§ 1111 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION Page 1520 § 1111. Exemption from taxation composed of federally owned areas designated by Congress as ‘‘wilderness areas’’, and these shall The Commission shall not be subject to Fed- be administered for the use and enjoyment of eral, State, or municipal taxation in the United the American people in such manner as will States on any real or personal property held by leave them unimpaired for future use and enjoy- it or on any gift, bequest, or devise to it of any ment as wilderness, and so as to provide for the personal or real property, or on its income, protection of these areas, the preservation of whether from governmental appropriations, ad- their wilderness character, and for the gathering mission fees, concessions, or donations. and dissemination of information regarding (Pub. L. 88–363, § 12, July 7, 1964, 78 Stat. 301.) their use and enjoyment as wilderness; and no Federal lands shall be designated as ‘‘wilderness § 1112. Tax treatment of any gift, devise or be- areas’’ except as provided for in this chapter or quest to the Commission by a subsequent Act. For the purpose of Federal income, estate, and (b) Management of area included in System; ap- gift taxes, any gift, devise, or bequest to or for propriations the use of the Commission, and accepted by the The inclusion of an area in the National Wil- Commission under authority of this chapter, derness Preservation System notwithstanding, shall be deemed to be a gift, devise, or bequest the area shall continue to be managed by the to or for the use of the United States, as the Department and agency having jurisdiction case may be, if it is not deducted as a gift, de- thereover immediately before its inclusion in vise, or bequest to or for the use of the Govern- the National Wilderness Preservation System ment of Canada under the income, estate, or gift unless otherwise provided by Act of Congress. tax laws of the Government of Canada. No appropriation shall be available for the pay- ment of expenses or salaries for the administra- (Pub. L. 88–363, § 13, July 7, 1964, 78 Stat. 301.) tion of the National Wilderness Preservation § 1113. Authorization of appropriations System as a separate unit nor shall any appro- priations be available for additional personnel There are hereby authorized to be appro- stated as being required solely for the purpose of priated to the Department of the Interior with- managing or administering areas solely because out fiscal year limitation such sums as may be they are included within the National Wilder- necessary for the purposes of this chapter and ness Preservation System. the agreement with the Government of Canada (c) ‘‘Wilderness’’ defined signed January 22, 1964, article 11 of which pro- vides that the Governments of the United States A wilderness, in contrast with those areas and Canada shall share equally the costs of de- where man and his own works dominate the veloping and the annual cost of operating and landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where maintaining the Roosevelt Campobello Inter- the earth and its community of life are un- national Park. trammeled by man, where man himself is a visi- tor who does not remain. An area of wilderness (Pub. L. 88–363, § 14, July 7, 1964, 78 Stat. 301.) is further defined to mean in this chapter an area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its CHAPTER 23—NATIONAL WILDERNESS primeval character and influence, without per- PRESERVATION SYSTEM manent improvements or human habitation, Sec. which is protected and managed so as to pre- 1131. National Wilderness Preservation System. serve its natural conditions and which (1) gener- 1132. Extent of System. ally appears to have been affected primarily by 1133. Use of wilderness areas. the forces of nature, with the imprint of man’s 1134. State and private lands within wilderness work substantially unnoticeable; (2) has out- areas. standing opportunities for solitude or a primi- 1135. Gifts, bequests, and contributions. 1136. Annual reports to Congress. tive and unconfined type of recreation; (3) has at least five thousand acres of land or is of suffi- § 1131. National Wilderness Preservation System cient size as to make practicable its preserva- tion and use in an unimpaired condition; and (4) (a) Establishment; Congressional declaration of may also contain ecological, geological, or other policy; wilderness areas; administration for features of scientific, educational, scenic, or his- public use and enjoyment, protection, preser- torical value. vation, and gathering and dissemination of information; provisions for designation as (Pub. L. 88–577, § 2, Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 890.) wilderness areas SHORT TITLE In order to assure that an increasing popu- Pub. L. 88–577, § 1, Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 890, provided lation, accompanied by expanding settlement that: ‘‘This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as and growing mechanization, does not occupy the ‘Wilderness Act’.’’ and modify all areas within the United States § 1132. Extent of System and its possessions, leaving no lands designated for preservation and protection in their natural (a) Designation of wilderness areas; filing of condition, it is hereby declared to be the policy maps and descriptions with Congressional of the Congress to secure for the American peo- committees; correction of errors; public ple of present and future generations the bene- records; availability of records in regional of- fits of an enduring resource of wilderness. For fices this purpose there is hereby established a Na- All areas within the national forests classified tional Wilderness Preservation System to be at least 30 days before September 3, 1964 by the Page 1521 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 1132 Secretary of Agriculture or the Chief of the For- recommendations to Congress, the alteration of est Service as ‘‘wilderness’’, ‘‘wild’’, or ‘‘canoe’’ existing boundaries of primitive areas or rec- are hereby designated as wilderness areas. The ommending the addition of any contiguous area Secretary of Agriculture shall— of national forest lands predominantly of wilder- (1) Within one year after September 3, 1964, ness value. Notwithstanding any other provi- file a map and legal description of each wilder- sions of this chapter, the Secretary of Agri- ness area with the Interior and Insular Affairs culture may complete his review and delete such Committees of the United States Senate and area as may be necessary, but not to exceed the House of Representatives, and such de- seven thousand acres, from the southern tip of scriptions shall have the same force and effect the Gore Range-Eagles Nest Primitive Area, as if included in this chapter: Provided, how- Colorado, if the Secretary determines that such ever, That correction of clerical and typo- action is in the public interest. graphical errors in such legal descriptions and (c) Review by Secretary of the Interior of road- maps may be made. less areas of national park system and na- (2) Maintain, available to the public, records tional wildlife refuges and game ranges and pertaining to said wilderness areas, including suitability of areas for preservation as wil- maps and legal descriptions, copies of regula- derness; authority of Secretary of the Inte- tions governing them, copies of public notices rior to maintain roadless areas in national of, and reports submitted to Congress regard- park system unaffected ing pending additions, eliminations, or modi- Within ten years after September 3, 1964 the fications. Maps, legal descriptions, and regula- Secretary of the Interior shall review every tions pertaining to wilderness areas within roadless area of five thousand contiguous acres their respective jurisdictions also shall be or more in the national parks, monuments and available to the public in the offices of re- other units of the national park system and gional foresters, national forest supervisors, every such area of, and every roadless island and forest rangers. within the national wildlife refuges and game (b) Review by Secretary of Agriculture of classi- ranges, under his jurisdiction on September 3, fications as primitive areas; Presidential rec- 1964 and shall report to the President his recom- ommendations to Congress; approval of Con- mendation as to the suitability or nonsuit- gress; size of primitive areas; Gore Range-Ea- ability of each such area or island for preserva- gles Nest Primitive Area, Colorado tion as wilderness. The President shall advise The Secretary of Agriculture shall, within ten the President of the Senate and the Speaker of years after September 3, 1964, review, as to its the House of Representatives of his recom- suitability or nonsuitability for preservation as mendation with respect to the designation as wilderness, each area in the national forests wilderness of each such area or island on which classified on September 3, 1964 by the Secretary review has been completed, together with a map of Agriculture or the Chief of the Forest Service thereof and a definition of its boundaries. Such as ‘‘primitive’’ and report his findings to the advice shall be given with respect to not less President. The President shall advise the United than one-third of the areas and islands to be re- States Senate and House of Representatives of viewed under this subsection within three years his recommendations with respect to the des- after September 3, 1964, not less than two-thirds ignation as ‘‘wilderness’’ or other reclassifica- within seven years of September 3, 1964 and the tion of each area on which review has been com- remainder within ten years of September 3, 1964. pleted, together with maps and a definition of A recommendation of the President for designa- boundaries. Such advice shall be given with re- tion as wilderness shall become effective only if spect to not less than one-third of all the areas so provided by an Act of Congress.