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PUBLIC LAW 109–118—DEC. 1, 2005
(B) shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act. (3) ERRORS.—The Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in the map and the boundary description prepared under paragraph (1)(A). (c) ADMINISTRATION.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary shall administer the El Toro Wilderness in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and this Act. (2) EFFECTIVE DATE OF WILDERNESS ACT.—With respect to the El Toro Wilderness, any reference in the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) to the effective date of that Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of the enactment of this Act. (d) SPECIAL MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS.—Consistent with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), nothing in this Act precludes the installation and maintenance of hydrologic, meteorological, climatological, or atmospheric data collection and remote transmission facilities, or any combination of those facilities, in any case in which the Secretary determines that the facilities are essential to the scientific research purposes of the Luquillo Experimental Forest. Approved December 1, 2005.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 539 (S. 272): HOUSE REPORTS: No. 109–126 (Comm. on Resources). SENATE REPORTS: Nos. 109–34 accompanying S. 272 and 109–155 (both from Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 151 (2005): Sept. 13, considered and passed House. Nov. 16, considered and passed Senate.
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