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[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.