[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[S. 2461 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2461

 To extend the authorization for the Upper Delaware Citizens Advisory 
Council and to authorize construction and operation of a visitor center 
  for the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, New York and 
                             Pennsylvania.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 11, 1998

  Mr. Moynihan (for himself and Mr. D'Amato) 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 extend the authorization for the Upper Delaware Citizens Advisory 
Council and to authorize construction and operation of a visitor center 
  for the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, New York and 
                             Pennsylvania.

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

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR UPPER DELAWARE CITIZENS 
              ADVISORY COUNCIL.

    Section 704(f)(1) of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 
(16 U.S.C. 1274 note; Public Law 95-625) is amended in the last 
sentence by striking ``20'' and inserting ``30''.

SEC. 2. VISITOR CENTER FOR UPPER DELAWARE SCENIC AND RECREATIONAL 
              RIVER.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) on September 29, 1987, the Secretary of the Interior 
        approved a management plan for the Upper Delaware Scenic and 
        Recreational River, as required by section 704(c) of the 
        National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1274 note; 
        Public Law 95-625);
            (2) the management plan called for the development of a 
        primary visitor contact facility located at the southern end of 
        the river corridor;
            (3) the management plan determined that the visitor center 
        would be built and operated by the National Park Service;
            (4) section 704 of that Act limits the authority of the 
        Secretary of the Interior to acquire land within the boundary 
        of the river corridor; and
            (5) on June 21, 1993, the State of New York authorized a 
        99-year lease between the New York State Department of 
        Environmental Conservation and the National Park Service for 
        construction and operation of a visitor center by the Federal 
        Government on State-owned land in the town of Deerpark, Orange 
        County, New York, in the vicinity of Mongaup, which is the 
        preferred site for the visitor center.
    (b) Authorization of Visitor Center.--Section 704(d) of the 
National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1274 note; Public 
Law 95-625) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(d) Notwithstanding'' and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(d) Acquisition of Land.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Visitor center.--For the purpose of constructing and 
        operating a visitor center for the segment of the Upper 
        Delaware River designated as a scenic and recreational river by 
        section 3(a)(19) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 
        1274(a)(19)), subject to the availability of appropriations, 
        the Secretary of the Interior may--
                    ``(A) enter into a lease with the State of New 
                York, for a term of 99 years, for State-owned land 
                within the boundaries of the Upper Delaware River 
                located at an area known as `Mongaup' near the 
                confluence of the Mongaup and Upper Delaware Rivers in 
                the State of New York; and
                    ``(B) construct and operate the visitor center on 
                the land leased under subparagraph (A).''.
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