Monongahela Conservation Legacy Act of 2010

Monongahela Conservation Legacy Act of 2010 - Designates the federal land within the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia, to be known as the North Fork Mountain Wilderness, as a wilderness area for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS).

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5965 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5965

   To designate certain Federal land within the Monongahela National 
 Forest as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2010

 Mr. Mollohan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 
Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To designate certain Federal land within the Monongahela National 
 Forest as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Monongahela Conservation Legacy Act 
of 2010''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LAND IN MONONGAHELA 
              NATIONAL FOREST, WEST VIRGINIA, AS WILDERNESS.

    (a) Designation.--In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the Federal land within the Monongahela 
National Forest in the State of West Virginia, comprising approximately 
6,042 acres, as generally depicted on the map titled ``North Fork 
Mountain'' and dated July 19, 2010, are designated as a wilderness area 
for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System, and shall 
be known as the ``North Fork Mountain Wilderness''.
    (b) Administration.--Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal 
lands designated as wilderness by subsection (a) shall be administered 
by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the Wilderness Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.).
    (c) Effective Date of Wilderness.--With respect to the Federal 
lands designated by subsection (a), any reference in the Wilderness Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) to the effective date of the Wilderness Act 
shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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