[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3858 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3858

 To modify the boundaries of the New River Gorge National River, West 
                               Virginia.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2002

  Mr. Rahall introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To modify the boundaries of the New River Gorge National River, West 
                               Virginia.

    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 ``New River Gorge Boundary Act of 
2002''.

SEC. 2. NEW RIVER GORGE NATIONAL RIVER BOUNDARY MODIFICATIONS.

    (a) Boundary Modification.--Section 1101 of the National Parks and 
Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460m-15) is amended by striking 
``NERI-80,028A, dated March 1996'' and inserting ``NERI 80,034, dated 
May 2001''.
    (b) Land Exchange.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
        complete a fee simple land exchange in the vicinity of Beauty 
        Mountain, Fayette County, West Virginia, to acquire a tract of 
        land identified as NERI Tract Number 150-07 that lies adjacent 
        to the boundary of the New River Gorge National River in 
        exchange for a tract of land identified as NERI Tract Number 
        150-08 located within such boundary.
            (2) Treatment of exchanged lands.--Upon the completion of 
        such land exchange--
                    (A) the land acquired by the United States in the 
                exchange shall be included in the boundaries, and 
                administered as part, of the New River Gorge National 
                River; and
                    (B) the land conveyed by the United States in the 
                exchange shall be excluded from the boundaries, and 
                shall not be administered as part, of the New River 
                Gorge National River.
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