(a) Acceptance by Secretary of Agriculture of land for preservation
as wilderness; regulations
The Secretary of Agriculture may accept gifts or bequests of land
within wilderness areas designated by this chapter for preservation
as wilderness. The Secretary of Agriculture may also accept gifts
or bequests of land adjacent to wilderness areas designated by this
chapter for preservation as wilderness if he has given sixty days
advance notice thereof to the President of the Senate and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives. Land accepted by the
Secretary of Agriculture under this section shall be come part of
the wilderness area involved. Regulations with regard to any such
land may be in accordance with such agreements, consistent with the
policy of this chapter, as are made at the time of such gift, or
such conditions, consistent with such policy, as may be included
in, and accepted with, such bequest.
(b) Authorization to accept private contributions and gifts
The Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior is
authorized to accept private contributions and gifts to be used to
further the purposes of this chapter.
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