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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1294 

To designate as wilderness certain public land in the Cherokee National 

Forest in the State of Tennessee, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 15, 2013 

Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and Mr. CORKER) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

JULY 24, 2013 

Committee discharged; referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 

and Forestry 

A BILL 

To designate as wilderness certain public land in the Cherokee National Forest in the State of Tennessee, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tennessee Wilderness 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 


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1 (1) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en2 titled ‘‘Proposed Wilderness Areas and Additions3 Cherokee National Forest’’ and dated January 20, 

4 2010. 

5 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

6 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

7 (3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

8 of Tennessee. 

9 SEC. 3. ADDITIONS TO CHEROKEE NATIONAL FOREST. 

10 (a) DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS.—In accordance 

11 with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the fol12 lowing parcels of Federal land in the Cherokee National 

13 Forest in the State of Tennessee are designated as wilder14 ness and as additions to the National Wilderness Preser15 vation System: 

16 (1) Certain land comprising approximately 

17 9,038 acres, as generally depicted as the ‘‘Upper 

18 Bald River Wilderness’’ on the Map and which shall 

19 be known as the ‘‘Upper Bald River Wilderness’’. 

20 (2) Certain land comprising approximately 348 

21 acres, as generally depicted as the ‘‘Big Frog Addi22 tion’’ on the Map and which shall be incorporated 

23 in, and shall be considered to be a part of, the Big 

24 Frog Wilderness. 


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1 (3) Certain land comprising approximately 630 

2 acres, as generally depicted as the ‘‘Little Frog 

3 Mountain Addition NW’’ on the Map and which 

4 shall be incorporated in, and shall be considered to 

5 be a part of, the Little Frog Mountain Wilderness. 

6 (4) Certain land comprising approximately 336 

7 acres, as generally depicted as the ‘‘Little Frog 

8 Mountain Addition NE’’ on the Map and which shall 

9 be incorporated in, and shall be considered to be a 

10 part of, the Little Frog Mountain Wilderness. 

11 (5) Certain land comprising approximately 

12 2,922 acres, as generally depicted as the ‘‘Sampson 

13 Mountain Addition’’ on the Map and which shall be 

14 incorporated in, and shall be considered to be a part 

15 of, the Sampson Mountain Wilderness. 

16 (6) Certain land comprising approximately 

17 4,446 acres, as generally depicted as the ‘‘Big Lau18 rel Branch Addition’’ on the Map and which shall be 

19 incorporated in, and shall be considered to be a part 

20 of, the Big Laurel Branch Wilderness. 

21 (7) Certain land comprising approximately 

22 1,836 acres, as generally depicted as the ‘‘Joyce Kil23 mer-Slickrock Addition’’ on the Map and which shall 

24 be incorporated in, and shall be considered to be a 

25 part of, the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness. 


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1 (b) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 

3 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

4 shall file maps and legal descriptions of the wilder5 ness areas designated by subsection (a) with the ap6 propriate committees of Congress. 

7 (2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The maps and 

8 legal descriptions filed under paragraph (1) shall be 

9 on file and available for public inspection in the of10 fice of the Chief of the Forest Service and the office 

11 of the Supervisor of the Cherokee National Forest. 

12 (3) FORCE OF LAW.—The maps and legal de13 scriptions filed under paragraph (1) shall have the 

14 same force and effect as if included in this Act, ex15 cept that the Secretary may correct typographical 

16 errors in the maps and descriptions. 

17 (c) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to valid existing 

18 rights, the Federal land designated as wilderness by sub19 section (a) shall be administered by the Secretary in ac20 cordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 

21 seq.), except that any reference in that Act to the effective 

22 date of that Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the 

23 date of the enactment of this Act. 

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