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[CITE: 16USC460ll-1]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
          SUBCHAPTER XCVI--RATTLESNAKE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
 
Sec. 460ll-1. Rattlesnake Wilderness


(a) Designation of area

    In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 890; 
16 U.S.C. 1131), certain lands within the Rattlesnake National 
Recreation Area as designated by this subchapter, which comprise 
approximately 33,000 acres as generally depicted as the ``Rattlesnake 
Wilderness'' on a map entitled ``Rattlesnake National Recreation Area 
and Wilderness--Proposed'', and dated October 1, 1980, are hereby 
designated as wilderness and shall be known as the Rattlesnake 
Wilderness.

(b) Administration

    Subject to valid existing rights, the Rattlesnake Wilderness as 
designated by this subchapter shall be administered by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, hereafter referred to as the Secretary, in accordance with 
the provisions of the Wilderness Act [16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.] governing 
areas designated by that Act as wilderness: Provided, That any reference 
in such provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be 
deemed to be a reference to the effective date of this subchapter.

(Pub. L. 96-476, Sec. 2, Oct. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 2271.)

                       References in Text

    The Wilderness Act, referred to in text, 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 Oct. 19, 1980, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 96-476, which 
enacted this subchapter.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 460ll-3 of this title.
