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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1108

To provide for the management of lands and recreational resources at Canyon

Ferry Recreation Area, Montana, and other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 15, 1993

Mr. BURNS (for himself and Mr. BAUCUS) introduced the following bill; which

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural

Resources

A BILL

To provide for the management of lands and recreational

resources at Canyon Ferry Recreation Area, Montana,

and other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Canyon Ferry Recre5 ation, Tourism, and Economic Development Management

6 Act’’.

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

8 Congress finds and declares that—
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1 (1) there is a Federal responsibility to provide

2 opportunities for public recreation, tourism, and eco3 nomic development at Federal water projects, in

4 partnership with other Federal and non-Federal in5 terests;

6 (2) certain provisions of the Federal Water

7 Project Recreation Act (Public Law 89–72 as

8 amended) unduly restrict the management of the

9 Canyon Ferry Recreation Management Area because

10 the provisions do not allow for the increasing eco11 nomic burden that construction and management of

12 recreational facilities are placing on managing enti13 ties, especially at the State and local levels;

14 (3) non-Federal responsibility for a significant

15 portion of all costs of operation, maintenance, and

16 replacement of facilities on Federal lands at the

17 Canyon Ferry Recreation Management Area as well

18 as total management responsibility is an unfair bur19 den on non-Federal managers, especially in instances

20 where the facilities are old, underdesigned, do not

21 provide adequate access for the disabled, and are

22 utilized by national and international publics, and

23 responsibilities for complex fisheries reservoir man24 agement and for wildlife and wetlands management

25 have been borne solely by the non-Federal entities,
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1 further increasing the overall management burden;

2 and

3 (4) the recreational, tourism, and economic de4 velopment needs at the Canyon Ferry Recreation

5 Area can best be met through cooperative manage6 ment efforts by the Bureau of Reclamation, the Bu7 reau of Land Management, the State of Montana,

8 and other appropriate entities.

9 SEC. 3. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.

10 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of the Interior

11 (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’), act12 ing through the Bureau of Reclamation and the Bureau

13 of Land Management, may enter into such agreements as

14 are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.

15 (b) CONTENTS OF AGREEMENTS.—Any management

16 agreement entered into under this Act shall provide that

17 the management responsibilities given to the Bureau of

18 Land Management for lands withdrawn or acquired for

19 reclamation purposes shall be accomplished in accordance

20 with the statutory authority generally exercised by the Bu21 reau of Land Management in the management of the pub22 lic lands.
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1 SEC. 4. PROTECTION OF AUTHORIZED PURPOSES OF REC2 LAMATION PROJECTS.

3 (a) NO ALTERATION OF PURPOSES OF CANYON

4 FERRY UNIT.—Nothing in this Act is intended to change,

5 modify, or expand the authorized purposes of the Canyon

6 Ferry Unit.

7 (b) ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF CANYON FERRY DAM

8 AND RESERVOIR UNAFFECTED.—Nothing in this Act

9 shall change the responsibility of the Bureau of Reclama10 tion to meet the needs for which the Canyon Ferry Dam

11 and Reservoir were originally constructed.

12 (c) NO AUTHORIZATION TO AFFECT WATER SUP13 PLY.—This Act is not intended to authorize any action

14 or inaction by any person, including any person who has

15 contracted for the water supply from a reclamation

16 project, that reduces the quantity, or modifies the time

17 and manner of availability, of the water supply from the

18 Canyon Ferry Unit to project beneficiaries.

19 SEC. 5. MANAGEMENT.

20 (a) MANAGEMENT UNDER THE PLAN.—The Sec21 retary shall manage all lands and facilities in the area as22 sociated with recreation, tourism, and related economic de23 velopment pursuant to the Canyon Ferry Resources Man24 agement Plan, of 1993, and any amendments thereto.

25 (b) EXEMPTION FROM PROVISIONS OF THE FED26 ERAL WATER PROJECT RECREATION ACT.—Provisions of
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1 the Federal Water Project Recreation Act (16 U.S.C.

2 4601–12) that limit or prescribe costs that may be in3 curred by Federal and non-Federal entities for recreation

4 planning, management, or facilities, or that require non5 Federal management of recreation facilities or programs

6 do not apply to the Area.

7 (c) RECREATION USER FEES.—All recreation user

8 fees collected from the Canyon Ferry Recreation Area by

9 the managing agency(ies) shall be retained by the manag10 ing agency(ies) and used exclusively to fund the operation,

11 maintenance, and development of the Canyon Ferry

12 Recreation Area for recreation, tourism, and economic de13 velopment. Fees collected for cabin site permits, conces14 sion operations, entrance fees, and other special use fees

15 are all considered to be recreation user fees.

16 (d) CONTENTS OF AGREEMENT.—The cooperative

17 agreements shall provide that the responsibilities given to

18 the Bureau of Land Management for the area will be car19 ried out in accordance with the statutory authority gen20 erally exercised by the Bureau of Land Management in

21 the management of the public lands.

22 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

23 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums

24 as may be necessary to carry out this Act, to remain avail25 able until expended. Especially critical are the first 10
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1 years of the interagency project management agreement

2 when major management, maintenance, replacement, and

3 construction must occur.

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