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[CITE: 16USC460gg-1]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
          SUBCHAPTER XCI--HELLS CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
 
Sec. 460gg-1. Wilderness designation


(a) Map designation

    The lands depicted as the ``Hells Canyon Wilderness'' on the map 
referred to in section 460gg(b) of this title are hereby designated as 
wilderness.

(b) Application of Wilderness Act

    The wilderness designated by this subchapter shall be administered 
by the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter or 
in accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act [16 U.S.C. 1131 
et seq.], whichever is the more restrictive, except that any reference 
in such provisions of the Wilderness Act to the effective date of that 
Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the effective date of this 
subchapter. The provisions of section 460gg-6(b) and section 460gg-8 of 
this title shall apply to the wilderness. The Secretary shall make such 
boundary revisions to the wilderness as may be necessary due to the 
exercise of his authority under subsection 3(b) of this Act.

(Pub. L. 94-199, Sec. 2, Dec. 31, 1975, 89 Stat. 1117.)

                       References in Text

    This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original 
``this Act'', which is Pub. L. 94-199, Dec. 31, 1975, 89 Stat. 1117, 
which enacted sections 460gg to 460gg-13 of this title, amended sections 
1274 and 1276 of this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes 
under sections 460gg and 1274 of this title.
    The Wilderness Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 88-577, 
Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 890, as amended, which is classified generally 
to chapter 23 (Sec. 1131 et seq.) of this title. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
under section 1131 of this title and Tables.
    The effective date of the Wilderness Act, referred to in subsec. 
(b), means Sept. 3, 1964, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 88-577, which 
enacted chapter 23 of this title.
    The effective date of this subchapter, referred to in subsec. (b), 
means Dec. 31, 1975, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 94-199.
    Subsection 3(b) of this Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is subsec. 
3(b) of Pub. L. 94-199, which is set out as a note under section 1274 of 
this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 460gg, 460gg-4 of this 
title.
