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"(11) certain lands In the Jefferson National Forest. 

 Virginia, which comprise approximately five thousand 

 acres and are generally depicted on a map entitled 

 ■Peters Mountain Wilderness Study Area'; 



"(12) certain lands In the George Washington Na- 

 tional Forest, Virginia, which comprise approximately 

 six thousand seven hundred acres and are generally 

 depicted on a map entitled 'Ramsey's Draft Wilderness 

 Study Area"; 



" (13) certain lands In the Chequamegon National For- 

 est, Wisconsin, which comprise approximately six thou- 

 sand three hundred acres and are generally depicted on 

 a map entitled 'Flynn Lake WUderness Study Area'; 



"(14) certain lands in the Chequamegon National 

 Forest, Wisconsin, which comprise approximately four 

 thousand two hundred acres and are generally depicted 

 on a map entitled 'Round Lake Wilderness Study Area'; 

 "(15) certain lands In the Monongahela National 

 Forest, West Virginia, which comprise approximately 

 thirty-six thousand three hundred acres and are gen- 

 erally depicted on a map entitled 'Cranberry Wilderness 

 Study Area'; 



"(16) certain lands In the Cherokee National Forest, 

 Tennessee, which comprise approximately four thou- 

 sand five hundred acres and are generally depicted on 

 a map entitled 'Big Frog Wilderness Study Area"; and 

 "(17) certain lands in the Cherokee National Forest, 

 Tennessee, which comprise approximately fourteen 

 thousand acres and are generally depicted as the 'Cltlco 

 Creek Area' on a map entitled 'Joyce Kllmer-SUckrock 

 Wilderness Area — Proposed'; 



"(c) Reviews shall be completed and the President 

 shall make his recommendations to Congress within five 

 years after enactment of this Act [Jan. 3, 1975], 



"(d) Congress may, upon the recommendation of the 

 Secretary of Agriculture or otherwise, designate as study 

 areas, national forest system lands east of the 100th 

 meridian other than those areas specified in subsection 

 (b) of this section, for review as to suitability or non- 

 sultablUty for preservation as wilderness. Any such area 

 subsequently designated as a wilderness study area after 

 the enactment of this Act shall have its suitability or 

 nonsuitabiUty for preservation as wilderness submitted 

 to Congress within ten years from the date of designation 

 as a wilderness study area. Nothing in this Act shall be 

 construed as limiting the authority of the Secretary of 

 Agriculture to carry out management programs, develop- 

 ment, and activities in accordance with the Multiple-Use 

 Sustalned-Yleld Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 215, 16 U.S.C. 528- 

 531) within areas not designated for review in accordance 

 with the provisions of this Act. 



"(e) Nothtog herein contained shall limit the President 

 In proposing, as part of his recommendations to Congress, 

 the alteration of existing boundaries of any wilderness 

 study area or recommending the addition to any such 

 area of any contiguous area predommantly of wilderness 

 value. Any recommendation of the President to the effect 

 that such area or portion thereof should be designated as 

 'wilderness' shall become effective only If so provided by 

 an Act of Congress." 



Authorization of Appbopeiations for Acquisition by 

 Purchase, etc., of Areas Designated as Wilderness and 

 Review of Areas Designated as Wilderness Study Areas 

 Pub. L. 93-622, § 9, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2102, provided 

 that: "There are hereby authorized to be appropriated an 

 amount not to exceed $5,000,000 for the acquisition by 

 purchase, condemnation, or otherwise of lands, waters, 

 or interests therein located In areas designated as wilder- 

 ness pursuant to section 3 of this Act and an amount not 

 to exceed $1,700,000 for the purpose of conducting a review 

 of wilderness study areas designated by section 4 of this 

 Act." 



Indian Pears Area, Colorado, Preservation as Wilder- 

 ness; Review; Report to President; Wilderness Desig- 

 nation; Authorization of Appropriations 

 Pub. L. 92-528, Oct. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 1050, provided: 

 "That (a) the Secretary of Agriculture, In accordance 

 with the provisions of subsection 3(d) of the Wilderness 

 Act of September 3, 1984 (78 Stat. 892) [subsec. (d) of 

 this section] relating to public notice, public hearings, 

 and review by State and other agencies, shall review, as 



to Its suitability or nonsultabllity for preservation as 

 wilderness, the area (or any portion thereof) located par- 

 tially in Arapaho National Forest and partially In Roose- 

 velt National Forest, containing approximately seventy- 

 one thousand acres, lying generally south of the southern 

 boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, 

 and commonly referred to as the 'Indian Peaks Area," as 

 generally depicted on a map entitled 'Indian Peaks Study 

 Area," dated October 4, 1972, and shall report his findings 

 to the President. The President shall advise the United 

 States Senate and the House of Representatives of his 

 recommendations with respect to the designation of such 

 area or portion thereof as 'wilderness,' together with 

 maps and a definition of boundaries. Any recommenda- 

 tion of the President to the effect that such area or por- 

 tion thereof should be designated as 'wilderness' shall 

 become effective only If so provided by an Act of Congress. 



"(b) The review required by this Act, including any 

 reports and recommendations with respect thereto, shall, 

 except to the extent otherwise provided In this Act, be 

 conducted In accordance with the applicable provisions of 

 the Wilderness Act (this chapter] . 



"Sec. 2. There Is hereby authorized to be appropriated 

 such amount as may be necessary to carry out the provl-- 

 slons of this Act." 



Section Referred to in Other Sections 

 This section is referred to In sections 2281-1, 271e, 272d, 

 273d, 4591-8, 460m-13, 460z-n, 460aa-4, 460dd-8, 460gg-5, 

 698d, 6981 of this title. 



§ 1133. Use of wilderness areas. 



(a) Purposes of national forests, national park sys- 

 tem, and national wildlife refuge system; other 

 provisions applicable to national forest, Superior 

 National Forest, and national park system. 



The purposes of this chapter are hereby declared 

 to be within and supplemental to the purposes for 

 which national forests and units of the national 

 park and national wildlife refuge systems are estab- 

 lished and administered and — 



(1) Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to 

 be in Interference with the purpose for which na- 

 tional forests are established as set forth in the 

 Act of June 4, 1897 (30 SUt. 11) , and the Multiple- 

 Use Sustained-Yield Act of June 12, 1960 (74 

 SUt. 215). 



(2) Nothing in this chapter shall modify the 

 restrictions and provisions of the Shipstead-Nolan 

 Act (Public Law 539, Seventy-first Congress, July 

 10, 1930; 46 Stat. 1020), the Thye-Blatnlk Act 

 (Public Law 733, Eightieth Congress, June 22, 

 1948; 62 Stat. 568) , and the Humphrey-Thye- 

 Blatnik-Andresen Act (Public Law 607, Eighty- 

 Fourth Congress. June 22, 1956; 70 Stat. 326). as 

 applying to the Superior National Forest or the 

 regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture. 



(3) Nothing in this chapter shall modify the 

 statutory authority under which units of the na- 

 tional park system are created. Further, the 

 designation of any area of any park, monument, 

 or other unit of the national park system as a 

 wilderness area pursuant to this chapter shall In 

 no manner lower the standards evolved for the 

 use and preservation of such park, monument, or 

 other unit of the national park system in accord- 

 ance with sections 1 and 2 to 4 of this title, the 

 statutory authority under which the area was 

 created, or any other Act of Congress which might 



