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Union Calendar No. 210

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2140

[Report No. 106–369]

To improve protection and management of the Chattahoochee River National

Recreation Area in the State of Georgia.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 10, 1999

Mr. DEAL of Georgia (for himself, Mr. COLLINS, and Mr. LEWIS of Georgia)

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

OCTOBER 7, 1999

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 10, 1999]

A BILL

To improve protection and management of the Chattahoochee

River National Recreation Area in the State of Georgia.

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

3 SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
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1 (1) the Chattahoochee River National Recreation

2 Area in the State of Georgia is a nationally signifi3 cant resource;

4 (2) the Chattahoochee River National Recreation

5 Area has been adversely affected by land use changes

6 occurring inside and outside the recreation area;

7 (3) the population of the metropolitan Atlanta

8 area continues to expand northward, leaving dwin9 dling opportunities to protect the scenic, recreational,

10 natural, and historical values of the 2,000-foot-wide

11 corridor adjacent to each bank of the Chattahoochee

12 River and its impoundments in the 48-mile segment

13 known as the ‘‘area of national concern’’;

14 (4) the State of Georgia has enacted the Metro15 politan River Protection Act to ensure protection of

16 the corridor located within 2,000 feet of each bank of

17 the Chattahoochee River, or the corridor located with18 in the 100-year floodplain, whichever is larger;

19 (5) the corridor located within the 100-year

20 floodplain includes the area of national concern;

21 (6) since establishment of the Chattahoochee

22 River National Recreation Area, visitor use of the

23 recreation area has shifted dramatically from water24 borne to water-related and land-based activities;
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1 (7) the State of Georgia and political subdivi2 sions of the State along the Chattahoochee River have

3 indicated willingness to join in a cooperative effort

4 with the United States to link existing units of the

5 recreation area through a series of linear corridors to

6 be established within the area of national concern and

7 elsewhere on the river; and

8 (8) if Congress appropriates funds in support of

9 the cooperative effort described in paragraph (7),

10 funding from the State, political subdivisions of the

11 State, private foundations, corporate entities, private

12 individuals, and other sources will be available to

13 fund more than half the estimated cost of the coopera14 tive effort.

15 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are—

16 (1) to increase the level of protection of the open

17 spaces within the area of national concern along the

18 Chattahoochee River and to enhance visitor enjoyment

19 of the open spaces by adding land-based linear cor20 ridors to link existing units of the recreation area;

21 (2) to ensure that the Chattahoochee River Na22 tional Recreation Area is managed to standardize ac23 quisition, planning, design, construction, and oper24 ation of the linear corridors; and
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1 (3) to authorize the appropriation of Federal

2 funds to cover a portion of the costs of the Federal,

3 State, local, and private cooperative effort to add ad4 ditional areas to the recreation area so as to establish

5 a series of linear corridors linking existing units of

6 the recreation area and to protect other open spaces

7 of the Chattahoochee River corridor.

8 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NA9 TIONAL RECREATION AREA ACT.

10 (a) BOUNDARIES.—Section 101 of the Act entitled ‘‘An

11 Act to authorize the establishment of the Chattahoochee

12 River National Recreation Area in the State of Georgia,

13 and for other purposes’’, approved August 15, 1978 (16

14 U.S.C. 460ii), is amended—

15 (1) in the third sentence, by inserting after

16 ‘‘numbered CHAT–20,003, and dated September

17 1984,’’ the following: ‘‘and on the maps entitled

18 ‘Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area In19 terim Boundary Map #1’, ‘Chattahoochee River Na20 tional Recreation Area Interim Boundary Map #2’,

21 and ‘Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

22 Interim Boundary Map #3’, and dated August 6,

23 1998,’’;

24 (2) by striking the fourth sentence and inserting

25 the following: ‘‘No sooner than 180 days after the date
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1 of enactment of this sentence, the Secretary of the In2 terior (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Secretary’) may

3 modify the boundaries of the recreation area to in4 clude other land within the Chattahoochee River cor5 ridor by submitting a revised map or other boundary

6 description to the Committee on Energy and Natural

7 Resources of the United States Senate and the Com8 mittee on Resources of the United States House of

9 Representatives. The revised map or other boundary

10 description shall be prepared by the Secretary after

11 consultation with affected landowners, the State of

12 Georgia, and affected political subdivisions of the

13 State. The revised boundaries shall take effect 180

14 days after the date of submission unless, within the

15 180-day period, Congress enacts a joint resolution

16 disapproving the revised boundaries.’’; and

17 (3) in the next-to-last sentence, by striking ‘‘may

18 not exceed approximately 6,800 acres.’’ and inserting

19 ‘‘may not exceed 10,000 acres.’’.

20 (b) ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.—Section 102 of the

21 Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the establishment of the

22 Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in the State

23 of Georgia, and for other purposes’’, approved August 15,

24 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460ii–1), is amended—
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1 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘from willing

2 sellers’’ after ‘‘purchase’’; and

3 (2) by striking subsection (f).

4 (c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Section 103 of the

5 Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the establishment of the

6 Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in the State

7 of Georgia, and for other purposes’’, approved August 15,

8 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460ii–2), is amended by striking sub9 section (b) and inserting the following:

10 ‘‘(b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary

11 may enter into cooperative agreements with the State of

12 Georgia, political subdivisions of the State, and other enti13 ties to ensure standardized acquisition, planning, design,

14 construction, and operation of the recreation area.’’.

15 (d) FUNDING.—Section 105 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act

16 to authorize the establishment of the Chattahoochee River

17 National Recreation Area in the State of Georgia, and for

18 other purposes’’, approved August 15, 1978 (16 U.S.C.

19 460ii–4), is amended—

20 (1) by striking ‘‘SEC. 105. (a)’’ and inserting the

21 following:

22 ‘‘SEC. 105. FUNDING SOURCES AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT

23 PLAN.

24 ‘‘(a) FUNDING.—
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1 ‘‘(1) LIMITATION ON USE OF APPROPRIATED

2 FUNDS.—’’;

3 (2) in subsection (a)—

4 (A) by striking ‘‘$79,400,000’’ and inserting

5 ‘$115,000,000’’;

6 (B) by striking ‘‘this Act’’ and inserting

7 ‘‘this title’’; and

8 (C) by adding at the end the following:

9 ‘‘(2) DONATIONS.—The Secretary may accept a

10 donation of funds or land or an interest in land to

11 carry out this title.

12 ‘‘(3) RELATION TO OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.—

13 Funds made available under paragraph (1) are in

14 addition to funding and the donation of land and in15 terests in land by the State of Georgia, local govern16 ment authorities, private foundations, corporate enti17 ties, and individuals for purposes of this title.’’; and

18 (3) in subsection (c)—

19 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1)

20 through (3) as subparagraphs (A) through (C),

21 respectively, and indenting appropriately;

22 (B) by striking ‘‘(c) Within’’ and inserting

23 the following:

24 ‘‘(c) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.—

25 ‘‘(1) INITIAL PLAN.—Within’’;
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1 (C) in paragraph (1) (as designated by sub2 paragraph (B)), by striking ‘‘transmit to’’ and

3 all that follows through ‘‘Representatives’’ and

4 inserting ‘‘transmit to the Committee on Re5 sources of the House of Representatives’’; and

6 (D) by adding at the end the following:

7 ‘‘(2) REVISED PLAN.—

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Within 3 years after

9 the date funds are made available, the Secretary

10 shall submit to the committees specified in para11 graph (1) a revised general management plan to

12 provide for the protection, enhancement, enjoy13 ment, development, and use of the recreation

14 area.

15 ‘‘(B) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—In pre16 paring the revised plan, the Secretary shall en17 courage the participation of the State of Georgia

18 and affected political subdivisions of the State,

19 private landowners, interested citizens, public of20 ficials, groups, agencies, educational institutions,

21 and other entities.’’.

22 (e) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Title I of the Act enti23 tled ‘‘An Act to authorize the establishment of the Chat24 tahoochee River National Recreation Area in the State of
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1 Georgia, and for other purposes’’, approved August 15, 1978

2 (16 U.S.C. 460ii et seq.), is amended—

3 (1) in sections 102(d) and 103(a), by striking

4 ‘‘of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘of this title’’;

5 (2) in section 104(b)—

6 (A) by striking ‘‘of this Act’’ and inserting

7 ‘‘of this title’’;

8 (B) by striking ‘‘under this Act’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘under this title’’;

10 (C) by striking ‘‘by this Act’’ and inserting

11 ‘‘by this title’’; and

12 (D) by striking ‘‘in this Act’’ and inserting

13 ‘‘in this title’’;

14 (3) in section 104(d)(2), by striking ‘‘under this

15 Act’’ and inserting ‘‘under this title’’;

16 (4) in section 105(c)(1)(A), as redesignated by

17 subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘of this Act’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘of this title’’;

19 (5) in section 106(a), by striking ‘‘in this Act’’

20 and inserting ‘‘in this title’’; and

21 (6) in section 106(d), by striking ‘‘under this

22 Act’’ and inserting ‘‘under this title’’.
Union Calendar No. 210

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2140

[Report No. 106–369]

A BILL

To improve protection and management of the

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area inthe State of Georgia.

OCTOBER 7, 1999

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,

and ordered to be printed