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PUBLIC LAW 94-000—MMMM. DD, 1976

90 STAT. 2638 16 USC 1131 "***•

PUBLIC LAW 94-557—OCT. 19, 1976 SEC. 6. Wilderness areas designated by this Act shall be administered in accordajice with the applicable 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 effective date of this Act, and any reference to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be deemed to be a reference to the Secretary who has administrative jurisdiction over the area. Approved October 19, 1976.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 94-1562 accompanying H.R. 15446 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORTS: No. 94-1032 and No. 94-1032 Pt. 2 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 122 (1976): July 21, considered and passed Senate. Sept. 27, considered and passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 15446. Sept. 30, Senate agreed to House amendment