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Union Calendar No. 538 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6177 
[Report No. 110–838] 
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to modify the boundary of the 
Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 4, 2008 
Mr. RODRIGUEZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
SEPTEMBER 11, 2008 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 4, 2008] 
A BILL 
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to modify the 
boundary of the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rio Grande Wild and 
Scenic River Extension Act of 2008’’. 
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SEC. 2. RIO GRANDE WILD AND SCENIC RIVER BOUNDARY 
ADJUSTMENT. 
Paragraph (17) of section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic 
Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(17) RIO GRANDE, TEXAS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The segment on the 
United States side of the river from the west 
boundary of Big Bend National Park, located at 
approximately river mile 902.2, downstream to 
the river mile 651.1 at the Terrell-Val Verde 
County line; to be administered by the Secretary 
of the Interior. 
‘‘(B) MAP.—The segment described in sub-
paragraph (A) is depicted on the map relating 
to the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River titled 
‘Proposed Wild & Scenic River Addition’, num-
bered 192/80,001, and dated March 1, 2007. 
‘‘(C) 
BOUNDARY.—The 
Secretary 
shall, 
within two years after the date of enactment of 
the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River Exten-
sion Act of 2008, take such action with respect 
to the segment referred to in this paragraph as 
is provided for under subsection (b). The action 
required by subsection (b) shall be undertaken by 
the Secretary, after consultation with the United 
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States Commissioner, International Boundary 
and Water Commission, United States and Mex-
ico, and appropriate officials of the State of 
Texas and its political subdivisions. The develop-
ment plan required by subsection (b) shall be 
construed to be a general management plan only 
for the United States side of the river and shall 
include, but not be limited to, the establishment 
of a detailed boundary which shall include an 
average of not more than 160 acres per mile. 
‘‘(D) TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS.—Noth-
ing in this Act shall be construed to be in con-
flict with— 
‘‘(i) the commitments or agreements of 
the United States made by or in pursuance 
of the treaty between the United States and 
Mexico regarding the utilization of the Colo-
rado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio 
Grande, signed at Washington, February 
1944 (59 Stat. 1219), or 
‘‘(ii) the treaty between the United 
States and Mexico regarding maintenance 
of the Rio Grande and Colorado River as 
the international boundary between the 
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United States and Mexico, signed November 
23, 1970. 
‘‘(E) NO EFFECT ON BORDER FENCE AND 
THE BORDER PATROL.—Nothing in this para-
graph shall prevent or obstruct the planning, 
construction, operation, or maintenance of a bor-
der fence in the area described in subparagraph 
(A), and nothing in this paragraph shall affect 
the operations or duties in such area of the De-
partment of Homeland Security, including the 
Border Patrol, or of State or local law enforce-
ment agencies.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 538 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6177 
[Report No. 110–838] 
A BILL 
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to mod-
ify the boundary of the Rio Grande Wild and 
Scenic River. 
SEPTEMBER 11, 2008 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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