§3205 — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary must, within five years after December 2, 1980, review whether every land inside Alaska units of the National Park System and the National Wildlife Refuge System that was not designated wilderness by this Act should be kept as wilderness. The review must follow the public notice, public hearing, and State/agency review rules in section 1132(d), and the Secretary must report the results to the President. The Secretary’s work and the President’s recommendations must follow sections 1132(c) and (d). The President must tell the United States Senate and House of Representatives his recommendations within seven years after December 2, 1980. Current management of any park or refuge unit stays the same unless and until Congress acts on those Presidential recommendations.

Title 16, §3205

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(a)Within five years from December 2, 1980, the Secretary shall, in accordance with the provisions of section 1132(d) of this title relating to public notice, public hearings, and review by State and other agencies, review, as to their suitability or nonsuitability for preservation as wilderness, all lands within units of the National Park System and units of the National Wildlife Refuge System in Alaska not designated as wilderness by this Act and report his findings to the President.

(b)The Secretary shall conduct his review, and the President shall advise the United States Senate and House of Representatives of his recommendations, in accordance with the provisions of section 11 So in original. Probably should be “section”. 1132(c) and (d) of this title. The President shall advise the Congress of his recommendations with respect to such areas within seven years from December 2, 1980.

(c)Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the administration of any unit of the National Park System or unit of National Wildlife Refuge System in accordance with this Act or other applicable provisions of law unless and until Congress provides otherwise by taking action on any Presidential recommendation made pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (c), is Pub. L. 96–487, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2371, known as the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 3101 of this title and Tables.

§3205 General Wilderness Review