2018 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 1 - National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
Subchapter CXXV - Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area
Part B - Steens Mountain Wilderness Area
Sec. 460nnn-64 - Treatment of wilderness study areas

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Citation 16 U.S.C. § 460nnn-64 (2018)
Section Name §460nnn–64. Treatment of wilderness study areas
Section Text (a) Status unaffected

Except as provided in section 460nnn–92 of this title, any wilderness study area, or portion of a wilderness study area, within the boundaries of the Cooperative Management and Protection Area, but not included in the Wilderness Area, shall remain a wilderness study area notwithstanding the enactment of this subchapter.

(b) Management

The wilderness study areas referred to in subsection (a) shall continue to be managed under section 1782(c) of title 43 in a manner so as not to impair the suitability of the areas for preservation as wilderness.

(c) Expansion of Basque Hills Wilderness Study Area

The boundaries of the Basque Hills Wilderness Study Area are hereby expanded to include the Federal lands within sections 8, 16, 17, 21, 22, and 27 of township 36 south, range 31 east, Willamette Meridian. These lands shall be managed under section 1782(c) of title 43 to protect and enhance the wilderness values of these lands.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 106–399, title II, §204, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1667.)

Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT

This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original "this Act", meaning Pub. L. 106–399, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1655, known as the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Act of 2000, which is classified generally to this subchapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 460nnn of this title and Tables.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 16 - CONSERVATION
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CXXV - STEENS MOUNTAIN COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION AREA
Part B - Steens Mountain Wilderness Area
Sec. 460nnn-64 - Treatment of wilderness study areas
Contains section 460nnn-64
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 114 Stat. 1667, 1655
Public Law References Public Law 106-399
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