16 USC § 1136 - Annual reports to Congress

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title: "16 USC § 1136 - Annual reports to Congress"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "1136"
section_name: "Annual reports to Congress"
chapter_number: 23
chapter_name: "NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION SYSTEM"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 88–577, § 7, Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 896.)"
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# § 1136. Annual reports to Congress

At the opening of each session of Congress, the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior shall jointly report to the President for transmission to Congress on the status of the wilderness system, including a list and descriptions of the areas in the system, regulations in effect, and other pertinent information, together with any recommendations they may care to make.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 88–577, § 7, Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 896.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Termination of Reporting Requirements

For termination, effective , of provisions of this section relating to transmission to Congress of annual report on status of wilderness system, see , as amended, set out as a note under , Money and Finance, and pages 48, 110, and 149 of House Document No. 103–7.