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[CITE: 16USC3205]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
         CHAPTER 51--ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION
 
                SUBCHAPTER VI--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 3205. General wilderness review


(a) Suitability of lands for preservation; report to President

    Within five years from December 2, 1980, the Secretary shall, in 
accordance with the provisions of section 1132(d) of this title relating 
to public notice, public hearings, and review by State and other 
agencies, review, as to their suitability or nonsuitability for 
preservation as wilderness, all lands within units of the National Park 
System and units of the National Wildlife Refuge System in Alaska not 
designated as wilderness by this Act and report his findings to the 
President.

(b) Presidential recommendations to Congress

    The Secretary shall conduct his review, and the President shall 
advise the United States Senate and House of Representatives of his 
recommendations, in accordance with the provisions of sections \1\ 
1132(c) and (d) of this title. The President shall advise the Congress 
of his recommendations with respect to such areas within seven years 
from December 2, 1980.
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(c) Administration of units unaffected pending Congressional action

    Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the 
administration of any unit of the National Park System or unit of 
National Wildlife Refuge System in accordance with this Act or other 
applicable provisions of law unless and until Congress provides 
otherwise by taking action on any Presidential recommendation made 
pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.

(Pub. L. 96-487, title XIII, Sec. 1317, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2485.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (c), is Pub. L. 96-487, 
Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2371, as amended, known as the Alaska National 
Interest Lands Conservation Act. For complete classification of this Act 
to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3101 of this 
title and Tables.
