Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Flatside Wilderness Additions Act”.
Flatside Wilderness Additions Act
A BILL
To designate the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness in the Ouachita National Forest, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Additions to Flatside Wilderness; Designation
Section 3(d) of Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–508; 98 Stat. 2350) is amended to read as follows:
“(d) certain lands in the Ouachita National Forest, Arkansas—
“(1) which comprise—
“(A) approximately 10,105 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Flatside Wilderness—Proposed”, dated September 1984;
“(B) approximately 640 acres, as generally depicted as “Recommended Wilderness Area” on the map entitled “Flatside Wilderness, Recommended Wilderness Area”, dated September 6, 2018; and
“(C) approximately 2,215 acres, as generally depicted as “Land Proposed for Wilderness Designation” on the map entitled “Flatside Wilderness Proposed Addition Designation”, dated September 29, 2022; and
“(2) which shall be known as the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness.”
Sec. 3 Fire, insects, and diseases
Nothing in this Act or the amendment made by section 2 shall be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture under section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)), in accordance with existing laws (including regulations).
Sec. 4 References to wilderness area
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the wilderness areas described in the amendment made by section 2, including areas previously designated as the Flatside Wilderness and the Bethune Woods-Flatside Wilderness, shall be deemed to be a reference to the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness.