16 U.S.C. § 460uu–32: Management; provisions…

Summary

Existing valid rights remain in place. The Secretary of the Interior, through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, must manage each wilderness created here using the same rules the Wilderness Act uses for wilderness areas. If those rules mention the Wilderness Act’s effective date, treat that date as December 31, 1987. Livestock grazing that was in place before December 31, 1987 may continue inside these wilderness areas. The Secretary may set reasonable rules and policies for that grazing, but those rules must follow Congress’s intent about grazing as expressed in the Wilderness Act and section 108 of Public Law 96–560.

Title 16, §460uu–32

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(a)Subject to valid existing rights, each wilderness area designated under this subchapter shall be administered by the Secretary, through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, in accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act [16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.] governing areas designated by that Act as wilderness, except that any reference in such provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to December 31, 1987.

(b)Within the wilderness areas designated by this subchapter, the grazing of livestock, where established prior to December 31, 1987, shall be permitted to continue subject to such reasonable regulations, policies, and practices as the Secretary deems necessary, as long as such regulations, policies, and practices fully conform with and implement the intent of Congress regarding grazing in such areas as such intent is expressed in the Wilderness Act [16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.] and section 108 of Public Law 96–560 (16 U.S.C. 1133 note).

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. (a), means Sept. 3, 1964, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 88–577, which enacted chapter 23 of this title.

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