[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3568 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3568

To designate 51.7 miles of the Clarion River, located in Pennsylvania, 
     as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 4, 1996

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To designate 51.7 miles of the Clarion River, located in Pennsylvania, 
     as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That 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:
            ``( ) Clarion river, pennsylvania.--The 51.7-mile segment 
        of the main stem of the Clarion River from the Allegheny 
        National Forest/State Game Lands Number 44 boundary, located 
        approximately 0.7 miles downstream from the Ridgway Borough 
        limit, to an unnamed tributary in the backwaters of Piney Dam 
        approximately 0.6 miles downstream from Blyson Run, to be 
        administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in the following 
        classifications:
                    ``(A) The approximately 8.6-mile segment of the 
                main stem from the Allegheny National Forest/State Game 
                Lands Number 44 boundary, located approximately 0.7 
                miles downstream from the Ridgway Borough limit, to 
                Portland Mills, as a recreational river.
                    ``(B) The approximately 8-mile segment of the main 
                stem from Portland Mills to the Allegheny National 
                Forest boundary, located approximately 0.8 miles 
                downstream from Irwin Run, as a scenic river.
                    ``(C) The approximately 26-mile segment of the main 
                stem from the Allegheny National Forest boundary, 
                located approximately 0.8 miles downstream from Irwin 
                Run, to the State Game Lands 283 boundary, located 
                approximately 0.9 miles downstream from the Cooksburg 
                bridge, as a recreational river.
                    ``(D) The approximately 9.1-mile segment of the 
                main stem from the State Game Lands 283 boundary, 
                located approximately 0.9 miles downstream from the 
                Cooksburg bridge, to an unnamed tributary at the 
                backwaters of Piney Dam, located approximately 0.6 
                miles downstream from Blyson Run, as a scenic river.''.
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