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1 vest or further commercial or private development is pro- 



2 hibited. 



3 (b) The term "the Secretary" means the Secretary 



4 of Agriculture, except as otherwise expressly provided. 



5 SEC. 4. ESTABUSHMENT OF THE GIANT SEQUOIA NA- 



6 TIONAL FOREST PRESERVE. 



7 (a) Establishment. — In furtherance of the pur- 



8 poses of this Act, certain federally owned lands within the 



9 Sequoia and Sierra National Forests in the State of Cali- 



10 fomia, which comprise approximately 442,425 acres as 



1 1 generally depicted on a map entitled, "Giant Sequoia Na- 



12 tional Forest Preserve, 1993", dated and num- 



13 bered are hereby designated as the Giant Sequoia 



14 National Forest Preserve (hereafter in this Act referred 



15 to as the "Preserve"). 



16 (b) Map and Legal Description. — (1) Not later 



17 than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 



18 the Secretary shall file a map and a legal description of 



19 the Preserve established under subsection (a) with the 



20 Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on 



21 Agriculture of the United States House of Representatives 



22 and with Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 



23 and the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Nutri- 



24 tion of the United States Senate. Such map and descrip- 



25 tion shall have the same force and effect as if included 



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