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Union Calendar No. 204

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 20

[Report No. 106–361]

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct and operate a visitor

center for the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River on land

owned by the State of New York.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 6, 1999

Mr. GILMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Resources

OCTOBER 4, 1999

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union

and ordered to be printed

A BILL

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct and

operate a visitor center for the Upper Delaware Scenic

and Recreational River on land owned by the State of

New York.

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

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Upper Delaware Scenic

3 and Recreational River Mongaup Visitor Center Act of

4 1999’’.

5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

6 The Congress finds the following:

7 (1) The Secretary of the Interior approved a

8 management plan for the Upper Delaware Scenic

9 and Recreational River, as required by section 704

10 of Public Law 95–625 (16 U.S.C. 1274 note), on

11 September 29, 1987.

12 (2) The river management plan called for the

13 development of a primary visitor contact facility lo14 cated at the southern end of the river corridor.

15 (3) The river management plan determined that

16 the visitor center would be built and operated by the

17 National Park Service.

18 (4) The Act that designated the Upper Dela19 ware Scenic and Recreational River and the ap20 proved river management plan limits the Secretary

21 of the Interior’s authority to acquire land within the

22 boundary of the river corridor.

23 (5) The State of New York authorized on June

24 21, 1993, a 99-year lease between the New York

25 State Department of Environmental Conservation

26 and the National Park Service for the construction
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1 and operation of a visitor center by the Federal Gov2 ernment on State-owned land in the Town of

3 Deerpark, Orange County, New York, in the vicinity

4 of Mongaup, which is the preferred site for the vis5 itor center.

6 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF VISITOR CENTER FOR UPPER

7 DELAWARE SCENIC AND RECREATIONAL

8 RIVER.

9 For the purpose of constructing and operating a vis10 itor center for the Upper Delaware Scenic and Rec11 reational River and subject to the availability of appropria12 tions, the Secretary of the Interior may—

13 (1) enter into a lease with the State of New

14 York, for a term of 99 years, for State-owned land

15 within the boundaries of the Upper Delaware Scenic

16 and Recreational River located at an area known as

17 Mongaup near the confluence of the Mongaup and

18 Upper Delaware Rivers in the State of New York;

19 and

20 (2) construct and operate such a visitor center

21 on land leased under paragraph (2).
Union Calendar No. 204

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 20

[Report No. 106–361]

A BILL

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct and operate a visitor center for the Upper

Delaware Scenic and Recreational River on landowned by the State of New York.

OCTOBER 4, 1999

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the

State of the Union and ordered to be printed