Bill > HR2218

This bill designates specified federal lands in the Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee as wilderness and as additions to existing components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The bill expands the Big Laurel Branch Wilderness by approximately 4,446 acres and the Sampson Mountain Wilderness by approximately 2,922 acres. The Secretary of Agriculture is required to submit maps and legal descriptions of the designated wilderness areas to the appropriate congressional committees, and the Secretary is authorized to correct any typographical errors in the maps and descriptions. The bill provides that the newly designated wilderness areas will be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the Wilderness Act, and it preserves the jurisdiction of the state of Tennessee over fish and wildlife management within the wilderness areas.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Government Affairs

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2218/all-info