§ 1132 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION Page 1464 Department and agency having jurisdiction of, and reports submitted to Congress regard- thereover immediately before its inclusion in ing pending additions, eliminations, or modi- the National Wilderness Preservation System fications. Maps, legal descriptions, and regula- unless otherwise provided by Act of Congress. tions pertaining to wilderness areas within No appropriation shall be available for the pay- their respective jurisdictions also shall be ment of expenses or salaries for the administra- available to the public in the offices of re- tion of the National Wilderness Preservation gional foresters, national forest supervisors, System as a separate unit nor shall any appro- priations be available for additional personnel and forest rangers. stated as being required solely for the purpose of managing or administering areas solely because (b) Review by Secretary of Agriculture of classi- they are included within the National Wilder- fications as primitive areas; Presidential rec- ness Preservation System. ommendations to Congress; approval of Con- (c) ‘‘Wilderness’’ defined gress; size of primitive areas; Gore Range-Ea- A wilderness, in contrast with those areas gles Nest Primitive Area, Colorado where man and his own works dominate the The Secretary of Agriculture shall, within ten landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where years after September 3, 1964, review, as to its the earth and its community of life are un- suitability or nonsuitability for preservation as trammeled by man, where man himself is a visi- wilderness, each area in the national forests tor who does not remain. An area of wilderness classified on September 3, 1964 by the Secretary is further defined to mean in this chapter an area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its of Agriculture or the Chief of the Forest Service primeval character and influence, without per- as ‘‘primitive’’ and report his findings to the manent improvements or human habitation, President. The President shall advise the United which is protected and managed so as to pre- States Senate and House of Representatives of serve its natural conditions and which (1) gener- his recommendations with respect to the des- ally appears to have been affected primarily by ignation as ‘‘wilderness’’ or other reclassifica- the forces of nature, with the imprint of man’s tion of each area on which review has been com- work substantially unnoticeable; (2) has out- pleted, together with maps and a definition of standing opportunities for solitude or a primi- boundaries. Such advice shall be given with re- tive and unconfined type of recreation; (3) has at spect to not less than one-third of all the areas least five thousand acres of land or is of suffi- now classified as ‘‘primitive’’ within three years cient size as to make practicable its preserva- after September 3, 1964, not less than two-thirds tion and use in an unimpaired condition; and (4) within seven years after September 3, 1964, and may also contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or his- the remaining areas within ten years after Sep- torical value. tember 3, 1964. Each recommendation of the President for designation as ‘‘wilderness’’ shall (Pub. L. 88–577, § 2, Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 890.) become effective only if so provided by an Act of SHORT TITLE Congress. Areas classified as ‘‘primitive’’ on Pub. L. 88–577, § 1, Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 890, provided September 3, 1964 shall continue to be adminis- that: ‘‘This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as tered under the rules and regulations affecting the ‘Wilderness Act’.’’ such areas on September 3, 1964 until Congress § 1132. Extent of System has determined otherwise. Any such area may be increased in size by the President at the time he (a) Designation of wilderness areas; filing of submits his recommendations to the Congress maps and descriptions with Congressional committees; correction of errors; public by not more than five thousand acres with no records; availability of records in regional of- more than one thousand two hundred and eighty fices acres of such increase in any one compact unit; All areas within the national forests classified if it is proposed to increase the size of any such at least 30 days before September 3, 1964 by the area by more than five thousand acres or by Secretary of Agriculture or the Chief of the For- more than one thousand two hundred and eighty est Service as ‘‘wilderness’’, ‘‘wild’’, or ‘‘canoe’’ acres in any one compact unit the increase in are hereby designated as wilderness areas. The size shall not become effective until acted upon Secretary of Agriculture shall— by Congress. Nothing herein contained shall (1) Within one year after September 3, 1964, limit the President in proposing, as part of his file a map and legal description of each wilder- recommendations to Congress, the alteration of ness area with the Interior and Insular Affairs existing boundaries of primitive areas or rec- Committees of the United States Senate and ommending the addition of any contiguous area the House of Representatives, and such de- of national forest lands predominantly of wilder- scriptions shall have the same force and effect ness value. Notwithstanding any other provi- as if included in this chapter: Provided, how- sions of this chapter, the Secretary of Agri- ever, That correction of clerical and typo- graphical errors in such legal descriptions and culture may complete his review and delete such maps may be made. area as may be necessary, but not to exceed (2) Maintain, available to the public, records seven thousand acres, from the southern tip of pertaining to said wilderness areas, including the Gore Range-Eagles Nest Primitive Area, maps and legal descriptions, copies of regula- Colorado, if the Secretary determines that such tions governing them, copies of public notices action is in the public interest. Page 1465 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 1132 (c) Review by Secretary of the Interior of road- Alaska the borough, in which the lands are lo- less areas of national park system and na- cated, and Federal departments and agencies tional wildlife refuges and game ranges and concerned, and invite such officials and Fed- suitability of areas for preservation as wil- eral agencies to submit their views on the pro- derness; authority of Secretary of the Inte- posed action at the hearing or by no later than rior to maintain roadless areas in national thirty days following the date of the hearing. park system unaffected (2) Any views submitted to the appropriate Within ten years after September 3, 1964 the Secretary under the provisions of (1) of this sub- Secretary of the Interior shall review every section with respect to any area shall be in- roadless area of five thousand contiguous acres cluded with any recommendations to the Presi- or more in the national parks, monuments and dent and to Congress with respect to such area. other units of the national park system and (e) Modification or adjustment of boundaries; every such area of, and every roadless island public notice and hearings; administrative within the national wildlife refuges and game and executive recommendations to Congress; ranges, under his jurisdiction on September 3, approval of Congress 1964 and shall report to the President his recom- Any modification or adjustment of boundaries mendation as to the suitability or nonsuit- of any wilderness area shall be recommended by ability of each such area or island for preserva- the appropriate Secretary after public notice of tion as wilderness. The President shall advise such proposal and public hearing or hearings as the President of the Senate and the Speaker of provided in subsection (d) of this section. The the House of Representatives of his recom- proposed modification or adjustment shall then mendation with respect to the designation as be recommended with map and description wilderness of each such area or island on which thereof to the President. The President shall ad- review has been completed, together with a map vise the United States Senate and the House of thereof and a definition of its boundaries. Such Representatives of his recommendations with advice shall be given with respect to not less respect to such modification or adjustment and than one-third of the areas and islands to be re- such recommendations shall become effective viewed under this subsection within three years only in the same manner as provided for in sub- after September 3, 1964, not less than two-thirds sections (b) and (c) of this section. within seven years of September 3, 1964 and the remainder within ten years of September 3, 1964. (Pub. L. 88–577, § 3, Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 891.) A recommendation of the President for designa- CHANGE OF NAME tion as wilderness shall become effective only if so provided by an Act of Congress. Nothing con- Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Sen- ate abolished and replaced by Committee on Energy tained herein shall, by implication or otherwise, and Natural Resources of the Senate, effective Feb. 11, be construed to lessen the present statutory au- 1977. See Rule XXV of Standing Rules of the Senate, as thority of the Secretary of the Interior with re- amended by Senate Resolution No. 4 (popularly cited as spect to the maintenance of roadless areas with- the ‘‘Committee System Reorganization Amendments in units of the national park system. of 1977’’), approved Feb. 4, 1977. (d) Conditions precedent to administrative rec- Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives changed to Committee on ommendations of suitability of areas for Natural Resources of the House of Representatives on preservation as wilderness; publication in Jan. 5, 1993, by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Federal Register; public hearings; views of Third Congress.