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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§460ll–1 Rattlesnake Wilderness

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter XCVI— RATTLESNAKE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA › § 460ll–1

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Designates approximately 33,000 acres inside the Rattlesnake National Recreation Area as wilderness called the Rattlesnake Wilderness. The boundary is shown on a map titled "Rattlesnake National Recreation Area and Wilderness—Proposed" dated October 1, 1980. Existing legal rights are preserved. The Secretary of Agriculture must manage the Rattlesnake Wilderness under the rules of the Wilderness Act, and any reference to that Act’s effective date is to be read as the effective date of this subchapter.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460ll–1

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(a)In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 1131), certain lands within the Rattlesnake National Recreation Area as designated by this subchapter, which comprise approximately 33,000 acres as generally depicted as the “Rattlesnake Wilderness” on a map entitled “Rattlesnake National Recreation Area and Wilderness—Proposed”, and dated October 1, 1980, are hereby designated as wilderness and shall be known as the Rattlesnake Wilderness.
(b)Subject to valid existing rights, the Rattle­snake Wilderness as designated by this subchapter shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, hereafter referred to as the Secretary, in accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act [16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.] governing areas designated by that Act as wilderness: Provided, That any reference in such provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the effective date of this subchapter.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Wilderness Act, referred to in text, 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 Oct. 19, 1980, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 96–476, which enacted this subchapter.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460ll–1

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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