Georgia Wilderness Act of 1986
PL 99-555 (H.R.5496), enacted 10/27/1986

PUBLIC LAW 99-555—OCT. 27, 1986 
100 STAT. 3129 
Public Law 99-555 
99th Congress 
An Act 
To designate certain National Forest System lands in the State of Georgia to the 
National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may 
be cited as the "Georgia Wilderness Act of 1986". 
SEC. 2. In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1131), the following lands in the State of Georgia are hereby 
designated as wilderness and, therefore, as components of the 
National Wilderness Preservation System— 
(1) certain lands in the Chattahoochee National Forest, Geor-
gia, which comprise approximately 8,562 acres, as generally 
depicted on a map entitled "Raven Cliffs Wilderness—Pro-
posed", dated September 1986, and which shall be known as the 
Raven Cliffs Wilderness; 
(2) certain lands in the Chattahoochee National Forest, Geor-
gia, which comprise approximately 11,405 acres, as generally 
depicted on a map entitled "Brasstown Wilderness—Proposed', 
dated September, 1986, and which shall be known as the 
Brasstown Wilderness; 
(3) certain lands in the Chattahoochee National Forest, Geor-
gia, which comprise approximately 9,702 acres, generally 
depicted on a map entitled "Tray Mountain Wilderness—Pro-
posed", dated September, 1986, and which shall be known as the 
Tray Mountain Wilderness; 
(4) certain lands in the Chattahoochee National Forest, Geor-
gia, which comprise approximately 9,649 acres, generally de-
picted on a map entitled "Rich Mountain Wilderness—Pro-
posed", dated September, 1986, and which shall be known as the 
Rich Mountain Wilderness; and 
(5) certain lands in the Chattahoochee National Forest, Geor-
gia, which comprise approximately 2,940 acres, as generally 
depicted on a map entitled "Cohutta Wilderness addition— 
Proposed", dated September, 1986, and which is hereby incor-
porated in and shall be part of the Cohutta Wilderness as 
designated by Public Law 93-622. 
SEC. 3. As soon as practicable after enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall file a map and a legal description of 
each wilderness area designated by this Act with the Committee on 
Interior and Insular Affairs and the Committee on Agriculture of 
the United States House of Representatives and with the Committee 
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the United States Senate. 
Each such map and description shall have the same force and effect 
as if included in this Act: Provided, however, That correction of 
clerical and typographical errors in such maps and legal descrip-
tions may be made. A copy of each such map and description shall 
be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the 
Oct. 27, 1986 
[H.R. 5496] 
Georgia 
Wilderness Act 
of 1986. 
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information. 
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PUBLIC LAW 99-555—OCT. 27, 1986 
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Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, and in the 
Office of the Supervisor of the Chattahoochee National Forest. 
SEC. 4. Subject to valid existing rights, each wilderness area 
designated by this Act shall be administered by the Secretary of 
Ajjriculture in accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act 
governing areas designated by that Act as wilderness, except that 
any reference in such provisions to the effective date of the Wilder-
ness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 5496: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 99-898, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
CONGRESSldNAL RECORD, Vol. 132 (1986): 
Sept. 30, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 9, considered and passed Senate.