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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4610 

To designate the New River Gorge National River in the State of West 

Virginia as the ‘‘New River Gorge National Park and Preserve’’, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 4, 2019 

Mrs. MILLER (for herself, Mr. MCKINLEY, and Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To designate the New River Gorge National River in the 

State of West Virginia as the ‘‘New River Gorge National Park and Preserve’’, and for 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 ‘‘New River Gorge Na5 tional Park and Preserve Designation Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF NEW RIVER GORGE NATIONAL 

2 PARK AND NEW RIVER GORGE NATIONAL 

3 PRESERVE, WEST VIRGINIA. 

4 (a) REDESIGNATION.—The New River Gorge Na5 tional River established under section 1101 of the Na6 tional Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 

7 460m–15) shall be known and designated as the ‘‘New 

8 River Gorge National Park and Preserve’’, consisting of— 

9 (1) the New River Gorge National Park; and 

10 (2) the New River Gorge National Preserve. 

11 (b) NEW RIVER GORGE NATIONAL PARK.—The 

12 boundaries of the New River Gorge National Park referred 

13 to in subsection (a)(1) shall be the boundaries depicted 

14 as ‘‘Proposed National Park Area’’ on the map entitled 

15 ‘‘New River Gorge National Park and Preserve Proposed 

16 Boundary’’, numbered 637/163,199, and dated September 

17 2019. 

18 (c) NEW RIVER GORGE NATIONAL PRESERVE; 

19 BOUNDARY.—The boundaries of the New River Gorge Na20 tional Preserve referred to in subsection (a)(2) shall be 

21 the boundaries depicted as ‘‘Proposed National Preserve 

22 Area’’ on the map entitled ‘‘New River Gorge National 

23 Park and Preserve Proposed Boundary’’, numbered 637/ 

24 163,199, and dated September 2019. 


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1 SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The New River Gorge National 

3 Park and Preserve shall be administered by the Secretary 

4 of the Interior (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

5 in accordance with— 

6 (1) this Act; 

7 (2) the laws generally applicable to units of the 

8 National Park System, including— 

9 (A) section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and 

10 sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 

11 102101 of title 54, United States Code; and 

12 (B) chapter 3201 of title 54, United States 

13 Code; and 

14 (3) title XI of the National Parks and Recre15 ation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460m–15 et seq.). 

16 (b) HUNTING AND FISHING.— 

17 (1) HUNTING.—Hunting within the New River 

18 Gorge National Preserve shall be administered by 

19 the Secretary— 

20 (A) in the same manner as hunting was 

21 administered on the day before the date of en22 actment of this Act in those portions of the 

23 New River Gorge National River designated as 

24 the New River Gorge National Preserve by sec25 tion 2(c); and 

26 (B) in accordance with— 


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1 (i) section 1106 of the National Parks 

2 and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 

3 460m–20); and 

4 (ii) other applicable laws. 

5 (2) FISHING.—Fishing within the New River 

6 Gorge National Park and Preserve shall be adminis7 tered by the Secretary— 

8 (A) in the same manner as fishing was ad9 ministered within the New River Gorge Na10 tional River on the day before the date of enact11 ment of this Act; and 

12 (B) in accordance with— 

13 (i) section 1106 of the National Parks 

14 and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 

15 460m–20); and 

16 (ii) other applicable laws. 

17 (3) PRIVATE LAND.—Nothing in this Act pro18 hibits hunting, fishing, or trapping on private land 

19 in accordance with applicable State and Federal 

20 laws. 

21 (c) COMMERCIAL RECREATIONAL WATERCRAFT

22 SERVICES.—Commercial recreational watercraft services 

23 within the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve 

24 shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance with 

25 section 402 of the West Virginia National Interest River 


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1 Conservation Act of 1987 (16 U.S.C. 460m–15 note; Pub2 lic Law 100–534). 

3 (d) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg4 ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 

5 States to the New River Gorge National River shall be 

6 considered to be a reference to the ‘‘New River Gorge Na7 tional Park’’ or the ‘‘New River Gorge National Preserve’’, 

8 as appropriate. 

9 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

10 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 

11 as are necessary to carry out this Act. 

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