[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1749 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 1749


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 1, 2000

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

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                                 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,

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF WILSON CREEK IN NORTH CAROLINA AS A WILD, 
              SCENIC, AND RECREATIONAL 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:
    ``(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 deg., 4 
min., 21 sec. North 81 deg., 47 min., 37 deg. West and 36 deg., 3 min., 
13 sec. North and 81 deg. 45 min. 55 sec. West), in the area of Wilson 
Creek designated as a wild river.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives February 29, 2000.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.