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16 U.S.C. § 1135 — Gifts, bequests, and contributions
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**(a) Acceptance by Secretary of Agriculture of land for preservation as wilderness; regulations** The Secretary of Agriculture may accept gifts or bequests of land within wilderness areas designated by this chapter for preservation as wilderness. The Secretary of Agriculture may also accept gifts or bequests of land adjacent to wilderness areas designated by this chapter for preservation as wilderness if he has given sixty days advance notice thereof to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Land accepted by the Secretary of Agriculture under this section shall be come part of the wilderness area involved. Regulations with regard to any such land may be in accordance with such agreements, consistent with the policy of this chapter, as are made at the time of such gift, or such conditions, consistent with such policy, as may be included in, and accepted with, such bequest.
**(b) Authorization to accept private contributions and gifts** The Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept private contributions and gifts to be used to further the purposes of this chapter.
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**(a) Acceptance by Secretary of Agriculture of land for preservation as wilderness; regulations** The Secretary of Agriculture may accept gifts or bequests of land within wilderness areas designated by this chapter for preservation as wilderness. The Secretary of Agriculture may also accept gifts or bequests of land adjacent to wilderness areas designated by this chapter for preservation as wilderness if he has given sixty days advance notice thereof to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Land accepted by the Secretary of Agriculture under this section shall be come part of the wilderness area involved. Regulations with regard to any such land may be in accordance with such agreements, consistent with the policy of this chapter, as are made at the time of such gift, or such conditions, consistent with such policy, as may be included in, and accepted with, such bequest.
**(b) Authorization to accept private contributions and gifts** The Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept private contributions and gifts to be used to further the purposes of this chapter.
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**(a) Establishment** Upon conveyance to the United States of the Plum Creek offered lands in the Kelly Butte area, there is hereby established the Kelly Butte Special Management Area in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington, comprising approximately 5,642 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Kelly Butte Special Management Area”, dated October 1998.
**(b) Management** The Kelly Butte Special Management Area shall be managed by the Secretary in accordance with the laws, rules and regulations generally applicable to National Forest System lands, and subject to the following additional provisions:
(1) the Area shall be managed with special emphasis on:
(A) preserving its natural character and protecting and enhancing water quality in the upper Green River watershed;
(B) permitting hunting and fishing;
(C) providing opportunities for primitive and semi-primitive recreation and scientific research and study;
(D) protecting and enhancing populations of fish, wildlife and native plant species; and
(E) allowing for traditional uses by native American peoples;
(2) commercial timber harvest and road construction shall be prohibited;
(3) the Area shall be closed to the use of motor vehicles, except as may be necessary for administrative purposes or in emergencies (including rescue operations) to protect public health and safety; and
(4) the Area shall, subject to valid existing rights, be permanently withdrawn from all forms of entry and appropriation under the U.S. mining laws and mineral leasing laws, including the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 [[30 U.S.C. 1001](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section1001&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
**(c) No buffer zones** Congress does not intend that the des
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 1134
sion of title I of Pub. L. 102–154, set out as a note under
section 31 of Title 43, Public Lands.
‘‘United States Bureau of Mines’’ substituted for
‘‘Bureau of Mines’’ in subsec. (d)(2) pursuant to section
10(b) of Pub. L. 102–285, set out as a note under section
1 of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining. For provisions
relating to closure and transfer of functions of the
United States Bureau of Mines, see Transfer of Func-
tions note set out under section 1 of Title 30.
LIVESTOCK GRAZING IN NATIONAL FOREST WILDERNESS
AREAS
Pub. L. 96–560, title I, § 108, Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3271,
provided that: ‘‘The Congress hereby declares that,
without amending the Wilderness Act of 1964 [this
chapter], with respect to livestock grazing in National
Forest wilderness areas, the provisions of the Wilder-
ness Act relating to grazing shall be interpreted and
administered in accordance with the guidelines con-
tained under the heading ‘Grazing in National Forest
Wilderness’ in the House Committee Report (H. Report
96–617) accompanying this Act [Pub. L. 96–560].’’
Executive Documents
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Enforcement functions of Secretary or other official
in Department of the Interior related to compliance
with system activities requiring coordination and ap-
proval under this chapter and such functions of Sec-
retary or other official in Department of Agriculture,
insofar as they involve lands and programs under juris-
diction of that Department, related to compliance with
this chapter with respect to pre-construction, construc-
tion, and initial operation of transportation system for
Canadian and Alaskan natural gas transferred to Fed-
eral Inspector, Office of Federal Inspector for Alaska
Natural Gas Transportation Sy
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