An Act to designate the Stratified Primitive Area as a part of the Washakie Wilderness, heretofore known as the South Absaroka Wilderness, Shoshone National Forest, in the State of Wyoming, and for other purposes
PL 92-476 (S.166), enacted 10/09/1972

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PUBLIC LAW 92-476-OCT. 9, 1972 
[86 STAT. 
October 9,1972 
[S. 166] 
Public Law 92-476 
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AN ACT 
To designate the Stratifled Primitive Area as a part of the Washakie Wilderness, 
heretofore known as the South Absaroka Wilderness, Shoshone National For-
est, in the State of Wyoming, and for other purposes. 
stratified 
Primitive Area 
and South 
Absaroka Wilder-
ness. 
Reclassifica-
tion and name 
change. 
16 u s e 1132. 
Map and de-
scription, filing 
with congres-
sional commit-
tees. 
Administration. 
78 Stat. 890. 
16 u s e 1131 
note. 
Special Manage-
ment Unit. 
Administration. 
Study; recom-
mendation to 
President and 
eongress. 
Map and de-
scription, filing 
with congressional 
committees. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, in accordance 
with subsection 3(b) of the Wilderness Act of September 3, 1964 (78 
Stat. 891), the area classified as the Stratified Primitive Area, with 
the proposed additions thereto and deletions therefrom, comprising 
an area of approximately two hundred and eight thousand acres as 
generally depicted on a map entitled "Washakie Wilderness—Pro-
pyosed," dated June 15, 1967, revised September 12, 1970, which is on 
file and available for public inspection in the office of the Chief, Forest 
Service, Department of Agriculture, is hereby designated for addition 
to and as a part of the area heretofore known as the South Absaroka 
Wilderness, which is hereby renamed as the Washakie Wilderness. 
SEC. 2. As soon as practicable after this Act takes effect, the Secre-
tary of Agriculture shall file a map and a legal description of the 
Washakie Wilderness with the Interior and Insular Affairs Commit-
tees of the United States Senate and the House of Representatives, and 
such description shall have the same force and effect is if included 
in this Act: Provided, however^ That correction of clerical and typo-
graphical errors in such legal description and map may be made. 
SEC. 3. The Stratified Primitive Area addition to the Washakie Wil-
derness shall be administered as a part of the Washakie Wilderness by 
the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the provisions of the 
Wilderness Act governing areas designated by that Act as wilderness 
areas, except that any reference in such provisions to the effective date 
of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the effec-
tive date of this Act. 
SEC. 4. The previous classification of the Stratified Primitive Area 
is hereby abolished. 
SEC. 5. (a) Within the area depicted as the Special Management 
Unit on the map referred to in section 1 of this Act, the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall not permit harvesting of timber or public or private 
vehicular use of any existing road, and shall not construct or permit the 
construction or expansion of any road in said Special Management 
Unit. The Secretary shall administer said unit in accordance with the 
laws, rules, and regulations relating to the national forests especially 
to provide for nonvehicular access recreation and may construct such 
facilities and take such measures as are necessary for the health and 
safety of visitors and to protect the resources of said unit: Provided^ 
however^ That this section shall not affect such vehicular use and main-
tenance of existing roads as may be necessary for the administration 
of said unit by the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(b) The Secretary of Agriculture shall initiate a continuing study 
of the Special Management Unit and at the end of the five-year period 
following the enactment of this Act shall recommend to the President 
and the Congress what he considers to be the area's highest and best 
public use. 
(c) As soon as practicable after this Act takes effect, the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall file a map and legal description of the area referred 
to in subsection (a) with the Interior and Insular Affairs Committees 
of the United States Senate and the House of Eepresentatives, and such 
description shall have the same force and effect as included in this Act: 
Provided^ however^ That corrections of clerical and typographical 
errors in such legal description and map may be made. 
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Approved October 9, 1972.