(Measure passed Senate, amended) Georgia Wilderness Act of 1984 - Designates the following lands in the Chattahoochee National Forest in Georgia as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) the Ellicott Rock Wilderness Addition; and (2) the Southern Nantahala Wilderness Addition. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to file maps of these areas with specified congressional committees as soon as practicable after the enactment of this Act. States that these areas shall be administered by the Secretary. Provides that the RARE II (second roadless area review and evaluation) final environmental impact statement (dated January 1979) with respect to national forest system lands in Georgia shall not be subject to judicial review. Releases national forest system lands in Georgia which were reviewed in the RARE II program from further review by the Department of Agriculture, pending the revision of initial national forest management plans. Releases lands in Georgia reviewed in the RARE II program and not designated as wilderness from management as wilderness areas. Prohibits any further statewide roadless area review and evaluation in Georgia without express congressional authorization. States that the provisions above shall also apply to national forest system roadless lands in Georgia which are less than 5,000 acres in size. Specifies those areas in Georgia to which the provisions above shall not apply.
S 2773 - 98An act to designate certain National Forest System lands in the State of Georgia as wilderness, and for other purposes.
Became Public Law No: 98-514.
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Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 98-514.
Became Public Law No: 98-514.
Measure Signed in Senate.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House by Voice Vote.
Passed House by Voice Vote.
Considered by Senate.
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.
Committee on Agriculture. Reported to Senate by Senator Helms with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 98-611.
Committee on Agriculture. Reported to Senate by Senator Helms with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 98-611.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1192.
Committee on Agriculture. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Agriculture received executive comment from Agriculture Department.
Subcommittee on Soil and Water Conservation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-1099.
Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Agriculture Department.
Referred to Subcommittee on Soil and Water Conservation.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.