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Calendar No. 367

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 20

[Report No. 106–211]

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

OCTOBER 13, 1999

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural

Resources

NOVEMBER 2, 1999

Reported by Mr. MURKOWSKI, with an amendment

[Insert the part printed in italic]

AN ACT

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,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

5 and Recreational River Mongaup Visitor Center Act of

6 1999’’.
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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

2 The Congress finds the following:

3 (1) The Secretary of the Interior approved a

4 management plan for the Upper Delaware Scenic

5 and Recreational River, as required by section 704

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

7 September 29, 1987.

8 (2) The river management plan called for the

9 development of a primary visitor contact facility lo10 cated at the southern end of the river corridor.

11 (3) The river management plan determined that

12 the visitor center would be built and operated by the

13 National Park Service.

14 (4) The Act that designated the Upper Dela15 ware Scenic and Recreational River and the ap16 proved river management plan limits the Secretary

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

18 boundary of the river corridor.

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

20 21, 1993, a 99-year lease between the New York

21 State Department of Environmental Conservation

22 and the National Park Service for the construction

23 and operation of a visitor center by the Federal Gov24 ernment on State-owned land in the Town of

25 Deerpark, Orange County, New York, in the vicinity
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1 of Mongaup, which is the preferred site for the vis2 itor center.

3 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF VISITOR CENTER FOR UPPER

4 DELAWARE SCENIC AND RECREATIONAL

5 RIVER.

6 For the purpose of constructing and operating a vis7 itor center for the Upper Delaware Scenic and Rec8 reational River and subject to the availability of appropria9 tions, the Secretary of the Interior may—

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

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

12 within the boundaries of the Upper Delaware Scenic

13 and Recreational River located at an area known as

14 Mongaup near the confluence of the Mongaup and

15 Upper Delaware Rivers in the State of New York;

16 and

17 (2) construct and operate such a visitor center

18 on land leased under paragraph (2).

19 SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF ADVISORY COUNCIL AUTHORIZA20 TION.

21 Section 704(f)(1) of the National Parks and Recreation

22 Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–625; 16 U.S.C. 1274 note) is
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1 amended in the last sentence by striking ‘‘20’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘30’’.

Passed the House of Representatives October 12,

1999.

Attest: JEFF TRANDAHL,

Clerk.

Calendar No. 367

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 20

[Report No. 106–211]

AN ACT

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.

NOVEMBER 2, 1999

Reported with an amendment