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[CITE: 42USC12207]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
    CHAPTER 126--EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
 
                 SUBCHAPTER IV--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 12207. Federal wilderness areas


(a) Study

    The National Council on Disability shall conduct a study and report 
on the effect that wilderness designations and wilderness land 
management practices have on the ability of individuals with 
disabilities to use and enjoy the National Wilderness Preservation 
System as established under the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.).

(b) Submission of report

    Not later than 1 year after July 26, 1990, the National Council on 
Disability shall submit the report required under subsection (a) of this 
section to Congress.

(c) Specific wilderness access

                           (1) In general

        Congress reaffirms that nothing in the Wilderness Act [16 U.S.C. 
    1131 et seq.] is to be construed as prohibiting the use of a 
    wheelchair in a wilderness area by an individual whose disability 
    requires use of a wheelchair, and consistent with the Wilderness Act 
    no agency is required to provide any form of special treatment or 
    accommodation, or to construct any facilities or modify any 
    conditions of lands within a wilderness area in order to facilitate 
    such use.

                     (2) ``Wheelchair'' defined

        For purposes of paragraph (1), the term ``wheelchair'' means a 
    device designed solely for use by a mobility-impaired person for 
    locomotion, that is suitable for use in an indoor pedestrian area.

(Pub. L. 101-336, title V, Sec. 507, July 26, 1990, 104 Stat. 372.)

                       References in Text

    The Wilderness Act, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (c)(1), 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 Title 16, Conservation. 
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title 
note set out under section 1131 of Title 16 and Tables.
