To clarify the intent of the Congress in Public Law 93-632 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to continue to provide for the maintenance of 18 concrete dams and weirs that were located in the Emigrant Wilderness at the time the wilderness area was designated as wilderness in that Public Law.

The bill labeled H.R. 1663 in the 105th Congress, introduced on May 20, 1997, aims to specify Congress's intent in Public Law 93-632, ensuring the Secretary of Agriculture's ongoing responsibility for the upkeep of 18 concrete dams and weirs within the Emigrant Wilderness, as designated in the aforementioned law.