[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 1612 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 219
119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1612


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 14, 2025

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 
                        Nutrition, and Forestry

                            October 27, 2025

               Reported by Mr. Boozman, without amendment

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To designate the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness in the Ouachita National 
                    Forest, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Flatside Wilderness Additions Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONS TO FLATSIDE WILDERNESS.

    Section 3(d) of Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-508; 
98 Stat. 2349) is amended by inserting ``and certain land in the 
Ouachita National Forest, which comprise approximately 2,212 acres, 
generally depicted as'' Land Proposed for Wilderness Designation ``on 
the map titled'' Flatside Wilderness, Proposed Addition Designation ``, 
dated November 12, 2024'' after ``1984''.

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. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS ADDITION.

    The wilderness designated by section 3(d) of Arkansas Wilderness 
Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-508; 98 Stat. 2349), shall be known as the 
``Flatside-Bethune Wilderness''. Any reference in a law, map, 
regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to 
such portion of the Flatside Wilderness shall be deemed to be a 
reference to the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness.
                                                       Calendar No. 219

119th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1612

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

 To designate the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness in the Ouachita National 
                    Forest, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            October 27, 2025

                       Reported without amendment