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                                                       Calendar No. 721
108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1614

                          [Report No. 108-362]

To designate a portion of the White Salmon River as a component of the 
                National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 15, 2003

  Ms. Cantwell (for herself and Mrs. Murray) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

                           September 28, 2004

              Reported by Mr. Domenici, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
To designate a portion of the White Salmon River 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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Upper White Salmon Wild and 
Scenic Rivers Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. FINDINGS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Congress finds the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area 
        Act (16 U.S.C. 544 et seq.) directed the Secretary of 
        Agriculture to study the Upper White Salmon River for possible 
        designation as a component of the National Wild and Scenic 
        Rivers System.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) The study, conducted by the Forest Service, 
        included extensive public involvement by a broadly inclusive 
        task force.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) The study determined that the Upper White 
        Salmon River and its tributary, Cascade Creek, are eligible for 
        inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System based 
        on their free-flowing condition and outstandingly remarkable 
        scenic, hydrologic, geologic, and wildlife values.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. UPPER WHITE SALMON WILD AND SCENIC RIVER.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 
1274(a)) is amended by adding the following new paragraph at the 
end:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``( ) White salmon river, washington.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) Designation.--Segments of the main 
                stem and Cascade Creek, totaling 20 miles, to be 
                administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as 
                follows:</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) 1.6-mile segment.--The 1.6-
                        mile segment of the main stem of the White 
                        Salmon River from the headwaters on Mount Adams 
                        in Sec. 17, T. 8 N., R. 10 E., downstream to 
                        the Mount Adams wilderness boundary shall be 
                        administered as a wild river.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) 5.1-mile segment.--The 5.1-
                        mile segment of Cascade Creek from its 
                        headwaters on Mount Adams in Sec. 10, T. 8 N., 
                        R. 10 E. downstream to the Mount Adams 
                        Wilderness boundary shall be administered as a 
                        wild river.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) 1.5-mile segment.--The 
                        1.5-mile segment of Cascade Creek from the 
                        Mount Adams Wilderness boundary downstream to 
                        its confluence with the White Salmon River 
                        shall be administered as a scenic 
                        river.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iv) 11.8-mile segment.--The 
                        11.8-mile segment of the main stem of the White 
                        Salmon River from the Mount Adams Wilderness 
                        boundary downstream to the Gifford Pinchot 
                        National Forest boundary shall be administered 
                        as a scenic river.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL SECTIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Nothing in this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, 
shall limit the suitability of the 18.4-mile segment from the Gifford 
Pinchot National Forest boundary to the confluence with Gilmer Creek 
for designation as a wild and scenic river under section 3(a) of the 
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)).</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 5. MANAGEMENT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Secretary of Agriculture shall develop and administer 
the comprehensive management plan required by section 3(d)(1) of the 
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(d)(1)) for the designated 
sections of the Upper White Salmon River in general accordance with 
that portion of the preferred alternative of the Forest Service Wild 
and Scenic River Study Report and Final Legislative Environmental 
Impact Statement for the Upper White Salmon River dated July 7, 1997, 
addressing only the designated sections.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary to carry out this Act.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Upper White Salmon Wild and Scenic 
Rivers Act''.

SEC. 2. UPPER WHITE SALMON WILD AND SCENIC 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:
            ``( ) White Salmon River, Washington.--The 20 miles of 
        river segments of the main stem of the White Salmon River and 
        Cascade Creek, Washington, to be administered by the Secretary 
        of Agriculture in the following classifications:
                    ``(A) The approximately 1.6-mile segment of the 
                main stem of the White Salmon River from the headwaters 
                on Mount Adams in section 17, township 8 north, range 
                10 east, downstream to the Mount Adams wilderness 
                boundary as a wild river.
                    ``(B) The approximately 5.1-mile segment of Cascade 
                Creek from its headwaters on Mount Adams in section 10, 
                township 8 north, range 10 east, downstream to the 
                Mount Adams Wilderness boundary as a wild river.
                    ``(C) The approximately 1.5-mile segment of Cascade 
                Creek from the Mount Adams Wilderness boundary 
                downstream to its confluence with the White Salmon 
                River as a scenic river.
                    ``(D) The approximately 11.8-mile segment of the 
                main stem of the White Salmon River from the Mount 
                Adams Wilderness boundary downstream to the Gifford 
                Pinchot National Forest boundary as a scenic river.''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this Act.




                                                       Calendar No. 721

108th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1614

                          [Report No. 108-362]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To designate a portion of the White Salmon River as a component of the 
                National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 28, 2004

                       Reported with an amendment