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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3895 

To establish the Sacramento River National Recreation Area in the State 

of California. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 14, 2006 

Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) introduced the following bill; 

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

A BILL 

To establish the Sacramento River National Recreation Area 

in the State of California. 

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 ‘‘Sacramento River Na5 tional Recreation Area Act of 2006’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘manage9 ment plan’’ means the management plan for the 

10 Recreation Area prepared under section 4(b). 


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1 (2) RECREATION AREA.—The term ‘‘Recreation 

2 Area’’ means the Sacramento River National Recre3 ation Area. 

4 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

5 the Secretary of the Interior. 

6 (4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

7 of California. 

8 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF SACRAMENTO RIVER NA9 TIONAL RECREATION AREA. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—To conserve, protect, and enhance 

11 the riparian and associated areas described in subsection 

12 (b) (including the outstanding ecological, geological, sce13 nic, recreational, cultural, and historic resources, the fish 

14 and wildlife values, and other resources of the areas), 

15 there is established the Sacramento River National Recre16 ation Area in the State, to be managed by the Redding 

17 Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management. 

18 (b) BOUNDARIES.—The Recreation Area shall consist 

19 of the public land in Tehama County and Shasta County, 

20 California, comprising approximately 17,000 acres adja21 cent to the Sacramento River, lower Battle Creek, and 

22 lower Paynes Creek, as generally depicted on the map en23 titled ‘‘Sacramento River National Recreation Area’’ and 

24 dated May 2002. 

25 (c) MAP.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable, but 

2 not later than 3 years, after the date of enactment 

3 of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a map and 

4 legal description of the Recreation Area to— 

5 (A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 

6 Resources of the Senate; and 

7 (B) the Committee on Resources of the 

8 House of Representatives. 

9 (2) EFFECT.—The map and legal description 

10 submitted under paragraph (1) shall have the same 

11 force and effect as if included in this Act, except 

12 that the Secretary may correct any clerical and typo13 graphical errors in the map and legal description. 

14 (3) AVAILABILITY.—Copies of the map sub15 mitted under paragraph (1) shall be on file and 

16 available for public inspection in— 

17 (A) the Office of the Director of the Bu18 reau of Land Management; and 

19 (B) the appropriate office of the Bureau of 

20 Land Management in California. 

21 SEC. 4. MANAGEMENT. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall manage the 

23 Recreation Area in a manner that conserves, protects, and 

24 enhances the resources and values of the Recreation Area 


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1 (including the resources described in section 3(a)), in ac2 cordance with— 

3 (1) this Act; 

4 (2) the Federal Land Policy and Management 

5 Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 

6 (3) any other applicable law. 

7 (b) RECREATION AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after 

9 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

10 shall submit a comprehensive plan for the long-range 

11 protection and management of the Recreation Area 

12 to— 

13 (A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 

14 Resources of the Senate; and 

15 (B) the Committee on Resources of the 

16 House of Representatives. 

17 (2) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The management 

18 plan— 

19 (A) shall describe the appropriate uses and 

20 management of the Recreation Area in accord21 ance with this Act; 

22 (B) may incorporate any appropriate deci23 sions, as determined by the Secretary, that are 

24 contained in any management or activity plan 


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1 for the area completed before the date of enact2 ment of this Act; 

3 (C) may incorporate appropriate wildlife 

4 habitat management plans or other plans pre5 pared for the land within or adjacent to the 

6 Recreation Area before the date of enactment of 

7 this Act; 

8 (D) shall be prepared in consultation 

9 with— 

10 (i) appropriate Federal, State, and 

11 local agencies (including Tehama County 

12 and Shasta County, California); 

13 (ii) adjacent landowners; and 

14 (iii) other stakeholders; and 

15 (E) may use information developed under 

16 any studies of land within or adjacent to the 

17 Recreation Area carried out before the date of 

18 enactment of this Act. 

19 (c) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 

20 all Federal land within the Recreation Area is withdrawn 

21 from— 

22 (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal 

23 under the public land laws; 

24 (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 

25 laws; and 


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1 (3) disposition under all laws relating to min2 eral and geothermal leasing. 

3 (d) HUNTING AND FISHING.—The Secretary shall 

4 allow hunting and fishing within the Recreation Area in 

5 accordance with any applicable Federal and State laws 

6 (including regulations). 

7 (e) MOTORIZED VEHICLES.—The use of motorized 

8 vehicles on public land in the Recreation Area shall be lim9 ited to established roadways. 

10 (f) MOTORIZED BOATS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act restricts 

12 the use of motorized boats on the Sacramento River. 

13 (2) REGULATION.—Tehama County and Shasta 

14 County, California, and the California Department 

15 of Boating and Waterways shall retain authority to 

16 regulate motorized boating for the purpose of ensur17 ing public safety and environmental protection. 

18 (g) GRAZING.—The Secretary may permit the graz19 ing of livestock to continue on any public land in the 

20 Recreation Area in which grazing is permitted on the date 

21 of enactment of this Act— 

22 (1) subject to any regulations, policies, and 

23 practices that the Secretary determines to be nec24 essary; and 

25 (2) consistent with— 


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1 (A) this Act; 

2 (B) the Federal Land Policy and Manage3 ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 

4 (C) any regulations promulgated by the 

5 Secretary, acting through the Director of the 

6 Bureau of Land Management. 

7 (h) ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may acquire, 

9 by donation, transfer, purchase with donated or ap10 propriated funds, or exchange, any land or interests 

11 in land within the boundaries of the Recreation Area 

12 depicted on the map prepared under section 3(c). 

13 (2) CONSENT.—No land or interest in land may 

14 be acquired under paragraph (1) without the consent 

15 of the owner of the land. 

16 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

17 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 

18 as are necessary to carry out this Act. 

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