A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and for other purposes.

Summary

Title I: Amendments to the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to alter specified notice and administrative requirements. Requires each administering Federal agency to prepare a comprehensive management plan for a designated river segment. Sets forth boundary requirements and land acquisition policies. Authorizes the donation of land as specified to conserve components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Permits the selling and exchange as well as the leasing of Federal lands within or adjacent to the boundaries of such System to achieve the purposes of this Act. Title II: Wild and Scenic River Designation - Designates the North Fork Kern River, California, as a wild and scenic river. Title III: National Park Wilderness - Designates specified lands in Sequoia National Park, California, as part of the Sequoia and Kings Canyon Wilderness and a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Title IV: Additions to the National Forest System - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to remove specified lands from the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks for inclusion in the Sequoia National Forest. Prohibits redwoods from such lands from being harvested. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to submit to the Congress, within two years, a comprehensive management plan for the areas added to such forest. Title V: Sequoia Wilderness Permit - Authorizes the Secretary to establish a pilot wilderness permit fee system for FY 1987 through 1990 for the National Wilderness Preservation System lands in the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Requires annual reports on such system to the appropriate congressional committees. Title VI: Ozone Base Study - Authorizes the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality to contract for the development of an air quality model for Southern San Joaquin Valley to provide a foundation for ozone emission control strategies that will benefit the forest ecosystems of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks and Sequoia National Forest. Requires any information developed to be made available to the appropriate State and Federal authorities. Title VII: Mount Peters Designation - Designates a specified mountain peak within Kings Canyon National Park as Mount Peters. Title VIII: Miscellaneous Provisions - Requires spending under this Act to comply with the requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 12 December 1985

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