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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4182 

To provide that the Ozark National Scenic Riverways shall be administered 

in accordance with the general management plan for that unit of the 

National Park System, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 6, 2014 

Mr. SMITH of Missouri introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To provide that the Ozark National Scenic Riverways shall 

be administered in accordance with the general management plan for that unit of the National Park System, 

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. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress finds as follows: 

5 (1) The tourism industry that is driven by the 

6 Ozark National Scenic Riverways is the economic 

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1 ism and public access to Federal lands goes hand2 in-hand. 

3 (2) The Ozark National Scenic Riverways 

4 should be managed primarily to preserve and protect 

5 the historical recreational uses of the river, including 

6 canoeing, kayaking, floating, horseback riding, 

7 camping, boating, fishing, trapping, hiking, gigging, 

8 swimming, hunting, and other recreational activities 

9 that have been performed within the park since its 

10 creation. 

11 SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATION OF OZARK NATIONAL SCENIC 

12 RIVERWAYS. 

13 Public Law 88–492 (16 U.S.C. 460m et seq.) is 

14 amended as follows: 

15 (1) In section 1, by inserting ‘‘preservation of 

16 historical recreational activities,’’ after ‘‘caves,’’. 

17 (2) In section 5, by adding at the end the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(c) ZONES.—Except as provided by subsection (b), 

20 the Secretary may not designate management zones in the 

21 Ozark National Scenic Riverways, including but not lim22 ited to ‘Developed’, ‘Resource-based Recreation’, ‘Nat23 ural’, ‘Primitive’, ‘Mixed-use River’, ‘Seasonal Mixed-Use 

24 River’, and ‘Nonmotorized River’ zones. 


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1 ‘‘(d) HORSEBACK RIDING.—The Secretary shall 

2 manage the Ozark National Scenic Riverways in a manner 

3 that allows the public to engage in recreational horseback 

4 riding in areas of the park traditionally used for that pur5 pose. 

6 ‘‘(e) ACCESS TO THE RIVER.—The Secretary shall 

7 manage the Ozark National Scenic Riverways in a manner 

8 that— 

9 ‘‘(1) allows maximum public access points to 

10 the riverways within the park for traditional rec11 reational activities such as fishing, canoeing, 

12 kayaking, boating, swimming, gigging, and floating; 

13 ‘‘(2) does not require a permit for a river bap14 tism; 

15 ‘‘(3) does not include the Ozark National Scenic 

16 Riverways as part of a ‘National Blueway,’ or other 

17 similar program, as described in Secretarial Order 

18 No. 3321 issued by the Secretary of the Interior on 

19 May 24, 2012, with respect to the establishment of 

20 a National Blueways System; and 

21 ‘‘(4) does not manage lands within the Ozark 

22 National Scenic Riverways as though they were spe23 cifically designated as wilderness by Federal law ab24 sent such a designation. 


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1 ‘‘(f) USE OF MOTORIZED VESSELS.—The Sec2 retary— 

3 ‘‘(1) shall manage the Ozark National Scenic 

4 Riverways to allow the use of motorized vessels in a 

5 manner that is not more restrictive than the use re6 strictions in effect on November 21, 2013; and 

7 ‘‘(2) may manage the Ozark National Scenic 

8 Riverways to allow the use of motorized vessels in a 

9 manner that is less restrictive than the use restric10 tions in effect on November 21, 2013. 

11 ‘‘(g) CONGRESSIONAL WILDERNESS DESIGNATION.— 

12 No area contained within the Ozark National Scenic 

13 Riverways shall be eligible for congressional wilderness 

14 designation under the Wilderness Act of 1964 (Public Law 

15 88–577).’’. 

16 (3) By amending section 6 to read as follows: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATION. 

18 ‘‘The Secretary— 

19 ‘‘(1) shall manage the Ozark National Scenic 

20 Riverways in a manner that is not more restrictive 

21 than the provisions of the general management plan 

22 for the Ozark National Scenic Riverways in effect on 

23 November 21, 2013, to the extent that those provi24 sions are consistent with the Act and other applica25 ble Federal law; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) may manage The Ozark National Scenic 

2 Riverways in a manner that is less restrictive than 

3 the provisions of the general management plan for 

4 the Ozark National Scenic Riverways in effect on 

5 November 21, 2013, to the extent that those provi6 sions are consistent with the Act and other applica7 ble Federal law.’’. 

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