[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2857 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2857

    To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to ensure congressional 
involvement in the process by which rivers that are designated as wild, 
  scenic, or recreational rivers by an act of the legislature of the 
State or States through which they flow may be included in the national 
         wild and scenic rivers system, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 1999

Mr. Doolittle (for himself, Mr. Herger, Mr. Pombo, and Mr. Radanovich) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to ensure congressional 
involvement in the process by which rivers that are designated as wild, 
  scenic, or recreational rivers by an act of the legislature of the 
State or States through which they flow may be included in the national 
         wild and scenic rivers system, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Wild and Scenic Rivers Act Amendment 
Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. PROCESS FOR INCLUSION OF STATE DESIGNATED WILD, SCENIC, AND 
              RECREATIONAL RIVERS IN NATIONAL WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS 
              SYSTEM.

    (a) Congressional Role.--Section 2(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1273(a)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (ii), by striking ``that are found by the 
        Secretary of the Interior'' and all that follows through 
        ``Virginia State line.'' and inserting ``and that are 
        authorized for inclusion in the national wild and scenic rivers 
        system by Act of Congress following the submission by the 
        Governor of the State or the Governors of the States concerned 
        (or a person or persons duly appointed by such Governor or 
        Governors) of an application to the Secretary of the Interior, 
        who shall prepare a report for submission to Congress regarding 
        whether the State designated rivers meet the criteria for 
        inclusion in the system established in this Act.''; and
            (2) in the third sentence, by striking ``designated under 
        clause (ii)'' and inserting ``authorized for inclusion in the 
        national wild and scenic rivers system by Act of Congress under 
        clause (ii)''.
    (b) Technical Correction.--Such section is amended in the fourth 
sentence by striking ``Act of 1965'' and inserting ``Fund Act of 1965 
(16 U.S.C. 460l-4 et seq.)''.
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