Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§460vv–2 Maps and Descriptions
Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter CVII— WINDING STAIR MOUNTAIN NATIONAL RECREATION AND WILDERNESS AREA › § 460vv–2
Summary
After October 18, 1988, the Secretary of Agriculture must file maps and descriptions of each designated wilderness with the committees named in the law. Those documents are treated as law, may be fixed for clerical mistakes, and must be available for public inspection at the Forest Service office.
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Title 16, §460vv–2
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As soon as practicable after October 18, 1988, the Secretary of Agriculture shall file the maps referred to in section 460vv–1 of this title and legal descriptions of each wilderness area designated by section 460vv–1 of this title with the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Committee on Agriculture of the United States House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the United States Senate. Each such map and legal description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this subchapter; except that correction of clerical and typographical errors in such legal descriptions and maps may be made. Each such map and legal description shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
Legislative History
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Change of Name
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives on Jan. 5, 1993, by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Third Congress.
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16 U.S.C. § 460vv–2
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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