97 H.R.6011

Title: A bill to designate certain lands in the Bankhead National Forest, , as a area and to incorporate such wilderness area into the . Sponsor: Rep Flippo, Ronnie G. [AL-5] (introduced 3/31/1982) Cosponsors (3) Latest Major Action: 11/30/1982 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water. Hearings held.

SUMMARY AS OF: 8/4/1982--Passed House amended. (There are 3 other summaries)

(Measure passed House, amended, roll call #240 (349-59))

Alabama of 1982 - Designates certain lands in the Talladega National Forest in Alabama as the . Designates certain lands in the Bankhead National Forest in Alabama as part of the Sipsey Wilderness.

States that the RARE II final environmental impact statement (dated January 1979) shall not be subject to judicial review with respect to national forest system lands in Alabama. Provides that the second roadless area review and evaluation of national forest lands in Alabama shall be treated as an adequate consideration of their suitability for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System. Provides that areas not designated as wilderness by this Act or remaining in further planning need not be managed so as to protect their wilderness character pending revision of land management plans required by the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974. Prohibits the Department of Agriculture from conducting any further statewide roadless area review and evaluation of national forest lands in Alabama to determine their suitability as wilderness without express congressional authorization.

MAJOR ACTIONS:

3/31/1982 Introduced in House 7/20/1982 Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 97-646 (Part I). 7/30/1982 Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Agriculture. Report No: 97-646 (Part II). 8/4/1982 Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 349 - 59 (Record Vote No: 240). 11/30/1982 Senate committee/subcommittee actions: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water. Hearings held. ALL ACTIONS: 3/31/1982: Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. 4/7/1982: Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands and National Parks. 5/24/1982: Subcommittee Hearings Held. 6/15/1982: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. 6/15/1982: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended). 4/19/1982: Executive Comment Requested from USDA. 6/23/1982: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. 6/23/1982: Ordered to be Reported (Amended). 7/14/1982: Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From USDA. 7/20/1982: Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 97-646 (Part I). 7/20/1982: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture Sequentially, for a period ending not later than July 30, 1982. 7/29/1982: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. 7/29/1982: Ordered to be Reported (Amended). 7/30/1982: Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Agriculture. Report No: 97-646 (Part II). 7/30/1982: Placed on Union Calendar No: 424. 8/2/1982: Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules. 8/2/1982: Considered by House Unfinished Business Vote Postponed Until August 3, 1982. 8/4/1982: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 349 - 59 (Record Vote No: 240). 8/9/1982: Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 11/30/1982: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water. Hearings held. TITLE(S):

• SHORT TITLE(S) AS INTRODUCED: Sipsey Wilderness Additions Act of 1982

• SHORT TITLE(S) AS REPORTED TO HOUSE: Alabama Wilderness Act of 1982

• SHORT TITLE(S) AS PASSED HOUSE: Alabama Wilderness Act of 1982

• OFFICIAL TITLE AS INTRODUCED: A bill to designate certain lands in the Bankhead National Forest, Alabama, as a wilderness area and to incorporate such wilderness area into the Sipsey Wilderness.

COSPONSORS(3), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:

Rep Edwards, Jack [AL-1] - 6/23/1982 Rep Nichols, Bill [AL-3] - 6/23/1982 Rep Smith, Albert L., Jr. [AL-6] - 5/5/1982

COMMITTEE(S):

Committee/Subcommittee: Activity: House Interior and Insular Affairs Referral, Markup, Reporting Subcommittee on Public Lands and Referral, Hearings, Markup, Reporting National Parks House Agriculture Referral, Markup, Reporting Senate Energy and Natural Resources Referral, In Committee Subcommittee on Public Lands, Hearings Reserved Water and Resource Conservation

RELATED BILL DETAILS: ***NONE***

AMENDMENT(S): ***NONE***