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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 639

To make technical amendments relating to three units of the National Park

System in the State of West Virginia.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 23, 1995

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

Committee on Resources

A BILL

To make technical amendments relating to three units of

the National Park System in the State of West Virginia.

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 ‘‘West Virginia National

5 Rivers Technical Amendments Act of 1995’’.

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS PERTAINING TO THE NEW RIVER

7 GORGE NATIONAL RIVER.

8 (a) FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT.—Section

9 1106 of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978

10 (16 U.S.C. 460m–20) is amended by adding the following
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1 at the end thereof: ‘‘The Secretary shall permit the State

2 of West Virginia to undertake fish stocking activities car3 ried out by the State, in consultation with the Secretary,

4 on waters within the boundaries of the national river.

5 Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting the

6 jurisdiction or responsibilities of the State of West Vir7 ginia with respect to fish and wildlife.’’.

8 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Title XI of the

9 National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C.

10 460m–15 and following) is amended by adding the follow11 ing new section at the end thereof:

12 ‘‘SEC. 1117. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF OTHER LAW.

13 ‘‘(a) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The provisions

14 of section 202(e)(1) of the West Virginia National Interest

15 River Conservation Act of 1987 (16 U.S.C. 460ww–

16 1(e)(1)) shall apply to the New River Gorge National

17 River in the same manner and to the same extent as such

18 provisions apply to the Gauley River National Recreation

19 Area.

20 ‘‘(b) REMNANT LANDS.—The provisions of the sec21 ond sentence of section 203(a) of the West Virginia Na22 tional Interest River Conservation Act of 1987 (16 U.S.C.

23 460ww–2(a)) shall apply to tracts of land partially within

24 the boundaries of the New River Gorge National River in

25 the same manner and to the same extent as such provi-
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1 sions apply to tracts of land only partially within the

2 Gauley River National Recreation Area.’’.

3 SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS PERTAINING TO THE GAULEY RIVER

4 NATIONAL RECREATION AREA.

5 (a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 205(c) of the

6 West Virginia National Interest River Conservation Act

7 of 1987 (16 U.S.C. 460ww–4(c)) is amended by adding

8 the following at the end thereof: ‘‘If project construction

9 is not commenced within the time required in such license,

10 or if such license is surrendered at any time, such bound11 ary modification shall cease to have any force and effect.’’.

12 (b) RIVER ACCESS.—Within 90 days after the date

13 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a re14 port to the Committee on Resources of the House of Rep15 resentatives and to the Committee on Energy and Natural

16 Resources of the Senate setting forth a plan to provide

17 river access for noncommercial recreation users within the

18 Gauley River National Recreation Area. The plan shall

19 provide that such access shall utilize existing public roads

20 and rights-of-way to the maximum extent feasible and

21 shall be limited to providing access for such noncommer22 cial users.
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1 SEC. 4. AMENDMENT PERTAINING TO THE BLUESTONE NA2 TIONAL SCENIC RIVER.

3 Section 3(a)(65) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

4 (16 U.S.C. 1271 and following) is amended by adding the

5 following at the end thereof: ‘‘In order to provide reason6 able public access and vehicle parking for public use and

7 enjoyment of the river designated by this paragraph, con8 sistent with the preservation and enhancement of the nat9 ural and scenic values of such river, the Secretary may,

10 with the consent of the owner thereof, negotiate a memo11 randum of understanding or cooperative agreement, or ac12 quire such lands or interests in such lands, or both, as

13 may be necessary to allow public access to the Bluestone

14 River and to provide, outside the boundary of the scenic

15 river, parking and related facilities in the vicinity of the

16 area known as Eads Mill.’’.

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