,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bbah  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bg1 #bjag,mr4
 ,roe of ,tennessee introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources1  
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,agriculture1 for a period to be        
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to expand the ,big ,laurel  
,branch ,wilderness and ,sampson        
,mountain ,wilderness in the ,cherokee  
,national ,forest in the ,state of      
,tennessee1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,tennessee ,wilderness ,act of     
#bjag4  #b4 ,designation of additional  
wilderness1 ,cherokee ,national ,forest1
 ,tennessee  7a7 ,designation of        
wilderness ,in accordance with the      
,wilderness ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #aaca et
 seq471 the following parcels of        

,federal land in the ,cherokee ,national
 ,forest in the ,state of ,tennessee are
 designated as wilderness and as        
additions to existing components of the 
,national ,wilderness ,preservation     
,system3  7#a7 ,certain land comprising 
approximately #d1ddf acres1 as generally
 depicted as the ,big ,laurel ,branch   
,addition on the map entitled ,proposed 
,wilderness ,areas and                  
,additions-,cherokee ,national ,forest  
and dated ,january #bj1 #bjaj1 which    
shall be incorporated in1 and shall be  
considered to be a part of1 the ,big    
,laurel ,branch ,wilderness4  7#b7      
,certain land comprising approximately  
#b1ibb acres1 as generally depicted as  
the ,sampson ,mountain ,addition on the 
map referred to in paragraph 7#a71 which
 shall be incorporated in1 and shall be 
considered to be a part of1 the ,sampson
 ,mountain ,wilderness4  7b7 ,maps and  
legal descriptions  7#a7 ,in general ,as
 soon as practicable after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the         

,secretary of ,agriculture shall submit 
maps and legal descriptions of the      
wilderness designated by subsection 7a7 
with the appropriate committees of      
,congress4  7#b7 ,public availability   
,the maps and legal descriptions        
submitted under paragraph 7#a7 shall be 
on file and available for public        
inspection in the office of the ,chief  
of the ,forest ,service and the office  
of the ,supervisor of the ,cherokee     
,national ,forest4  7#c7 ,force of law  
,the maps and legal descriptions        
submitted under paragraph 7#a7 shall    
have the same force and effect as if    
included in this ,act1 except that the  
,secretary may correct typographical    
errors in the maps and descriptions4    
7c7 ,administration  7#a7 ,in general   
,subject to valid existing rights1 the  
,secretary of ,agriculture shall        
administer the ,federal land designated 
as wilderness by subsection 7a7 in      
accordance with the ,wilderness ,act    
7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #aaca et seq471 except   

that any reference in that ,act to the  
effective date of that ,act shall be    
deemed to be a reference to the date of 
the enactment of this ,act4  7#b7 ,fish 
and wildlife management ,in accordance  
with section #d7;d77#g7 of the          
,wilderness ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4         
#aacc7;d77#g771 nothing in this ,act    
affects the jurisdiction of the ,state  
of ,tennessee with respect to fish and  
wildlife management 7including the      
regulation of hunting1 fishing1 and     
trapping7 on the ,federal land          
designated as wilderness by subsection  
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