HR 4326 · 102th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources

National Parks and Public Lands Wilderness Management Act

Introduced 1992-02-26· Sponsored by Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from Justice.(1992-08-12)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] National Parks and Public Lands Wilderness Management Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to establish and maintain wilderness management programs within the National Park Service and the Bureau of Land Management (Park Service) (BLM) to protect and restore the pristine wilderness portions of the National Wilderness Preservation System (System) managed by such agencies. Requires the Directors of the Park Service and of BLM (Directors) each to appoint a Wilderness Division Chief for their respective agencies to supervise management of that agency's portions of the System. Requires the President's budget to the Congress for each fiscal year after the enactment of this Act to identify specifically, in a line item for each agency separate from other programs, funds to be expended by the Park Service and BLM on wilderness management. Declares that such appropriated funds shall be spent on wilderness management only. Requires the Directors to establish and maintain a national wilderness monitoring system, based on the best available science, to monitor the condition of the wilderness resource within each agency's portions of the System. Requires the Secretary, beginni…

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Cosponsors (7)

7 Democrats