[104th Congress Public Law 314]
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Public Law 104-314
104th Congress

                                 An Act


 
 To designate 51.7 miles of the Clarion River, located in Pennsylvania, 
         as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
             System. <<NOTE: Oct. 19, 1996 -  [H.R. 3568]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That 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 new paragraph:
            ``( ) Clarion river, pennsylvania.--The 51.7-mile 
        segment of the main stem of the Clarion River from the Allegheny 
        National Forest/State Game Lands Number 44 boundary, located 
        approximately 0.7 miles downstream from the Ridgway Borough 
        limit, to an unnamed tributary in the backwaters of Piney Dam 
        approximately 0.6 miles downstream from Blyson Run, to be 
        administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in the following 
        classifications:
                    ``(A) The approximately 8.6-mile segment of the main 
                stem from the Allegheny National Forest/State Game Lands 
                Number 44 boundary, located approximately 0.7 miles 
                downstream from the Ridgway Borough limit, to Portland 
                Mills, as a recreational river.
                    ``(B) The approximately 8-mile segment of the main 
                stem from Portland Mills to the Allegheny National 
                Forest boundary, located approximately 0.8 miles 
                downstream from Irwin Run, as a scenic river.
                    ``(C) The approximately 26-mile segment of the main 
                stem from the Allegheny National Forest boundary, 
                located approximately 0.8 miles downstream from Irwin 
                Run, to the State Game Lands 283 boundary, located 
                approximately 0.9 miles downstream from the Cooksburg 
                bridge, as a recreational river.
                    ``(D) The approximately 9.1-mile segment of the main 
                stem from the State Game Lands 283 boundary, located 
                approximately 0.9 miles downstream from the Cooksburg 
                bridge, to an unnamed tributary at the backwaters of 
                Piney Dam, located approximately 0.6 miles downstream 
                from Blyson Run, as a scenic river.''.

    Approved October 19, 1996.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 3568:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 104-825 (Comm. on Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 142 (1996):
            Sept. 25, considered and passed House.
            Oct. 3, considered and passed Senate.

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