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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2632
To designate certain Federal lands in the Talladega National Forest in
the State of Alabama as the Dugger Mountain Wilderness.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 29, 1999
Mr. RILEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned
A BILL
To designate certain Federal lands in the Talladega National
Forest in the State of Alabama as the Dugger Mountain
Wilderness.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Dugger Mountain Wil-
derness Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF DUGGER MOUNTAIN WILDER-
NESS, ALABAMA.
(a) DESIGNATION.—In furtherance of the purposes of
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain Fed-
eral lands in the Talladega National Forest in the State
of Alabama, which comprise approximately 9,200 acres,
as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Proposed Dugger
Mountain Wilderness’’ and dated July 2, 1999, are hereby
designated as wilderness and, therefore, as a component
of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and shall
be known as the Dugger Mountain Wilderness.
(b) MAP AND DESCRIPTION.—As soon as practicable
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a map and a
boundary description of the area designated as wilderness
by this section. The map and description shall have the
same force and effect as if included in this Act, except
that the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical
errors in the map and description. A copy of the map and
description shall be on file and available for public inspec-
tion in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service and
in the office of the Supervisor of National Forest System
lands in Alabama.
(c) MANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights,
lands designated as wilderness by this section shall be
managed by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance
with the provisions of the Wilderness Act governing areas
designated by that Act as wilderness, except that, with re-
spect to the wilderness area designated by this section, any
reference in the Wilderness Act to the effective date of
the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to
the date of the enactment of this Act.
(d) TREATMENT
OF
DUGGER
MOUNTAIN
FIRE
TOWER.—The Forest Service shall have two years, begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this Act, in which
to use ground-based mechanical and motorized equipment
to disassemble and remove from the wilderness area des-
ignated by this section the Dugger Mountain fire tower,
which has been scheduled for removal by the Forest Serv-
ice, and any supporting structures. The road to the fire
tower shall be open to motorized vehicles during this pe-
riod only for the purpose of removing the tower and sup-
porting structures, after which time the road shall be per-
manently closed to motorized use. The Forest Service shall
follow the provisions of the National Historic Preservation
Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) in the determination and exe-
cution of the removal of the tower and supporting struc-
tures.
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