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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§460gg–1 Wilderness Designation

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter XCI— HELLS CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA › § 460gg–1

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The area shown as "Hells Canyon Wilderness" on the map in section 460gg(b) is officially designated as wilderness. The Secretary must manage it under this subchapter or under the Wilderness Act, using whichever set of rules is stricter. Any place the Wilderness Act mentions its own effective date must be read as the effective date of this subchapter. Sections 460gg–6(b) and 460gg–8 apply to the wilderness. The Secretary must adjust the wilderness boundaries if needed because of the Secretary’s authority under subsection 3(b) of this Act.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460gg–1

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(a)The lands depicted as the “Hells Canyon Wilderness” on the map referred to in section 460gg(b) of this title are hereby designated as wilderness.
(b)The wilderness designated by this subchapter shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter or in accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act [16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.], whichever is the more restrictive, except that any reference in such provisions of the Wilderness Act to the effective date of that Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the effective date of this subchapter. The provisions of section 460gg–6(b) and section 460gg–8 of this title shall apply to the wilderness. The Secretary shall make such boundary revisions to the wilderness as may be necessary due to the exercise of his authority under subsection 3(b) of this Act.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original “this Act”, which is Pub. L. 94–199, Dec. 31, 1975, 89 Stat. 1117, which enacted sections 460gg to 460gg–13 of this title, amended section 1274 and 1276 of this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under section 460gg and 1274 of this title. The Wilderness Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 88–577, Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 890, which is classified generally to chapter 23 (§ 1131 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 1131 of this title and Tables. The

Effective Date

of the Wilderness Act, referred to in subsec. (b), means Sept. 3, 1964, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 88–577, which enacted chapter 23 of this title. The

Effective Date

of this subchapter, referred to in subsec. (b), means Dec. 31, 1975, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 94–199. Subsection 3(b) of this Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is subsec. 3(b) of Pub. L. 94–199, which is set out as a note under section 1274 of this title.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460gg–1

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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