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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1843

To designate certain Federal land in the Talladega National Forest, Alabama,

as the ‘‘Dugger Mountain Wilderness’’.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

NOVEMBER 2, 1999

Mr. SESSIONS introduced the following bill; which was read twice, considered,

read the third time, and passed

A BILL

To designate certain Federal land in the Talladega National

Forest, Alabama, as the ‘‘Dugger Mountain Wilderness’’.

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 ‘‘Dugger Mountain Wil5 derness Act of 1999’’.

6 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF DUGGER MOUNTAIN WILDER7 NESS, ALABAMA.

8 (a) DESIGNATION.—There is designated as wilder9 ness and as a component of the National Wilderness Pres10 ervation System, in accordance with the Wilderness Act
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1 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain Federal land in the

2 Talladega National Forest, Alabama, comprising approxi3 mately 9,200 acres, as generally depicted on the map enti4 tled ‘‘Proposed Dugger Mountain Wilderness’’, dated July

5 2, 1999, to be known as the ‘‘Dugger Mountain Wilder6 ness’’.

7 (b) MAP AND DESCRIPTION.—

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

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

10 Agriculture (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Sec11 retary’’) shall submit to Congress a map and de12 scription of the boundaries of the Dugger Mountain

13 Wilderness.

14 (2) FORCE AND EFFECT.—The map and de15 scription shall have the same force and effect as if

16 included in this Act, except that the Secretary may

17 correct clerical and typographical errors in the map

18 and description.

19 (3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—A copy of the map

20 and description shall be on file and available for

21 public inspection in the office of—

22 (A) the Chief of the Forest Service; and

23 (B) the Supervisor of National Forest Sys24 tem land located in the State of Alabama.

25 (c) MANAGEMENT.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing

2 rights, land designated as wilderness by this Act

3 shall be managed by the Secretary in accordance

4 with the applicable provisions of the Wilderness Act

5 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.).

6 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE EXCEPTION.—With re7 spect to the Dugger Mountain Wilderness, any ref8 erence in the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et

9 seq.) to the effective date of that Act shall be consid10 ered to be a reference to the date of enactment of

11 this Act.

12 (d) TREATMENT OF DUGGER MOUNTAIN FIRE

13 TOWER.—

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after

15 the date of enactment of this Act, the Forest Service

16 shall disassemble and remove from the Dugger

17 Mountain Wilderness the Dugger Mountain fire

18 tower (including any supporting structures).

19 (2) EQUIPMENT.—The Forest Service may use

20 ground-based mechanical and motorized equipment

21 to carry out paragraph (1).

22 (3) FIRE TOWER ROAD.—

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—The road to the fire

24 tower shall be open to motorized vehicles during

25 the period required to carry out paragraph (1)
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1 only for the purpose of removing the tower (in2 cluding any supporting structures).

3 (B) PERMANENT CLOSURE.—After the pe4 riod referred to in subparagraph (A), the road

5 to the fire tower shall be permanently closed to

6 motorized use.

7 (4) APPLICABLE LAW.—The Forest Service

8 shall carry out paragraph (1) in accordance with the

9 National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470

10 et seq.).

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