Great Smoky Mountain Wilderness Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Mar 5, 1985)
Great Smoky Mountain Wilderness Act - 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.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior 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 happenedMar 5, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water.
Who’s behind it
- Mar 5, 1985Committee
Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water.
Public Lands, Reserved Water and Resource Conservation Subcommittee - Mar 5, 1985IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Energy and Natural Resources Committee - Mar 5, 1985IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate