Great Smoky Mountains Wilderness Act of 1987
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Just introduced
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Mar 10, 1987)
Great Smoky Mountains Wilderness Act of 1987 - Designates specified lands in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee as the Great Smoky Mountains Wilderness. Sets forth requirements with respect to the management of the wilderness area.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to review Department practices regarding disease or insect outbreaks, forest fires, and the use of modern suppression methods and equipment in such wilderness area for effectiveness and policy compliance.
Authorizes the Secretary to place a historical marker at or near the approach to the Cherokee Qualls Reservation at Soco Gap.
Provides for the settlement of all claims of Swain County, North Carolina, against the United States under the agreement of July 30, 1943, providing for construction of a road along the north shore of Fontana Reservoir.
Requires the National Park Service to provide limited motor vehicle access to family cemeteries in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act in the Hazel Creek area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park behind Fontana Dam. Authorizes appropriations for the building of such access.
Authorizes appropriations.
What just happenedJul 23, 1987
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources received executive comment from Interior Department. Favorable.
Who’s behind it
- Jul 23, 1987Committee
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources received executive comment from Interior Department. Favorable.
Energy and Natural Resources Committee - Jun 23, 1987Committee
Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 100-172.
National Parks Subcommittee - Jun 12, 1987Committee
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Interior Department, OMB.
Energy and Natural Resources Committee - Mar 10, 1987Committee
Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks.
National Parks Subcommittee - Mar 10, 1987IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Energy and Natural Resources Committee - Mar 10, 1987IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate