(c) ACREAGES.—All acreages cited in this Act are ap-
proximate and in the event of discrepancies between cited
acreage and the lands depicted on referenced maps, the
maps shall control.
(d) ACCESS.—It is the policy of Congress that the For-
est Service affirm or acquire and maintain reasonable pub-
lic access to National Forest System lands in the State of
Montana.
(e) SCAPEGOAT
AND
GREAT
BEAR
WILDERNESS
NAMES.—In order to consolidate existing contiguous wil-
derness areas, those lands comprising the Great Bear Wil-
derness Area designated by Public Law 95–946 and any
amendments thereto and the Scapegoat Wilderness Area
designated by Public Law 92–395 and any amendments
thereto are hereby incorporated in and deemed to be a part
of the Bob Marshall Wilderness. The designations of the
Great Bear Wilderness and Scapegoat Wilderness shall refer
to units within the Bob Marshall Wilderness.
SEC. 11. WILDERNESS REVIEW.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) the Department of Agriculture has studied
the suitability of roadless areas for inclusion in the
National Wilderness Preservation System; and
(2) the Congress has made its own review and
examination of National Forest System roadless areas
in the State of Montana and the environmental im-
pacts associated with nonwilderness management of
such areas.
(b) RELEASE.—Those National Forest System lands in
the State of Montana which were not designated as wilder-
ness, special management, national recreation, or wilder-
ness study areas by this Act and Public Law 95–150 shall
be managed for multiple use in accordance with land and
resource management plans developed pursuant to section
6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Plan-
ning Act of 1974, as amended by the National Forest Man-
agement Act of 1976, and other applicable law, and those
areas need not be managed for the purpose of protecting
their suitability for wilderness designation prior to or dur-
ing revision of land and resource management plans.
(c) PLAN REVISIONS.—In the event that revised land
management plans in the State of Montana are imple-
mented pursuant to section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland
Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, as amended by
the National Forest Management Act of 1976, and other ap-
plicable law, areas not recommended for wilderness designa-
tion, need not be managed for the purpose of protecting
their suitability for wilderness designation prior to or dur-
ing revision of such plans, and areas recommended for wil-
derness designation shall be managed for the purpose of pro-
tecting their suitability for wilderness designation.
(d) FURTHER REVIEW.—Unless expressly authorized
by Congress, the Department of Agriculture shall not con-
duct any further statewide roadless area review and evalua-
tion of National Forest System lands in the State of Mon-
tana for the purpose of determining their suitability for in-
clusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System.
(e) PREVIOUS PLANS.—Except as specifically provided
in section 3, 5, 6, and 7 of this Act and in Public Law
95–150, with respect to the National Forest System lands
in the State of Montana which were reviewed by the Depart-
ment of Agriculture under Public Law 94–557, the unit
plans that were in effect prior to completion of RARE II,
the 1978 Forest Plan for the Beaverhead National Forest,
that such reviews shall be deemed an adequate consideration
of the suitability of such lands for inclusion in the National
Wilderness Preservation System, and the Department of Ag-
riculture shall not be required to review the wilderness op-
tion prior to the revision of the land and resource manage-
ment plans.
(f) REVISIONS.—As used in this section, and as pro-
vided in section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable
Resources Planning Act, as amended by the National For-
eign Management Act, the term ‘‘revision’’ shall not include
an amendment to a land and resource management plan.
(g) SIZE.—The provisions of this section shall apply
to those National Forest System roadless lands in the State
of Montana which are less than 5,000 acres in size.
SEC. 12. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as
are necessary to carry out this Act.
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