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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 167

To extend the authorization for the Upper Delaware Citizens Advisory Council

and to authorize construction and operation of a visitor center for the

Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, New York and Pennsylvania.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 19, 1999

Mr. MOYNIHAN (for himself and Mr. SCHUMER) introduced the following bill;

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To extend the authorization for the Upper Delaware Citizens

Advisory Council and to authorize construction and operation of a visitor center for the Upper Delaware Scenic

and Recreational River, New York and Pennsylvania.

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

3 SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR UPPER

4 DELAWARE CITIZENS ADVISORY COUNCIL.

5 Section 704(f)(1) of the National Parks and Recre6 ation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1274 note; Public Law 95–
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1 625) is amended in the last sentence by striking ‘‘20’’ and

2 inserting ‘‘30’’.

3 SEC. 2. VISITOR CENTER FOR UPPER DELAWARE SCENIC

4 AND RECREATIONAL RIVER.

5 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

6 (1) on September 29, 1987, the Secretary of

7 the Interior approved a management plan for the

8 Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, as

9 required by section 704(c) of the National Parks

10 and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1274 note;

11 Public Law 95–625);

12 (2) the management plan called for the develop13 ment of a primary visitor contact facility located at

14 the southern end of the river corridor;

15 (3) the management plan determined that the

16 visitor center would be built and operated by the Na17 tional Park Service;

18 (4) section 704 of that Act limits the authority

19 of the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land with20 in the boundary of the river corridor; and

21 (5) on June 21, 1993, the State of New York

22 authorized a 99-year lease between the New York

23 State Department of Environmental Conservation

24 and the National Park Service for construction and

25 operation of a visitor center by the Federal Govern-
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1 ment on State-owned land in the town of Deerpark,

2 Orange County, New York, in the vicinity of

3 Mongaup, which is the preferred site for the visitor

4 center.

5 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF VISITOR CENTER.—Section

6 704(d) of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978

7 (16 U.S.C. 1274 note; Public Law 95–625) is amended—

8 (1) by striking ‘‘(d) Notwithstanding’’ and in9 serting the following:

10 ‘‘(d) ACQUISITION OF LAND.—

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding’’; and

12 (2) by adding at the end the following:

13 ‘‘(2) VISITOR CENTER.—For the purpose of

14 constructing and operating a visitor center for the

15 segment of the Upper Delaware River designated as

16 a scenic and recreational river by section 3(a)(19) of

17 the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C.

18 1274(a)(19)), subject to the availability of appro19 priations, the Secretary of the Interior may—

20 ‘‘(A) enter into a lease with the State of

21 New York, for a term of 99 years, for State22 owned land within the boundaries of the Upper

23 Delaware River located at an area known as

24 ‘Mongaup’ near the confluence of the Mongaup
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1 and Upper Delaware Rivers in the State of New

2 York; and

3 ‘‘(B) construct and operate the visitor cen4 ter on the land leased under subparagraph

5 (A).’’.

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