective date of this Act. OJ) In the administration of the wilderness in the State of Nebraska— (1) grazing of livestock in wilderness areas established by this Act, if established prior to the date of the enactment of this Act, shall be administered in accordance with section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act and section 108 of Public Law 96-560; and (2) the Secretary is directed to review all policies, practices, and regulations of the Department of Agriculture regarding livestock grazing in national forest wilderness areas in Nebraska in order to insure that such policies, practices, and regulations fully conform with and implement the intent of Congress regarding grazing in such areas, as such intent is expressed in this Act. MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS

SEC. 103. As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a map and legal description of the wilderness area designated by section 101 to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources or the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of

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