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16 U.S.C. § 410fff–6 — Designation of wilderness within the Conservation Area
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**(a) Gunnison Gorge Wilderness**
(1) **In general** — Within the Conservation Area, there is designated as wilderness, and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, the Gunnison Gorge Wilderness, consisting of approximately 17,700 acres, as generally depicted on the Map.
(2) **Administration**
(A) *Wilderness study area exemption* — The approximately 300-acre portion of the wilderness study area depicted on the Map for release from [section 1782 of title 43](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1782&num=0&edition=prelim) shall not be subject to [section 1782(c) of title 43](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1782/c&num=0&edition=prelim).
(B) *Incorporation into national Conservation Area* — The portion of the wilderness study area described in subparagraph (A) shall be incorporated into the Conservation Area.
**(b) Administration** Subject to valid rights in existence on October 21, 1999, the wilderness areas designated under this subchapter shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance with the Wilderness Act ([16 U.S.C. 1131](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1131&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) except that any reference in such provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the effective date of this subchapter and any reference to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be deemed to be a reference to the Secretary of the Interior.
**(c) State responsibility** As provided in section 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act ([16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1133/d/7&num=0&edition=prelim)), nothing in this subchapter o
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**(a) Gunnison Gorge Wilderness**
(1) **In general** — Within the Conservation Area, there is designated as wilderness, and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, the Gunnison Gorge Wilderness, consisting of approximately 17,700 acres, as generally depicted on the Map.
(2) **Administration**
(A) *Wilderness study area exemption* — The approximately 300-acre portion of the wilderness study area depicted on the Map for release from [section 1782 of title 43](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1782&num=0&edition=prelim) shall not be subject to [section 1782(c) of title 43](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1782/c&num=0&edition=prelim).
(B) *Incorporation into national Conservation Area* — The portion of the wilderness study area described in subparagraph (A) shall be incorporated into the Conservation Area.
**(b) Administration** Subject to valid rights in existence on October 21, 1999, the wilderness areas designated under this subchapter shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance with the Wilderness Act ([16 U.S.C. 1131](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1131&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) except that any reference in such provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the effective date of this subchapter and any reference to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be deemed to be a reference to the Secretary of the Interior.
**(c) State responsibility** As provided in section 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act ([16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1133/d/7&num=0&edition=prelim)), nothing in this subchapter or in the Wilderness Act shall affect the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the State of Colorado with respect to wildlife and fish on the public land located in that State.
**(d) Maps and legal descriptions** As soon as practicable after October 21, 1999, the Secretary of the Interior shall file a map and a legal description of the Gunnison Gorge Wilderness with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the Committee on Resources of the United States House of Representatives. This map and description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this subchapter. The Secretary of the Interior may correct clerical and typographical errors in the map and legal description. The map and legal description shall be on file and available in the office of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
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**(a) Establishment; Congressional declaration of policy; wilderness areas; administration for public use and enjoyment, protection, preservation, and gathering and dissemination of information; provisions for designation as wilderness areas** In order to assure that an increasing population, accompanied by expanding settlement and growing mechanization, does not occupy and modify all areas within the United States and its possessions, leaving no lands designated for preservation and protection in their natural condition, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress to secure for the American people of present and future generations the benefits of an enduring resource of wilderness. For this purpose there is hereby established a National Wilderness Preservation System to be composed of federally owned areas designated by Congress as “wilderness areas”, and these shall be administered for the use and enjoyment of the American people in such manner as will leave them unimpaired for future use and enjoyment as wilderness, and so as to provide for the protection of these areas, the preservation of their wilderness character, and for the gathering and dissemination of information regarding their use and enjoyment as wilderness; and no Federal lands shall be designated as “wilderness areas” except as provided for in this chapter or by a subsequent Act.
**(b) Management of area included in System; appropriations** The inclusion of an area in the National Wilderness Preservation System notwithstanding, the area shall continue to be managed by the Department and agency having jurisdiction thereover immediately before its inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System unless otherwise provided by Act of Congress. No appropriation shall be available for the p
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**(a) Lands subject to review and designation as wilderness** Within fifteen years after October 21, 1976, the Secretary shall review those roadless areas of five thousand acres or more and roadless islands of the public lands, identified during the inventory required by [section 1711(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1711/a&num=0&edition=prelim) as having wilderness characteristics described in the Wilderness Act of September 3, 1964 (78 Stat. 890; [16 U.S.C. 1131](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1131&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) and shall from time to time report to the President his recommendation as to the suitability or nonsuitability of each such area or island for preservation as wilderness: Provided, That prior to any recommendations for the designation of an area as wilderness the Secretary shall cause mineral surveys to be conducted by the United States Geological Survey and the United States Bureau of Mines to determine the mineral values, if any, that may be present in such areas: Provided further, That the Secretary shall report to the President by July 1, 1980, his recommendations on those areas which the Secretary has prior to November 1, 1975, formally identified as natural or primitive areas. The review required by this subsection shall be conducted in accordance with the procedure specified in section 3(d) of the Wilderness Act [[16 U.S.C. 1132(d)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1132/d&num=0&edition=prelim)].
**(b) Presidential recommendation for designation as wilderness** The President shall advise the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of his recommendations with
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 1131
or of any person employed by, or assigned or de-
tailed to, the Commission.
(b) Payment; exemption of property from attach-
ment, execution, etc.
Any liability of the Commission shall be met
from funds of the Commission to the extent that
it is not covered by insurance, or otherwise.
Property belonging to the Commission shall be
exempt from attachment, execution, or other
process for satisfaction of claims, debts, or judg-
ments.
(c) Individual members of Commission
No liability of the Commission shall be im-
puted to any member of the Commission solely
on the basis that he occupies the position of
member of the Commission.
(Pub. L. 88–363, § 11, July 7, 1964, 78 Stat. 301.)
§ 1111. Exemption from taxation
The Commission shall not be subject to Fed-
eral, State, or municipal taxation in the United
States on any real or personal property held by
it or on any gift, bequest, or devise to it of any
personal or real property, or on its income,
whether from governmental appropriations, ad-
mission fees, concessions, or donations.
(Pub. L. 88–363, § 12, July 7, 1964, 78 Stat. 301.)
§ 1112. Tax treatment of any gift, devise or be-
quest to the Commission
For the purpose of Federal income, estate, and
gift taxes, any gift, devise, or bequest to or for
the use of the Commission, and accepted by the
Commission under authority of this chapter,
shall be deemed to be a gift, devise, or bequest
to or for the use of the United States, as the
case may be, if it is not deducted as a gift, de-
vise, or bequest to or for the use of the Govern-
ment of Canada under the income, estate, or gift
tax laws of the Government of Canada.
(Pub. L. 88–363, § 13, July 7, 1964, 78 Stat. 301.)
§ 1113. Authorization of appropriations
T
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**(a) Purposes of national forests, national park system, and national wildlife refuge system; other provisions applicable to national forests, Superior National Forest, and national park system** The purposes of this chapter are hereby declared to be within and supplemental to the purposes for which national forests and units of the national park and national wildlife refuge systems are established and administered and—
(1) Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to be in interference with the purpose for which national forests are established as set forth in the Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 11), and the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of June 12, 1960 (74 Stat. 215) [[16 U.S.C. 528–531](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section528–531&num=0&edition=prelim)].
(2) Nothing in this chapter shall modify the restrictions and provisions of the Shipstead-Nolan Act (Public Law 539, Seventy-first Congress, July 10, 1930; 46 Stat. 1020), the Thye-Blatnik Act (Public Law 733, Eightieth Congress, June 22, 1948; 62 Stat. 568), and the Humphrey-Thye-Blatnik-Andresen Act (Public Law 607, Eighty-Fourth Congress, June 22, 1956; 70 Stat. 326), as applying to the Superior National Forest or the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture.
(3) Nothing in this chapter shall modify the statutory authority under which units of the national park system are created. Further, the designation of any area of any park, monument, or other unit of the national park system as a wilderness area pursuant to this chapter shall in no manner lower the standards evolved for the use and preservation of such park, monument, or other unit of the national park system in accordance with section 100101(b)(1), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101
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§ 1133. Use of wilderness areas
(a) Purposes of national forests, national park
system, and national wildlife refuge system;
other provisions applicable to national for-
ests, Superior National Forest, and national
park system
The purposes of this chapter are hereby de-
clared to be within and supplemental to the pur-
poses for which national forests and units of the
national park and national wildlife refuge sys-
tems are established and administered and—
(1) Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed
to be in interference with the purpose for
which national forests are established as set
forth in the Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 11),
and the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of
June 12, 1960 (74 Stat. 215) [16 U.S.C. 528–531].
(2) Nothing in this chapter shall modify the
restrictions and provisions of the Shipstead-
Nolan Act (Public Law 539, Seventy-first Con-
gress, July 10, 1930; 46 Stat. 1020), the Thye-
Blatnik Act (Public Law 733, Eightieth Con-
gress, June 22, 1948; 62 Stat. 568), and the Hum-
phrey-Thye-Blatnik-Andresen Act (Public Law
607, Eighty-Fourth Congress, June 22, 1956; 70
Stat. 326), as applying to the Superior Na-
tional Forest or the regulations of the Sec-
retary of Agriculture.
(3) Nothing in this chapter shall modify the
statutory authority under which units of the
national park system are created. Further, the
designation of any area of any park, monu-
ment, or other unit of the national park sys-
tem as a wilderness area pursuant to this
chapter shall in no manner lower the stand-
ards evolved for the use and preservation of
such park, monument, or other unit of the na-
tional park system in accordance with section
100101(b)(1),
chapter
1003,
and
sections
100751(a), 100752, 100753,
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