Flatside Wilderness Additions Act
Officially: “Flatside Wilderness Additions Act” Read the full text
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1Short title
This section would let the Act be called the Flatside Wilderness Additions Act.
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Flatside Wilderness Additions Act .
2Additions to flatside wilderness
This section would amend Section 3(d) of the Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984 to add certain land in the Ouachita National Forest, about 2,212 acres, to the wilderness area described in that section. The added land is the land shown as Land Proposed for Wilderness Designation on the map titled Flatside Wilderness, Proposed Addition Designation, dated November 12, 2024.
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2. Additions to flatside wilderness Section 3(d) of Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984 ( Public Law 98–508 ; 98 Stat. 2349) is amended by inserting and certain land in the Ouachita National Forest, which comprise approximately 2,212 acres, generally depicted as Land Proposed for Wilderness Designation on the map titled Flatside Wilderness, Proposed Addition Designation , dated November 12, 2024 after 1984 .
3Fire, insects, and diseases
This section would state that nothing in this Act, including the land addition made by section 2, limits the authority the Secretary of Agriculture already has under section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)) to deal with fire, insects, and diseases, consistent with existing laws and regulations.
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3. Fire, insects, and diseases Nothing in this Act or the amendment made by section 2 shall be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture under section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1) ), in accordance with existing laws (including regulations).
4Designation of wilderness addition
This section would name the wilderness area designated under section 3(d) of the Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984, as added to by section 2, the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness. It would also state that any reference in a federal law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record to that part of the Flatside Wilderness would be treated as a reference to the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness instead.
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4. Designation of wilderness addition The wilderness designated by section 3(d) of Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984 ( Public Law 98–508 ; 98 Stat. 2349), shall be known as the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness . Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to such portion of the Flatside Wilderness shall be deemed to be a reference to the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness.
Where it is
In the House.