Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Act of 2017”.
Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Act of 2017
A BILL
To designate the wilderness within the Lake Clark National Park and Preserve in the State of Alaska as the Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Area.
Sec. 2 Designation of Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Area
Designation— The approximately 2,600,000 acres of National Wilderness Preservation System land located within the Lake Clark National Park and Preserve designated by section 201(e)(7)(a) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 410hh(e)(7)(a)) shall be known and designated as the “Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Area”.
References— Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the wilderness area referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the “Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Area”.