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administering agency in accordance with the provisions of section 

 603(c) of the Federal Land policy and Management Act of 1976 

 (43 U.S.C. 1782) until Congress designates that area as 

 wilderness or releases it from further wilderness consideration. 



The current sub-sections following the inserted sub-section 

 should have their designating letters incremented by one letter. 



Sub-section (b) (page 6, line 18) 



Should be revised to increase clarity to read: .... Any roadless 

 area or portion thereof, which lies outside of a formal Bureau of 

 Land Management Wilderness Study Area, and which is made a part 

 of the National Forest System .... 



Sub-section (c) (page 7, line 14) 



Should be revised to read: ....statutory direction, except that 

 any lands to be transferred but found suitable and designated 

 under section 5(a) of this act shall become a part of the 

 respective Wilderness Area and be managed in accordance with 

 section 5(a) of this Act. 



Sub-section (d) (page 7, line 15) 



Should be deleted as it is superceded by the new section 5(a). 



A new section should be inserted and titled: 

 SEC. 6. AREAS OF CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN. 



(a) The following Areas of Critical Environmental Concern as 

 described on the maps referred to in section 3 (a) are hereby 

 designated by Congress, which reserves solely to itself the 

 ability to diminish or eliminate their areal extent or managerial 

 mandate as set forth herein, and mandates the administrating 

 agency of all or any part of an area to manage such area in 

 accordance with SEC. 202. of the Federal Land Policy and 

 Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782) while emphasizing the 

 resources set forth below: 



Red Rock Canyon Recreation Area to be managed as a 

 natural, scenic, and archeological area, and for public 

 recreation; 



Spring Mountains Coordinated Management Area to be 

 managed as a natural and scenic area and for public 

 recreation, with a coordinated, comprehensive 

 management plan developed by the Secretaries of 

 Agriculture and Interior or their delegates. 



Wheeler Wash Joshua Tree Forest to be managed as a 

 natural and scenic area and for public recreation with 

 emphasis on the preservation and enhancement of the 

 Joshua tree forest; 



