How it got hereLaws that created or changed it, newest first
1964Pub. L. 88-577created it
16 U.S.C. 1132Extent of System
The section as a wholechanged
(a)Designation of wilderness areas; filing of maps and descriptions with Congressional committees; correction of errors; public records; availability of records in regional officeschanged
(b)Review by Secretary of Agriculture of classifications as primitive areas; Presidential recommendations to Congress; approval of Congress; size of primitive areas; Gore Range-Eagles Nest Primitive Area, Coloradoadded to
(c)Review by Secretary of the Interior of roadless areas of national park system and national wildlife refuges and game ranges and suitability of areas for preservation as wilderness; authority of Secretary of the Interior to maintain roadless areas in national park system unaffected
(d)Conditions precedent to administrative recommendations of suitability of areas for preservation as wilderness; publication in Federal Register; public hearings; views of State, county, and Federal officials; submission of views to Congress
(e)Modification or adjustment of boundaries; public notice and hearings; administrative and executive recommendations to Congress; approval of Congress
This CongressBills that change it or would
S. 1497Cerro de la Olla Wilderness Establishment Actintroduced
S. 3526PUBLIC Lands Actintroduced