[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2140 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.2140
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
An Act
To improve protection and management of the Chattahoochee River National
Recreation Area in the State of Georgia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in the
State of Georgia is a nationally significant resource;
(2) the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area has been
adversely affected by land use changes occurring inside and outside
the recreation area;
(3) the population of the metropolitan Atlanta area continues
to expand northward, leaving dwindling opportunities to protect the
scenic, recreational, natural, and historical values of the 2,000-
foot-wide corridor adjacent to each bank of the Chattahoochee River
and its impoundments in the 48-mile segment known as the ``area of
national concern'';
(4) the State of Georgia has enacted the Metropolitan River
Protection Act to ensure protection of the corridor located within
2,000 feet of each bank of the Chattahoochee River, or the corridor
located within the 100-year floodplain, whichever is larger;
(5) the corridor located within the 100-year floodplain
includes the area of national concern;
(6) since establishment of the Chattahoochee River National
Recreation Area, visitor use of the recreation area has shifted
dramatically from waterborne to water-related and land-based
activities;
(7) the State of Georgia and political subdivisions of the
State along the Chattahoochee River have indicated willingness to
join in a cooperative effort with the United States to link
existing units of the recreation area through a series of linear
corridors to be established within the area of national concern and
elsewhere on the river; and
(8) if Congress appropriates funds in support of the
cooperative effort described in paragraph (7), funding from the
State, political subdivisions of the State, private foundations,
corporate entities, private individuals, and other sources will be
available to fund more than half the estimated cost of the
cooperative effort.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to increase the level of protection of the open spaces
within the area of national concern along the Chattahoochee River
and to enhance visitor enjoyment of the open spaces by adding land-
based linear corridors to link existing units of the recreation
area;
(2) to ensure that the Chattahoochee River National Recreation
Area is managed to standardize acquisition, planning, design,
construction, and operation of the linear corridors; and
(3) to authorize the appropriation of Federal funds to cover a
portion of the costs of the Federal, State, local, and private
cooperative effort to add additional areas to the recreation area
so as to establish a series of linear corridors linking existing
units of the recreation area and to protect other open spaces of
the Chattahoochee River corridor.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NATIONAL RECREATION AREA ACT.
(a) Boundaries.--Section 101 of the Act entitled ``An Act to
authorize the establishment of the Chattahoochee River National
Recreation Area in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes'',
approved August 15, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460ii), is amended--
(1) in the third sentence, by inserting after ``numbered CHAT-
20,003, and dated September 1984,'' the following: ``and on the
maps entitled `Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area Interim
Boundary Map #1', `Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Interim Boundary Map #2', and `Chattahoochee River National
Recreation Area Interim Boundary Map #3', and dated August 6,
1998,'';
(2) by striking the fourth sentence and inserting the
following: ``No sooner than 180 days after the dateof the enactment
of this sentence, the Secretary of the Interior (hereafter referred to
as the `Secretary') may modify the boundaries of the recreation area to
include other land within the Chattahoochee River corridor by
submitting a revised map or other boundary description to the Committee
on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the
Committee on Resources of the United States House of Representatives.
The revised map or other boundary description shall be prepared by the
Secretary after consultation with affected landowners, the State of
Georgia, and affected political subdivisions of the State. The revised
boundaries shall take effect 180 days after the date of submission
unless, within the 180-day period, Congress enacts a joint resolution
disapproving the revised boundaries.''; and
(3) in the next-to-last sentence, by striking ``may not exceed
approximately 6,800 acres.'' and inserting ``may not exceed 10,000
acres.''.
(b) Acquisition of Property.--Section 102 of the Act entitled ``An
Act to authorize the establishment of the Chattahoochee River National
Recreation Area in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes'',
approved August 15, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460ii-1), is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``from willing sellers''
after ``purchase''; and
(2) by striking subsection (f).
(c) Cooperative Agreements.--Section 103 of the Act entitled ``An
Act to authorize the establishment of the Chattahoochee River National
Recreation Area in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes'',
approved August 15, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460ii-2), is amended by striking
subsection (b) and inserting the following:
``(b) Cooperative Agreements.--The Secretary may enter into
cooperative agreements with the State of Georgia, political
subdivisions of the State, and other entities to ensure standardized
acquisition, planning, design, construction, and operation of the
recreation area.''.
(d) Funding.--Section 105 of the Act entitled ``An Act to authorize
the establishment of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes'', approved August 15,
1978 (16 U.S.C. 460ii-4), is amended--
(1) by striking ``Sec. 105. (a)'' and inserting the following:
``SEC. 105. FUNDING SOURCES AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.
``(a) Funding.--
``(1) Limitation on use of appropriated funds.--'';
(2) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ``$79,400,000'' and inserting
``$115,000,000'';
(B) by striking ``this Act'' and inserting ``this title'';
and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Donations.--The Secretary may accept a donation of funds
or land or an interest in land to carry out this title.
``(3) Relation to other funding sources.--Funds made available
under paragraph (1) are in addition to funding and the donation of
land and interests in land by the State of Georgia, local
government authorities, private foundations, corporate entities,
and individuals for purposes of this title.''; and
(3) in subsection (c)--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as
subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively, and indenting
appropriately;
(B) by striking ``(c) Within'' and inserting the following:
``(c) General Management Plan.--
``(1) Initial plan.--Within'';
(C) in paragraph (1) (as designated by subparagraph (B)),
by striking ``transmit to'' and all that follows through
``Representatives'' and inserting ``transmit to the Committee
on Resources of the House of Representatives''; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Revised plan.--
``(A) In general.--Within 3 years after the date funds are
made available, the Secretary shall submit to the committees
specified in paragraph (1) a revised general management plan to
provide for the protection, enhancement, enjoyment,
development, and use of the recreation area.
``(B) Public participation.--In preparing the revised plan,
the Secretary shall encourage the participation of the State of
Georgia and affected political subdivisions of the State,
private landowners, interested citizens, public officials,
groups, agencies, educational institutions, and other
entities.''.
(e) Technical Corrections.--Title I of the Act entitled ``An Act to
authorize the establishment of the Chattahoochee River National
Recreation Area in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes'',
approved August 15, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460ii et seq.), is amended--
(1) in sections 102(d) and 103(a), by striking ``of this Act''
and inserting ``of this title'';
(2) in section 104(b)--
(A) by striking ``of this Act'' and inserting ``of this
title'';
(B) by striking ``under this Act'' and inserting ``under
this title'';
(C) by striking ``by this Act'' and inserting ``by this
title''; and
(D) by striking ``in this Act'' and inserting ``in this
title'';
(3) in section 104(d)(2), by striking ``under this Act'' and
inserting ``under this title'';
(4) in section 105(c)(1)(A), as redesignated by subsection
(d)(3), by striking ``of this Act'' and inserting ``of this
title'';
(5) in section 106(a), by striking ``in this Act'' and
inserting ``in this title''; and
(6) in section 106(d), by striking ``under this Act'' and
inserting ``under this title''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.