HR 5422 · 93th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources

A bill to designate certain lands as wilderness.

Introduced 1973-03-08· Sponsored by Rep. Melcher, John [D-MT-2]· 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: Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.(1973-03-08)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Designates the following specified lands as wilderness areas for inclusion in the National Wildlife Refuge System: (1) Chamisso National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, (2) Izembek National Wildlife Range, Alaska, (3) Simeonof National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, (4) Farallon National Wildlife Refuge, California, (5) National Key Deer Refuge, Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge, and Key West National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, (6) Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, (provides that nothing in this Act shall prohibit the established uses of the navigable waters of the Chassahowitzka Wilderness of motorboats, commercial fishing, and guiding activities which are compatible with primary refuge objectives), (7) Saint Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, (8) Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, (provides that nothing in this Act shall be deemed to prohibit the construction and maintenance of the proposed underground electric power transmission line in this area), (9) Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, (10) Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, (11) Breton National Wildlife Refuge, Louisiana, (12) Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge, Maine, …

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