(Measure passed Senate, amended) Designates certain lands in the Hoosier National Forest in Indiana as the Charles C. Deam Wilderness. Requires that the right of public access to cemeteries within the wilderness, including the Terril Cemetery, and the right of adequate access to privately owned lands within the areas designated as wilderness by this Act be protected. States that the RARE II final environmental statement (dated January 1979) shall not be subject to judicial review with respect to national forest system lands in Indiana. Provides that: (1) the second roadless area review and evaluation (RARE II) of national forest system lands in Indiana shall be considered an adequate consideration of the suitability of such lands for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System; and (2) the Department of Agriculture shall not be required to review the wilderness option before the revision of the initial land management plans required for such lands by the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974. Requires that areas in Indiana reviewed in the RARE II final environmental statement and not designated as wilderness by this Act be managed for multiple uses other than wilderness. Prohibits the Department of Agriculture from conducting any further statewide roadless area review and evaluation of national forest system lands in Indiana to determine their suitability as wilderness without express congressional authorization.
S 2710 - 97An act to establish the Charles C. Deam Wilderness in the Hoosier National Forest, Indiana.
Became Public Law No: 97-384.
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Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 97-384.
Became Public Law No: 97-384.
Measure Signed in Senate.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
House Committee on Agriculture Discharged by Suspension of Rules.
House Committee on Agriculture Discharged by Suspension of Rules.
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House by Voice Vote.
Passed House by Voice Vote.
Reported to House by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 97-948 (Part I).
Reported to House by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 97-948 (Part I).
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported.
Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands and National Parks.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.
Referred to Subcommittee on Forest, Family Farms, and Energy.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Senate vitiated previous passage.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Baker for Senator McClure with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 97-557.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Baker for Senator McClure with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 97-557.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 819.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water. Hearings held.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.