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[H.R. 1749 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.1749

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
             the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand


                                 An Act


 
    To designate Wilson Creek in Avery and Caldwell Counties, North 
 Carolina, 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:
    ``(161) Wilson Creek, North Carolina.--(A) The 23.3 mile segment of 
Wilson Creek in the State of North Carolina from its headwaters to its 
confluence with Johns River, to be administered by the Secretary of 
Agriculture in the following classifications:
        ``(i) The 2.9 mile segment from its headwaters below Calloway 
    Peak downstream to the confluence of Little Wilson Creek, as a 
    scenic river.
        ``(ii) The 4.6 segment from Little Wilson Creek downstream to 
    the confluence of Crusher Branch, as a wild river.
        ``(iii) The 15.8 segment from Crusher Branch downstream to the 
    confluence of Johns River, as a recreational river.
    ``(B) The Forest Service or any other agency of the Federal 
Government may not undertake condemnation proceedings for the purpose 
of acquiring public right-of-way or access to Wilson Creek against the 
private property of T. Henry Wilson, Jr., or his heirs or assigns, 
located in Avery County, North Carolina (within the area 36+, 4 min., 
21 sec. North 81+, 47 min., 37+ West and 36+, 3 min., 13 sec. North and 
81+ 45 min. 55 sec. West), in the area of Wilson Creek designated as a 
wild river.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.