[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 914 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 914


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             October 20 (legislative day, October 13), 1993

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments 
  of the Red River in Kentucky as components of the national wild and 
             scenic rivers system, and for 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 ``Red River Designation Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the natural, scenic, and recreational qualities of the 
        Red River in Kentucky are unique and irreplaceable resources; 
        and
            (2) the majority of the Red River corridor is within the 
        Red River National Geologic area, which contains sedimentary 
        rock formations unique to Kentucky and the United States, and 
        should therefore be preserved for public enjoyment.

SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF RIVER.

    Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``( )(A) Red river, kentucky.--The 19.4-mile segment of the Red 
River extending from the Highway 746 Bridge to the School House Branch, 
to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in the following 
classes:
            ``(i) The 9.1-mile segment known as the `Upper Gorge' from 
        the Highway 746 Bridge to Swift Camp Creek, as a wild river. 
        This segment is identified as having the same boundary as the 
        Kentucky Wild River.
            ``(ii) The 10.3-mile segment known as the `Lower Gorge' 
        from Swift Camp Creek to the School House Branch, as a 
        recreational river.
    ``(B) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are 
necessary to carry out this paragraph.''.

SEC. 4. LIMITATION.

    Nothing in this Act, or in the amendment to the Wild and Scenic 
Rivers Act made by this Act, shall be construed as authorizing any 
acquisition of any scenic easement that without the consent of such 
landowner would affect any regular use of relevant lands that was 
exercised prior to the acquisition of such easement.

            Passed the House of Representatives October 18, 1993.

            Attest:

                                           DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

                                                                 Clerk.