[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1057 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1057

 To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments 
  of the New River in the States of North Carolina and Virginia as a 
        component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 29, 2007

   Mr. Burr introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments 
  of the New River in the States of North Carolina and Virginia 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,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``New River Wild and Scenic River Act 
of 2007''.

SEC. 2. NEW RIVER, VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA.

    (a) In General.--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:
            ``(170) New river, virginia and north carolina.--The 
        segment downstream from the segment of the New River designated 
        as a component of the Wild and Scenic River System before the 
        date of enactment of this paragraph, from the border between 
        Virginia and North Carolina to approximately 2 miles east of 
        Highway 221 at the border between Virginia and North Carolina, 
        to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a scenic 
        river.''.
    (b) Applicable Law.--Notwithstanding any provision of law, any 
private land in the authorized boundaries of the segments of the New 
River designated as a component of the Wild and Scenic River System by 
section 3(a)(170) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 
1274(a)(170)) shall continue to be regulated after the date of 
enactment of this Act in accordance with State and local planning and 
zoning laws.
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