subsection are U.S. Highway 93; U.S. Highway 2; U.S.
Highway 95; U.S. Highway 10; U.S. Highway 12; U.S.
Highway 20; U.S. Highway 89; U.S. Highway 91; Inter-
state Highway 15; Interstate Highway 90; Idaho State
Highway 28; Idaho State Highway 29; Idaho State High-
way 87; Idaho State Highway 3; Montana State Highway
200; Montana State Highway 37; Montana State Highway
38; Montana State Highway 135; Montana State Highway
83; Montana State Highway 43; Montana State Highway
56; Montana State Highway 324; Montana State Highway
278; Montana State Highway 87; Montana State Highway
2; Montana State Highway 298; Montana State Highway
293; Montana State Highway 294; Montana State High-
way 58; Montana Secondary Road 508; Montana Second-
ary Road 278; Montana Secondary Road 279; Montana
Secondary Road 324; Montana Secondary Road 411;
Montana Secondary Road 92; the Thompson Pass Road
(Montana-Idaho); the Moyie Springs to East Port Road
(Idaho); the Red Rock Pass Road (Montana); Boundary
County (ID) Route 18; Boundary County (ID) Route 47;
Boundary County (ID) Route 3; Boundary County (ID)
Route 34; Lolo National Forest Route 102; Gallatin Na-
tional Forest Route 259; Kelly Canyon Road (Gallatin
NF); Middle Fork Canyon Road (Gallatin NF); Lewis and
Clark County Road 280 (MT); Lewis and Clark County
Road 164 (MT); Lewis and Clark County Road 4 (MT);
Lewis and Clark County Road 291 (MT); Lewis and Clark
County Road 287 (MT); and the Pahsimeroi Road (Butte
County, ID).
SEC. 5. NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE STUDIES.
(a) GREATER
HELLS
CANYON/WALLOWA
ECO-
SYSTEM.
(1) CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.—The Congress
finds as follows:
(A) The deepest river-carved canyon in the
world at over 8,000 feet deep, the Hells Canyon
of the Snake River forms the centerpiece of the
rugged Greater Hells Canyon/Wallowa region.
(B) The ancestral home of the Nez Perce
Indians and their famous leader Chief Joseph,
the region abounds in cultural and archaeologi-
cal sites.
(C) Breathtaking scenery in the region in-
cludes the 10,000 foot peaks of the Wallowa
and Seven Devils Mountains, old growth forests
of ponderosa pine and larch, and the desert-like
canyon walls themselves.
(D) The Imnaha River Chinook salmon are
among the largest salmon in the Nation.
(E) Wildlife in the region includes one of
the largest free-roaming elk herds in the Na-
tion.
(2) HELLS CANYON/CHIEF JOSEPH NATIONAL
PARK AND PRESERVE STUDY.—
(A) STUDY REQUIREMENT.—The Congress
hereby directs the Secretary of the Interior, act-
ing through the Director of the National Park
Service, to study the feasibility of creating a
Hells Canyon/Chief Joseph National Park and
Preserve. The Secretary shall study the feasibil-
ity of designating the study area described in
subparagraph (B) as a unit of the National
Park System, including the feasibility of apply-
ing, to the study area, national park and na-
tional preserve designations to be administered
by the National Park Service. The study shall
include specific recommendations as to which
areas within the study area boundary should be
classified as national park, and which should be
classified as national preserve where hunting,
fishing, and some motorized use shall be al-
lowed.
(B) STUDY
AREA.—The study area re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A) shall consist of
the area generally known as the Hells Canyon
National Recreation Area and Eagle Cap Wil-
derness, and surrounding lands on the Wallowa-
Whitman, Nez Perce, and Payette National
Forests. The area to be studied shall comprise
approximately 1,439,444 acres, as delineated on
the maps entitled ‘‘Hells Canyon/Chief Joseph
National Park and Preserve Study’’ and dated
January 1, 1995.
(C) TIME
OF
STUDY.—The Secretary of
the Interior shall complete the study required
by this paragraph not later than 3 years after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
(D) COMPLETION OF STUDY AREA.—The
study area described in subparagraph (B) shall,
until the Congress enacts a law stating other-
wise, be administered by the Secretary of Agri-
culture so as to maintain its presently existing
natural character and potential for inclusion in
the National Park System. Until the Congress
enacts a law stating otherwise, no new road
construction or reconstruction, or timber har-
vest (except firewood gathering) shall be al-
lowed in the area. Additionally, no oil or gas
leasing, mining, or other development which im-
pairs the natural and roadless qualities of the
area shall be allowed in the area. In administer-
ing the area, the Secretary of Agriculture shall
give special consideration to preserving scenery,
water quality and fisheries habitat, biological
diversity, and wildlife habitat for threatened
and endangered species.
(b) FLATHEAD NATIONAL PARK
AND PRESERVE
STUDY.—
(1) 
STUDY
REQUIREMENT.—The 
Congress
hereby directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting
through the Director of National Park Service, to
study the feasibility of creating a Flathead National
Park and Preserve. The Secretary shall study the
feasibility of designating the study area described in
subparagraph (B) as a unit of the National Park
System, including the feasibility of applying to the
study area national park and national preserve des-
ignations to be administered by the National Park
Service. The study shall include specific rec-
ommendations as to which areas within the study
area boundary should be classified as national park,
and which should be classified as national preserve
where hunting, fishing, and some motorized use shall
be allowed.