2019 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 51 - Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation
Subchapter III - Federal North Slope Lands Studies, Oil and Gas Leasing Program and Mineral Assessments
Sec. 3144 - Wilderness portion of study
| 16 U.S.C. § 3144 (2019) |
| §3144. Wilderness portion of study |
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(a) Suitability of lands for preservation as wilderness; report to President
As part of the study, the Secretary shall review the suitability or nonsuitability for preservation as wilderness of the Federal lands described in section 3141 of this title and report his findings to the President. (b) Presidential recommendations to CongressThe President shall advise the Senate and the House of Representatives of his recommendations with respect to the designation of the area or any part thereof as wilderness together with a map thereof and a definition of its boundaries. (c) Preservation of wilderness character and potentialSubject to valid existing rights and the provisions of section 3142 of this title, the wilderness study area designated by this section shall, until Congress determines otherwise, be administered by the Secretary so as to maintain presently existing wilderness character and potential for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System. Already established uses may be permitted to continue, subject to such restrictions as the Secretary deems desirable, in the manner and degree in which the same were being conducted on December 2, 1980. |
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(Pub. L. 96–487, title X, §1004, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2452.) |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
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| Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 51 - ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION SUBCHAPTER III - FEDERAL NORTH SLOPE LANDS STUDIES, OIL AND GAS LEASING PROGRAM AND MINERAL ASSESSMENTS Sec. 3144 - Wilderness portion of study |
| section 3144 |
| 2019 |
| January 24, 2020 |
| No |
| standard |
| 94 Stat. 2452 |
| Public Law 96-487 |
