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S. 3433 (93rd): Eastern Wilderness Areas Act


An Act to further the purposes of the Wilderness Act by designating certain acquired lands for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System, to provide for study of certain additional lands for such inclusion, and for other purposes.

Sponsor and status

Introduced
May 2, 1974
93rd Congress (1973–1974)
Status

Enacted — Signed by the President on Jan 3, 1975

This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on January 3, 1975.

Law
Pub.L. 93-622
Sponsor

George Aiken

Senator for Vermont

Republican

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Last Updated: Jan 3, 1975

Cosponsors

23 Cosponsors (13 Democrats, 9 Republicans, 1 Conservative)

Source

History

May 2, 1974
 
Introduced

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May 2, 1974
 
Ordered Reported

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May 31, 1974
 
Passed Senate (House next)

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Dec 18, 1974
 
Passed House with Changes (back to Senate)

The House passed the bill with changes not in the Senate version and sent it back to the Senate to approve the changes.

Dec 19, 1974
 
Senate Agreed to Changes

The bill was passed by both chambers in identical form. It goes to the President next who may sign or veto the bill.

Jan 3, 1975
 
Enacted — Signed by the President

The President signed the bill and it became law.

S. 3433 (93rd) was a bill in the United States Congress.

A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.

Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 3433. This is the one from the 93rd Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 93rd Congress, which met from Jan 3, 1973 to Dec 20, 1974. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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