[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1374 Introduced in Senate (IS)]


104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1374

To require adoption of a management plan for the Hells Canyon National 
     Recreation Area that allows appropriate use of motorized and 
    nonmotorized river craft in the recreation area, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 1, 1995

  Mr. Craig (for himself and Mr. Kempthorne) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To require adoption of a management plan for the Hells Canyon National 
     Recreation Area that allows appropriate use of motorized and 
    nonmotorized river craft in the recreation area, 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. HELLS CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA.

    Section 10 of the Act entitled ``An Act to establish the Hells 
Canyon National Recreation Area in the States of Oregon and Idaho, and 
for other purposes'', approved December 31, 1975 (16 U.S.C. 460gg-7), 
is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a) In General.--'' before ``The 
        Secretary'';
            (2) by striking ``(a) standards'' and inserting ``(1) 
        standards'';
            (3) by striking ``(b) standards'' and inserting ``(2) 
        standards'';
            (4) by striking ``(c) provision'' and inserting ``(3) 
        provision'';
            (5) by striking paragraph (d) and inserting the following:
            ``(4) subject to subsection (b), provision for control of 
        the use and number of motorized and nonmotorized river craft as 
        necessary, but only to the extent necessary to ensure that said 
        uses are compatible with this Act; and'';
            (6) by striking ``(e) standards'' and inserting ``(5) 
        standards''; and
            (7) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Use of Motorized and Nonmotorized River Craft.--For the 
purposes of subsection (a)(4)--
            ``(1) the use of motorized and nonmotorized river craft is 
        recognized as a valid and appropriate use of the Snake River 
        within the recreation area;
            ``(2) motorized and nonmotorized river craft shall be 
        permitted access to, and use of, the entire river within the 
        recreation area at all times during the year;
            ``(3) concurrent use of the river within the recreation 
        area by motorized and nonmotorized river craft shall not be 
        considered to be a conflict;
            ``(4) use of commercial and private motorized and 
        nonmotorized river craft shall be allowed to continue 
        throughout each year at levels that are not less than those 
        occurring in an average of the 3 calendar years preceding the 
        date of enactment of this subsection, and in daily and seasonal 
        use patterns similar to those experienced in those years; and
            ``(5) use of motorized or nonmotorized river craft on the 
        Snake River within the recreation area by owners of private 
        property for the purpose of traveling to or from their property 
        in their usual and accustomed manner shall not be 
        restricted.''.
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