[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1477 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1477

 To provide for the management of lands and recreational resources at 
       Canyon Ferry Recreation Area, Montana, and other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 24, 1993

 Mr. Williams introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the management of lands and recreational resources at 
       Canyon Ferry Recreation Area, Montana, and other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Canyon Ferry Recreation, Tourism, 
and Economic Development Management Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds and declares that--
            (1) there is a Federal responsibility to provide 
        opportunities for public recreation, tourism, and economic 
        development at Federal water projects, in partnership with 
        other Federal and non-Federal interests;
            (2) certain provisions of the Federal Water Project 
        Recreation Act (Public Law 89-72 as amended) unduly restrict 
        the management of the Canyon Ferry Recreation Management Area 
        because the provisions do not allow for the increasing economic 
        burden that construction and management of recreational 
        facilities are placing on managing entities, especially at the 
        State and local levels;
            (3) non-Federal responsibility for a significant portion of 
        all costs of operation, maintenance, and replacement of 
        facilities on Federal lands at the Canyon Ferry Recreation 
        Management Area as well as total management responsibility is 
        an unfair burden on non-Federal managers, especially in 
        instances where the facilities are old, undersigned, do not 
        provide adequate access for the disabled, and are utilized by 
        national and international publics, and responsibilities for 
        complex fisheries reservoir management and for wildlife and 
        wetlands management have been borne solely by the non-Federal 
        entities, further increasing the overall management burden; and
            (4) the recreational, tourism, and economic development 
        needs at the Canyon Ferry Recreation Area can best be met 
        through cooperative management efforts by the Bureau of 
        Reclamation, the Bureau of Land Management, the State of 
        Montana, and other appropriate entities.

SEC. 3. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.

    (a) Authorization.--The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in 
this Act referred to as the ``Secretary''), acting through the Bureau 
of Reclamation and the Bureau of Land Management, may enter into such 
agreements as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
    (b) Contents of Agreements.--Any management agreement entered into 
under this Act shall provide that the management responsibilities given 
to the Bureau of Land Management for lands withdrawn or acquired for 
reclamation purposes shall be accomplished in accordance with the 
statutory authority generally exercised by the Bureau of Land 
Management in the management of the public lands.

SEC. 4. PROTECTION OF AUTHORIZED PURPOSES OF RECLAMATION PROJECTS.

    (a) No Alteration of Purposes of Canyon Ferry Unit.--Nothing in 
this Act is intended to change, modify, or expand the authorized 
purposes of the Canyon Ferry Unit.
    (b) Original Purpose of Canyon Ferry Dam and Reservoir 
Unaffected.--Nothing in this Act shall change the responsibility of the 
Bureau of Reclamation to meet the needs for which the Canyon Ferry Dam 
and Reservoir were originally constructed.
    (c) No Authorization to Affect Water Supply.--This Act is not 
intended to authorize any action or inaction by any person, including 
any person who has contracted for the water supply from a reclamation 
project, that reduces the quantity, or modifies the time and manner of 
availability, of the water supply from the Canyon Ferry Unit to project 
beneficiaries.

SEC. 5. MANAGEMENT.

    (a) Management Under the Plan.--The Secretary shall manage all 
lands and facilities in the area associated with recreation, tourism, 
and related economic development pursuant to the Canyon Ferry Resources 
Management Plan, of 1993, and any amendments thereto.
    (b) Exemption From Provisions of the Federal Water Project 
Recreation Act.--Provisions of the Federal Water Project Recreation Act 
(16 U.S.C. 4601-12) that limit or prescribe costs that may be incurred 
by Federal and non-Federal entities for recreation planning, 
management, or facilities, or that require non-Federal management of 
recreation facilities or programs do not apply to the Area.
    (c) Recreation User Fees.--All recreation user fees collected from 
the Canyon Ferry Recreation Area by the managing agency(ies) shall be 
retained by the managing agency(ies) and used exclusively to fund the 
operation, maintenance, and development of the Canyon Ferry Recreation 
Area for recreation, tourism, and economic development. Fees collected 
for cabin site permits, concession operations, entrance fees, and other 
special use fees are all considered to be recreation user fees.
    (d) Contents of Agreement.--The cooperative agreements shall 
provide that the responsibilities given to the Bureau of Land 
Management for the area will be carried out in accordance with the 
statutory authority generally exercised by the Bureau of Land 
Management in the management of the public lands.

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