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100 H.R.5395 Title: a Bill to Designate the Sipsey River As a Component Of 100 H.R.5395 Title: A bill to designate the Sipsey River as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, to designate certain areas as additions to the Sipsey Wilderness, to designate certain areas as additions to the Cheaha Wilderness, and to preserve over thirty thousand acres of pristine natural treasures in the Bankhead National Forest for the aesthetic and recreational benefit of future generations of Alabamians, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Flippo, Ronnie G. [AL-5] (introduced 9/27/1988) Cosponsors (1) Related Bills: S.2838 Latest Major Action: 10/28/1988 Became Public Law No: 100-547. SUMMARY AS OF: 10/6/1988--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) (Measure passed House, amended) Sipsey Wild and Scenic River and Alabama Wilderness Addition Act of 1988 - Title I: Wild and Scenic Rivers Designation - Amends the Wild and Scenic River Act to designate specified segments of the Sipsey Fork River, Alabama, as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to study the feasibility of constructing a dam to establish a lake for recreational use within the Bankhead National Forest. Directs the Secretary to monitor waters flowing into Lewis Smith Lake and take appropriate actions to control any conditions causing injurious water quality. Title II: Wilderness Designation - Designates the following lands in Alabama as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) the Sipsey Wilderness in the William B. Bankhead National Forest; and (2) the Cheaha Wilderness in the Talladega National Forest. Authorizes the Secretary to take measures to control fire, insects, and diseases within the Sipsey Wilderness. Requires the Secretary, at his discretion, to convert existing roads within the Sipsey Wilderness Additions into hiking or horse trails. Provides that the RARE II (second roadless area review and evaluation) final evironmental statement (dated January 1979) with respect to National Forest System lands in Alabama shall not be subject to judicial review. Releases National Forest System lands in Alabama which were reviewed in the RARE II program from further review by the Department of Agriculture, pending the revision of initial national forest management plans. Releases lands in Alabama reviewed in the RARE II program and not designated as wilderness from management as wilderness areas. Prohibits the Department of Agriculture from conducting any further statewide roadless area review and evaluation of National Forest System lands in Alabama without express congressional authorization. States that the provisions above shall also apply to National Forest System roadless lands in Alabama which are less than 5,000 acres in size. MAJOR ACTIONS: 9/27/1988 Introduced in House 10/5/1988 Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 100-1057 (Part I). 10/5/1988 Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Agriculture. Report No: 100- 1057 (Part II). 10/6/1988 Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote. 10/11/1988 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. 10/11/1988 Cleared for White House. 10/21/1988 Presented to President. 10/28/1988 Signed by President. 10/28/1988 Became Public Law No: 100-547. ALL ACTIONS: 9/27/1988: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. 9/27/1988: Referred to Subcommittee on Forest, Family Farms, and Energy. 9/28/1988: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. 9/28/1988: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended). 9/29/1988: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. 9/29/1988: Ordered to be Reported (Amended). 9/27/1988: Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. 10/5/1988: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. 10/5/1988: Ordered to be Reported (Amended). 10/5/1988: Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 100-1057 (Part I). 10/5/1988: Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Agriculture. Report No: 100- 1057 (Part II). 10/5/1988: Placed on Union Calendar No: 624. 10/6/1988: Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules. 10/6/1988: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote. 10/7/1988: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1128. 10/11/1988: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. 10/11/1988: Cleared for White House. 10/12/1988: Message on Senate action sent to the House. 10/20/1988: Measure Signed in Senate. 10/21/1988: Presented to President. 10/28/1988: Signed by President. 10/28/1988: Became Public Law No: 100-547. TITLE(S): SHORT TITLE(S) AS INTRODUCED: Sipsey Wild and Scenic River and Alabama Wilderness Addition Act of 1988 SHORT TITLE(S) AS PASSED HOUSE: Sipsey Wild and Scenic River and Alabama Wilderness Addition Act of 1988 SHORT TITLE(S) AS ENACTED: Sipsey Wild and Scenic River and Alabama Addition Act of 1988 OFFICIAL TITLE AS INTRODUCED: A bill to designate the Sipsey River as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, to designate certain areas as additions to the Sipsey Wilderness, to designate certain areas as additions to the Cheaha Wilderness, and to preserve over thirty thousand acres of pristine natural treasures in the Bankhead National Forest for the aesthetic and recreational benefit of future generations of Alabamians, and for other purposes. COSPONSORS(1), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: Rep Nichols, Bill [AL-3] - 9/27/1988 COMMITTEE(S): Committee/Subcommittee: Activity: House Agriculture Referral, Markup, Reporting Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy Referral, Markup, Reporting House Interior and Insular Affairs Referral, Markup, Reporting RELATED BILL DETAILS: (additional related bills may be indentified in Status) Bill: Relationship: S.2838 Identical bill identified by CRS S.2838 Companion bill AMENDMENT(S): ***NONE*** .
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