An act entitled the "California Wilderness Act of 1984".

Summary

California Wilderness Act of 1983 - Designates as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System the following lands in the State of California: (1) the Boundary Peak Wilderness in the Inyo National Forest; (2) the Caliente Wilderness in the Cleveland National Forest; (3) the Caples Creek Wilderness in the Eldorado National Forest; (4) the Caribou Wilderness Additions in the Lassen National Forest; (5) the Carson - Iceberg Wilderness in the Stanislaus and Toiyabe National Forests; (6) the Castle Crags Wilderness in the Shasta Trinity National Forest; (7) the Chanchelulla Wilderness in the Shasta Trinity National Forest; (8) the Cinder Buttes Wilderness in the Lassen National Forest; (9) the Cucamonga Wilderness Additions in the Angeles National Forest; (10) the Deep Wells Wilderness in the Inyo National Forest; (11) the Dick Smith Wilderness in the Los Padres National Forest; (12) the Dinkey Lakes Wilderness in the Sierra National Forest; (13) the Domeland Wilderness Additions in the Sequoia National Forest; (14) the Emigrant Wilderness Additions in the Stanislaus National Forest; (15) the Excelsior Wilderness in the Inyo National Forest; (16) the Fish Canyon Wilderness in the Angeles National Forest; (17) the Granite Chief Wilderness in the Tahoe National Forest; (18) the Granite Peak Wilderness in the San Bernardino National Forest; (19) the Hauser Wilderness in the Cleveland National Forest; (20) the Hoover Wilderness Additions in the Toiyabe National Forest; (21) the Ishi Wilderness in and adjacent to the Lassen National Forest; (22) the John Muir Wilderness Additions in the Inyo and Sierra National Forests; (23) the Lassen Volcanic Wilderness Additions in the Lassen National Forest; (24) the Marble Mountain Wilderness Additions in the Klamath National Forest; (25) the Minarets Wilderness Additions in the Sierra and Inyo National Forests; (26) the Mokelumne Wilderness Additions in the Eldorado, Stanislaus, and Toiyabe National Forests; (27) the Monarch Wilderness in the Sierra and Sequoia National Forests; (28) the Mt. Shasta Wilderness in the Shasta Trinity National Forest; (29) the North Fork Wilderness in the Six Rivers National Forest; (30) the Pattison Wilderness in the Shasta Trinity National Forest; (31) the Pine Creek Wilderness in the Cleveland National Forest; (32) the Pyramid Peak Wilderness in the San Bernardino National Forest; (33) the Red Buttes Wilderness in the Klamath and Rogue River National Forests; (34) the Russian Peak Wilderness in the Klamath National Forest; (35) the San Gorgonio Wilderness Additions in the San Bernardino National Forest; (36) the San Jacinto Wilderness Additions in the San Bernardino National Forest; (37) the San Joaquin Wilderness in the Sierra and Inyo National Forests and the Devils Postpile National Monument; (38) the San Mateo Canyon Wilderness in the Cleveland National Forest; (39) the San Rafael Wilderness Additions in the Los Padres National Forest; (40) the Santa Rosa Wilderness in the San Bernardino National Forest; (41) the Scodies Wilderness in and adjacent to the Sequoia National Forest; (42) the Sheep Mountain Wilderness in the Angeles and San Bernardino National Forests; (43) the Sill Hill Wilderness in the Cleveland National Forest; (44) the Siskiyou Wilderness in the Six Rivers, Klamath, and Siskiyou National Forests; (45) the Snow Mountain Wilderness in the Mendocino National Forest; (46) the South Sierra Wilderness in the Sequoia and Inyo National Forests; (47) the South Warner Wilderness Additions in the Modoc National Forest; (48) the Thousand Lakes Wilderness Additions in the Lassen National Forest; (49) the Timbered Crater Wilderness in and adjacent to the Lassen National Forest; (50) the Trinity Alps Wilderness in and adjacent to the Klamath, Shasta Trinity, and Six Rivers National Forests; (51) the Ventana Wilderness Addition in the Los Padres National Forest; (52) the Yolla-Bolly Middle Eel Wilderness Additions in and adjacent to the Six Rivers and Mendocino National Forests; (53) the Royal Gorge Wilderness in the Tahoe National Forest; (54) the Machesna Mountain Wilderness in and adjacent to the Los Padres National Forest; (55) the Bucks Lake Wilderness in the Plumas National Forest; (56) the Echo-Carson Wilderness in the Eldorado and Toiyabe National Forests and in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit; and (57) the Mill Creek Wilderness in the Lassen National Forest. Abolishes the previous classifications of the High Sierra Primitive Area, the Emigrant Basin Primitive Area, and the Salmon - Trinity Alps Primitive Area. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to review and report to the President on the suitability for preservation as wilderness of the Monache Wilderness Study Area in the Sequoia National Forest. Requires the Secretary to maintain its presently existing wilderness character. Directs the Secretary to acquire any privately owned lands within the Trinity Alps, Granite Chief, Royal Gorge, Castle Crags, and Mount Shasta Wilderness areas designated by this Act. Adds the following lands to the National Park System: (1) the Mt. Raymond Addition in the Sierra National Forest (to be incorporated into Yosemite National Park); and (2) the Jennie Lakes Additions in the Sequoia National Forest (to be incorporated into Kings Canyon National Park). Requires the Secretary of the Interior to study, and make recommendations to Congress on, the possible designation of such lands as national park wilderness. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer to the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior specified land in the Stanislaus National Forest for administration as part of Yosemite National Park. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture specified land in the Sierra National Forest. Designates the following lands as wilderness: (1) the Yosemite Wilderness in Yosemite National Park; and (2) the Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness in the Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park. Requires the lands which have been added to the National Park System by this Act and which represent potential wilderness additions to be designated wilderness upon notice that all uses thereon prohibited by the Wilderness Act have ceased. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to review and report to the President on the suitability for preservation as wilderness of the Orleans Mountain Planning Area in the Six Rivers National Forest. Requires the Secretary to conduct a special study on the suitability of the Ski Study Area in the Orleans Mountain Planning Area for an alpine ski facility. Directs the Secretary to maintain the presently existing wilderness character of such planning area. Requires that timber volumes within such planning area be included in the base used to determine potential yield for the national forest concerned. Subjects certain mining activities within the North Fork Smith roadless area to only those Federal laws and regulations applicable to national forest lands designated as nonwilderness.

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Timeline

1. 15 February 1983

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 15 February 1983

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 15 February 1983

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 4 March 1983

   Committee

   Subcommittee Hearings Held.

   Source: Committee

5. 4 March 1983

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands and National Parks.

   Source: Committee

6. 10 March 1983

   Committee

   Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.

   Source: Committee

7. 10 March 1983

   Committee

   Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

8. 15 March 1983

   Committee

   Executive Comment Requested from Interior, USDA.

   Source: Committee

9. 16 March 1983

   Reported

   Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

   Source: Committee

10. 16 March 1983

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

11. 18 March 1983

    Calendars

    Placed on Union Calendar No: 24.

    Source: Calendars

12. 18 March 1983

    Reported

    Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 98-40.

    Source: Committee

13. 18 March 1983

    Reported

    Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 98-40.

    Source: Committee

14. 24 March 1983

    Reported

    Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.154 Reported to House.

    Source: Floor

15. 24 March 1983

    Floor

    Committee on Rules Granted an Open Rule Providing One Hour of Debate; Making in Order the Interior Committee Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute; Making in Order an Amendment to the Substitute, if Offered, by Rep. Burton (CA); Waiving Clause 7, Rule XVI against the Amendment.

    Source: Floor

16. 12 April 1983

    Passed

    Rule Passed House.

    Source: Floor

17. 12 April 1983

    Vote

    Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 297 - 96 (Record Vote No: 51).

    Source: Floor

18. 12 April 1983

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 297 - 96 (Record Vote No: 51).

    Source: Floor

19. 12 April 1983

    Passed

    House Agreed to Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.

    Source: Floor

20. 12 April 1983

    Floor

    Called up by House by Rule.

    Source: Floor

21. 14 April 1983

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

    Source: IntroReferral

22. 28 July 1983

    Committee

    Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-664.

    Source: Committee

23. 6 December 1983

    Committee

    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Interior Department.

    Source: Committee

24. 17 January 1984

    Committee

    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources received executive comment from OMB. Unfavorable.

    Source: Committee

25. 2 February 1984

    Committee

    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources received executive comment from Agriculture Department. Unfavorable.

    Source: Committee

26. 1 August 1984

    Reported

    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

    Source: Committee

27. 7 August 1984

    Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1107.

    Source: Calendars

28. 7 August 1984

    Reported

    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Baker for Senator McClure with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 98-582. Additional views filed.

    Source: Committee

29. 7 August 1984

    Reported

    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Baker for Senator McClure with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 98-582. Additional views filed.

    Source: Committee

30. 9 August 1984

    Floor

    Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

    Source: Floor

31. 9 August 1984

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.

    Source: Floor

32. 10 August 1984

    Reported

    Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.573 Reported to House.

    Source: Floor

33. 10 August 1984

    Floor

    Committee on Rules Granted a Rule Providing for Consideration in the House.

    Source: Floor

34. 12 September 1984

    Vote

    Resolving differences -- House actions: House Agreed to Senate Amendments by Yea-Nay Vote: 368 - 41 (Record Vote No: 385).

    Source: NotUsed

35. 12 September 1984

    Floor

    Called up by House by Rule.

    Source: Floor

36. 12 September 1984

    Vote

    House Agreed to Senate Amendments by Yea-Nay Vote: 368 - 41 (Record Vote No: 385).

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

37. 19 September 1984

    Floor

    Measure Signed in Senate.

    Source: Floor

38. 20 September 1984

    Floor

    Presented to President.

    Source: Floor

39. 20 September 1984

    President

    Presented to President.

    Source: President

40. 28 September 1984

    Became law

    Became Public Law No: 98-425.

    Source: President

41. 28 September 1984

    President

    Signed by President.

    Source: President

42. 28 September 1984

    Became law

    Signed by President.

    Source: BecameLaw

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