{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s12207","title":42,"num":"\u00a7\u202f12207.","heading":"Federal wilderness areas","text":"\u00a7\u202f12207.\nFederal wilderness areas\n(a)\nStudy\nThe National Council on Disability shall conduct a study and report on the effect that wilderness designations and wilderness land management practices have on the ability of individuals with disabilities to use and enjoy the National Wilderness Preservation System as established under the Wilderness Act (\n16 U.S.C. 1131\n(b)\nSubmission of report\nNot later than 1 year after\nJuly 26, 1990\n(c)\nSpecific wilderness access\n(1)\nIn general\nCongress reaffirms that nothing in the Wilderness Act [\n16 U.S.C. 1131\n(2)\n\u201cWheelchair\u201d defined\nFor purposes of paragraph (1), the term \u201cwheelchair\u201d means a device designed solely for use by a mobility-impaired person for locomotion, that is suitable for use in an indoor pedestrian area.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t42/s12207.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s12207","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f12207."},{"t":"heading","text":"Federal wilderness areas"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s12207/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Study"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The National Council on Disability shall conduct a study and report on the effect that wilderness designations and wilderness land management practices have on the ability of individuals with disabilities to use and enjoy the National Wilderness Preservation System as established under the Wilderness Act (","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"16 U.S.C. 1131","href":"/us/usc/t16/s1131","tail":" et seq.)."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s12207/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Submission of report"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Not later than 1 year after ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"July 26, 1990","tail":", the National Council on Disability shall submit the report required under subsection (a) to Congress."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s12207/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Specific wilderness access"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s12207/c/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In general"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Congress reaffirms that nothing in the Wilderness Act [","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"16 U.S.C. 1131","href":"/us/usc/t16/s1131","tail":" et seq.] is to be construed as prohibiting the use of a wheelchair in a wilderness area by an individual whose disability requires use of a wheelchair, and consistent with the Wilderness Act no agency is required to provide any form of special treatment or accommodation, or to construct any facilities or modify any conditions of lands within a wilderness area in order to facilitate such use."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s12207/c/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"\u201cWheelchair\u201d defined"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"For purposes of paragraph (1), the term \u201cwheelchair\u201d means a device designed solely for use by a mobility-impaired person for locomotion, that is suitable for use in an indoor pedestrian area.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}