An Act to designate certain lands in the Point Reyes National Seashore, California, as wilderness, amending the Act of September 13, 1962 (76 Stat. 538), as amended (16 U.S.C. 459c-6a), and for other purposes.
PL 94-544 (H.R.8002), enacted 10/18/1976

PUBLIC LAW 94-544—OCT. 18, 1976 
90 STAT. 2515 
Public Law 94-544 
94th Congress 
An Act 
To designate certain lands in the Point Reyes National Seashore, California, as 
wilderness, amending the Act of September 13, 1962 (76 Stat. 538), as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 459c-6a), and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, in furtherance 
of the purposes of the Point Reyes National Seashore Act (76 Stat. 
538; 16 U.S.C. 459c), and of the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 890; 16 
U.S.C. 1131-36), and in accordance with section 3(c) of the Wilder-
ness Act, the following lands within the Point Reyes National Sea-
shore are hereby designated as wilderness, and shall be administered 
by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the applicable 
provisions of the Wilderness Act: those lands comprising twenty-five 
thousand three hundred and seventy acres, and potential wilderness 
additions comprising eight thousand and three acres, depicted on a 
map entitled "Wilderness Plan, Point Reyes National Seashore", num-
bered 612-90,000-B and dated September 1976, to be known as the 
Point Reyes Wilderness. 
SEC. 2. As soon as practicable after this Act takes effect, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall file a map of the wilderness area and 
a description of its boundaries with the Interior and Insular Affairs 
Committees of the United States Senate and House of Representa-
tives, and such map and descriptions shall have the same force and 
effect as if included in this Act: Provided^ however^ That correction 
of clerical and typographical errors in such map and descriptions may 
be made. 
SEC. 3. The area designated by this Act as wilderness shall be 
administered by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the 
applicable provisions of the Wilderness Act governing areas desig-
nated by that Act as wilderness areas, except that any reference in 
such provisions to the effective date of this Act, and, where appro-
priate, any reference to the Secretary of Agriculture, shall be deemed 
to be a reference to the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 4. (a) Amend the Act of September 13,1962 (76 Stat. 538), as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 459c-6a), as follows: 
In section 6(a) insert immediately after the words "shall be admin-
istered by the Secretary," the words "without impairment of its 
natural values, in a manner which provides for such recreational, edu-
cational, historic preservation, interpretation, and scientific research 
opportunities as are consistent with, based upon, and supportive of 
the maximum protection, restoration, and preservation of the natural 
environment within the area,". 
(b) Add the following new section 7 and redesignate the existing 
section 7 as section 8: 
"SEC. 7. The Secretary shall designate the principal environmental 
education center within the seashore as 'The Clem Miller Environ-
Oct. 18, 1976 
[H.R. 8002] 
Point Reyes 
National 
Seashore, Calif. 
Certain lands 
designated as 
wilderness areas. 
16 u s e 1132 
note. 
16 u s e 1132. 
16 u s e 1131 
note. 
Map and 
description, filing 
with 
congressional 
committees. 
Administration. 
16 u s e 459c-6. 
16 u s e 459c-7. 
The Clem Miller 
Environmental 
Education Center, 
designation. 
16 u s e 459c-6a. 
90 STAT. 2516 
PUBLIC LAW 94-544—OCT. 18, 1976 
mental Education Center', in commemoration of the vision and lead-
ership which the late Representative Clem Miller gave to the creation 
and protection of Point Eeyes National Seashore.". 
Approved October 18, 1976. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 94-1680 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 122 (1976): 
Sept. 29, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 1, considered and passed Senate. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 12, No. 43: 
Oct. 19, Presidential statement.