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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 3176
To designate as wilderness certain National Forest System land in the State
of Illinois, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 13, 2021
Mr. CURTIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture,
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
A BILL
To designate as wilderness certain National Forest System
land in the State of Illinois, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Shawnee Wilderness
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Designation Act’’.
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SEC. 2. SHAWNEE WILDERNESS, ILLINOIS.
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(a) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder-
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ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), there is designated as
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wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness
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Preservation System, to be known as the ‘‘Shawnee Wil-
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derness’’ (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Wilderness’’), the
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approximately 289,000 acres of Forest Service land com-
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prising the Shawnee National Forest in the State of Illi-
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nois.
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(b) MAP; LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after
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the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
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Agriculture (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Sec-
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retary’’) shall prepare a map and legal description of
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the Wilderness.
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(2) FORCE OF LAW.—The map and legal de-
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scription prepared under paragraph (1) shall have
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the same force and effect as if included in this Act,
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except that the Secretary may correct clerical and
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typographical errors in the map and legal descrip-
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tion.
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(3) AVAILABILITY.—The map and legal descrip-
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tion prepared under paragraph (1) shall be on file
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and available for public inspection in the appropriate
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offices of the Forest Service.
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(c) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to valid existing
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rights, the Wilderness shall be administered by the Sec-
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retary in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C.
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1131 et seq.), except that any reference in that Act to
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the effective date shall be considered to be a reference to
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the date of enactment of this Act.
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