S 3072 · 96th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources
Rattlesnake National Recreation Area and Wilderness Act of 1980
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EnactedLatest: Public Law 96-476.(1980-10-19)
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Rattlesnake National Recreation Area and Wilderness Act of 1980 - Designates specified lands within the Rattlesnake National Recreation Area in Montana as the Rattlesnake Wilderness to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. Establishes the Rattlesnake National Recreation Area, Montana. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to acquire with donated or appropriated funds, by exchange, gift, or purchase, such non-Federal lands, interests, or other property within the boundaries of the Rattlesnake National Recreational Area and Rattlesnake Wilderness. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and in accordance with an agreement entered into by the Montana Power Company, the Regional Forester of the United States Forest Service, Region 1, and the State Director of the Bureau of Land Management, to consider and consummate an exchange with the owner of the private lands or interests in such lands within the boundaries of the Rattlesnake National Recreation Area and Rattlesnake Wilderness, by which the Secretary of the Interior may accept conveyance of title to these private lands and, in exchange, issue bidding rights that may be e…
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