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and adequately addresses management issues associ-
ated with the boundary adjustment set forth in this
section and with the differing interests in land
resulting from enactment of this section.
(II) In the event that no agreement is executed
as provided for in subclause (I), solely for the purposes
of administering CIRI’s rights under paragraph 1(B)(1)
of the Terms and Conditions, the Secretary and CIRI
shall be deemed to have retained their respective rights
and obligations with respect to CIRI’s subsurface
interests under the requirements of the Terms and
Conditions in effect on June 18, 1996. Notwithstanding
the boundary adjustments made pursuant to this
section, conveyances to KNA shall be deemed to remain
subject to the Secretary’s and CIRI’s rights and obliga-
tions under paragraph 1(B)(1) of the Terms and Condi-
tions.
(iii) The Secretary is authorized to acquire by pur-
chase or exchange, on a willing seller basis only, any
lands retained by or conveyed to KNA. In the event
that any lands owned by KNA are subsequently
acquired by the United States, they shall be automati-
cally included in the Refuge System. The laws and
regulations applicable to Refuge lands shall then apply
to these lands and the Secretary shall then adjust
the boundaries accordingly.
(iv) Nothing in this section is intended to enlarge
or diminish the authorities, rights, duties, obligations,
or the property rights held by CIRI under the Terms
and Conditions, or otherwise except as set forth in
this section. In the event of the purchase by the United
States of any lands from KNA in accordance with
subparagraph (A)(ii), the United States shall reassume
from KNA the rights it previously held under the
Terms and Conditions and the provisions in any patent
implementing section 22(g) of ANCSA will again apply.
(v) By virtue of implementation of this section,
CIRI is deemed entitled to 1,207 acres of in-lieu sub-
surface entitlement under section 12(a)(1) of ANCSA.
Such entitlement shall be fulfilled in accordance with
paragraph 1(B)(2)(A) of the Terms and Conditions.
(B) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.—Maps and a legal
description of the lands described above shall be on file
and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices
of the United States Department of the Interior, and the
Secretary shall, no later than 90 days after enactment
of this section, prepare a legal description of the lands
described in paragraph (2)(A)(vii). Such maps and legal
description shall have the same force and effect as if
included in the section, except that the Secretary may
correct clerical and typographical errors.
(C) ACCEPTANCE.—KNA may accept the offer made
in this section by notifying the Secretary in writing of
its decision within 180 days of receipt of the offer. In
the event the offer is rejected, the Secretary shall notify
the Committee on Resources of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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and the Committee on Environment and Public Works
of the Senate.
(D) FINAL MAPS.—Not later than 120 days after the
conclusion of the acquisition authorized by paragraph (1),
the Secretary shall transmit a final report and maps
accurately depicting the lands transferred and conveyed
pursuant to this section and the acreage and legal descrip-
tions of such lands to the Committee on Resources of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy
and Natural Resources and the Committee on Environment
and Public Works of the Senate.
(e) ADJUSTMENTS
TO NATIONAL WILDERNESS SYSTEM.—Upon
acquisition of lands by the United States pursuant to subsection
(d)(2)(A), that portion of the Stephanka Tract lying south and
west of the Kenai River, consisting of approximately 592 acres,
shall be included in and managed as part of the Kenai Wilderness
and such lands shall be managed in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the Wilderness Act and ANILCA.
(f) DESIGNATION OF LAKE TODATONTEN SPECIAL MANAGEMENT
AREA.—
(1) PURPOSE.—To balance the potential effects on fish, wild-
life, and habitat of the removal of KNA lands from the Refuge
System, the Secretary is hereby directed to withdraw, subject
to valid existing rights, from location, entry, and patent under
the mining laws and to create as a special management unit
for the protection of fish, wildlife, and habitat, certain unappro-
priated and unreserved public lands, totaling approximately
37,000 acres adjacent to the west boundary of the Kanuti
National Wildlife Refuge to be know as the ‘‘Lake Todatonten
Special Management Area’’, as depicted on the map entitled
‘‘Proposed: Lake Todatonten Special Management Area’’, dated
June 13, 1996, and to be managed by the Bureau of Land
Management.
(2) MANAGEMENT.—
(A) Such designation is subject to all valid existing
rights as well as the subsistence preferences provided under
title VIII of ANILCA. Any lands conveyed to the State
of Alaska shall be removed from the Lake Todatonten
Special Management Area.
(B) The Secretary may permit any additional uses of
the area, or grant easements, only to the extent that such
use, including leasing under the mineral leasing laws, is
determined to not detract from nor materially interfere
with the purposes for which the Special Management Area
is established.
(C)(i) The BLM shall establish the Lake Todatonten
Special Management Area Committee. The membership
of the Committee shall consist of 11 members as follows:
(I) Two residents each from the villages of Alatna,
Allakaket, Hughes, and Tanana.
(II) One representative from each of Doyon
Corporation, the Tanana Chiefs Conference, and the
State of Alaska.
(ii) Members of the Committee shall serve without
pay.
(iii) The BLM shall hold meetings of the Lake
Todatonten Special Management Area Committee at least
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once per year to discuss management issues within the
Special Management Area. The BLM shall not allow any
new type of activity in the Special Management Area with-
out first conferring with the Committee in a timely manner.
(3) ACCESS.—The Secretary shall allow the following:
(A) Private access for any purpose, including economic
development, to lands within the boundaries of the Special
Management Area which are owned by third parties or
are held in trust by the Secretary for third parties pursuant
to the Alaska Native Allotment Act (25 U.S.C. 336). Such
rights may be subject to restrictions issued by the BLM
to protect subsistence uses of the Special Management
Area.
(B) Existing public access across the Special Manage-
ment Area. Section 1110(a) of ANILCA shall apply to the
Special Management Area.
(4) SECRETARIAL ORDER AND MAPS.—The Secretary shall
file with the Committee on Resources of the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the
Senate, the Secretarial Order and maps setting forth the bound-
aries of the Area within 90 days of the completion of the
acquisition authorized by this section. Once established, this
Order may only be amended or revoked by Act of Congress.
(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are author-
ized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to
carry out the purposes of this section.
TITLE IV—RIVERS AND TRAILS
SEC. 401. RIO PUERCO WATERSHED.
(a) MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, acting
through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management
shall—
(A) in consultation with the Rio Puerco Management
Committee established by subsection (b)—
(i) establish a clearinghouse for research and
information on management within the area identified
as the Rio Puerco Drainage Basin, as depicted on the
map entitled ‘‘the Rio Puerco Watershed’’ dated June
1994, including—
(I) current and historical natural resource
conditions; and
(II) data concerning the extent and causes of
watershed impairment; and
(ii) establish an inventory of best management
practices and related monitoring activities that have
been or may be implemented within the area identified
as the Rio Puerco Watershed Project, as depicted on
the map entitled ‘‘the Rio Puerco Watershed’’ dated
June 1994; and
(B) provide support to the Rio Puerco Management
Committee to identify objectives, monitor results of ongoing
projects, and develop alternative watershed management
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plans for the Rio Puerco Drainage Basin, based on best
management practices.
(2) RIO PUERCO MANAGEMENT REPORT.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior,
in 
consultation 
with 
the 
Rio 
Puerco 
Management
Committee, shall prepare a report for the improvement
of watershed conditions in the Rio Puerco Drainage Basis
described in paragraph (1)(A).
(B) CONTENTS.—The report under subparagraph (A)
shall—
(i) identify reasonable and appropriate goals and
objectives for landowners and managers in the Rio
Puerco Watershed;
(ii) describe potential alternative actions to meet
the goals and objectives, including proven best manage-
ment practices and costs associated with implementing
the actions;
(iii) recommend voluntary implementation of
appropriate best management practices on public and
private lands;
(iv) 
provide 
for 
cooperative 
development 
of
management guidelines for maintaining and improving
the ecological, cultural, and economic conditions on
public and private lands;
(v) provide for the development of public participa-
tion and community outreach programs that would
include proposals for—
(I) cooperative efforts with private landowners
to encourage implementation of best management
practices within the watershed; and
(II) involvement of private citizens in restoring
the watershed;
(vi) provide for the development of proposals for
voluntary cooperative programs among the members
of the Rio Puerco Management Committee to imple-
ment best management practices in a coordinated,
consistent, and cost-effective manner;
(vii) provide for the encouragement of, and support
implementation of, best management practices on
private lands; and
(viii) provide for the development of proposals for
a monitoring system that—
(I) builds on existing data available from
private, Federal, and State sources;
(II) provides for the coordinated collection,
evaluation, and interpretation of additional data
as needed or collected; and
(III) will provide information to assess existing
resource and socioeconomic conditions; identify
priority implementation actions; and assess the
effectiveness of actions taken.
(b) RIO PUERCO MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Rio Puerco
Management Committee (referred to in this section as the
‘‘Committee’’).
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(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Committee shall be convened by
a representative of the Bureau of Land Management and shall
include representatives from—
(A) the Rio Puerco Watershed Committee;
(B) affected tribes and pueblos;
(C) the National Forest Service of the Department
of Agriculture;
(D) the Bureau of Reclamation;
(E) the United States Geological Survey;
(F) the Bureau of Indian Affairs;
(G) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;
(H) the Army Corps of Engineers;
(I) the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the
Department of Agriculture;
(J) the State of New Mexico, including the New Mexico
Environment Department of the State Engineer;
(K) affected local soil and water conservation districts;
(L) the Elephant Butte Irrigation District;
(M) private landowners; and
(N) other interested citizens.
(3) DUTIES.—The Rio Puerco Management Committee
shall—
(A) advise the Secretary of the Interior, acting through
the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, on the
development and implementation of the Rio Puerco
Management Program described in subsection (a); and
(B) serve as a forum for information about activities
that 
may 
affect 
or 
further 
the 
development 
and
implementation of the best management practices described
in subsection (a)
(4) TERMINATION.—The Committee shall terminate on the
date that is 10 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than the date that is 2 years after
the date of enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter, the
Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Rio Puerco
Management Committee, shall transmit to the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and to the Committee
on Resources of the House of Representatives a report containing—
(1) a summary of activities of the management program
under subsection (a); and
(2) proposals for joint implementation efforts, including
funding recommendations.
(d) LOWER RIO GRANDE HABITAT STUDY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, in coopera-
tion with appropriate State agencies, shall conduct a study
of the Rio Grande that—
(A) shall cover the distance from Caballo Lake to
Sunland Park, New Mexico; and
(B) may cover a greater distance.
(2) CONTENTS.—The study under paragraph (1) shall
include—
(A) a survey of the current habitat conditions of the
river and its riparian environment;
(B) identification of the changes in vegetation and
habitat over the past 400 years and the effect of the
changes on the river and riparian area; and
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(C) an assessment of the feasibility, benefits, and prob-
lems associated with activities to prevent further habitat
loss and to restore habitat through reintroduction or
establishment of appropriate native plant species.
(3) TRANSMITTAL.—Not later than 3 years after the date
on which funds are made available to carry out this section,
the Secretary of the Interior shall transmit the study under
paragraph (1) to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate and to the Committee on Resources
of the House of Representatives.
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized
to be appropriated to carry out this section a total of $7,500,000
for the 10 fiscal years beginning after the date of enactment of
this Act.
SEC. 402. OLD SPANISH TRAIL.
Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C.
1244(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(
) The Old Spanish Trail, beginning in Santa Fe, New
Mexico, proceeding through Colorado and Utah, and ending in
Los Angeles, California, and the Northern Branch of the Old Span-
ish Trail, beginning near Espanola, New Mexico, proceeding through
Colorado, and ending near Crescent Junction, Utah.’’.
SEC. 403. GREAT WESTERN SCENIC TRAIL.
Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C.
1244(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(
) The Great Western Scenic Trail, a system of trails to
accommodate a variety of travel users in a corridor of approximately
3,100 miles in length extending from the Arizona-Mexico border
to the Idaho-Montana-Canada border, following the approximate
route depicted on the map identified as ‘Great Western Trail Cor-
ridor, 1988’, which shall be on file and available for public inspection
in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service, United States
Department of Agriculture. The trail study shall be conducted by
the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretary
of the Interior, in accordance with subsection (b) and shall include—
‘‘(A) the current status of land ownership and current and
potential use along the designated route;
‘‘(B) the estimated cost of acquisition of lands or interests
in lands, if any; and
‘‘(C) an examination of the appropriateness of motorized
trail use along the trail.’’.
SEC. 404. HANFORD REACH PRESERVATION.
Section 2 of Public Law 100–605 is amended as follows:
(1) By striking ‘‘INTERIM’’ in the section heading.
(2) By striking ‘‘For a period of eight years after’’ and
inserting ‘‘After’’ in subsection (a).
(3) By striking in subsection (b) ‘‘During the eight year
interim protection period, provided by this section, all’’ and
inserting ‘‘All’’.
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SEC. 405. LAMPREY WILD AND SCENIC RIVER.
(a) DESIGNATION.—Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers
Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding the following new
paragraph at the end thereof:
‘‘(
) LAMPREY RIVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.—The 11.5-mile segment
extending from the southern Lee town line to the confluence with
the Piscassic River in the vicinity of the Durham-Newmarket town
line (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the ‘segment’)
as a recreational river. The segment shall be administered by
the Secretary of the Interior through cooperation agreements
between the Secretary and the State of New Hampshire and its
relevant political subdivisions, namely the towns of Durham, Lee,
and Newmarket, pursuant to section 10(e) of this Act. The segment
shall be managed in accordance with the Lamprey River Manage-
ment Plan dated January 10, 1995, and such amendments thereto
as the Secretary of the Interior determines are consistent with
this Act. Such plan shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements
for a comprehensive management plan pursuant to section 3(d)
of this Act.’’.
(b) MANAGEMENT.—
(1) COMMITTEE.—The Secretary of the Interior shall coordi-
nate his management responsibilities under this Act with
respect to the segment designated by subsection (a) with the
Lamprey River Advisory Committee established pursuant to
New Hampshire RSA 483.
(2) LAND
MANAGEMENT.—The zoning ordinances duly
adopted by the towns of Durham, Lee, and Newmarket, New
Hampshire, including provisions for conservation of shorelands,
floodplains, and wetlands associated with the segment, shall
be deemed to satisfy the standards and requirements of section
6(c) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, and the provisions
of that section, which prohibit Federal acquisition of lands
by condemnation, shall apply to the segment designated by
subsection (a). The authority of the Secretary to acquire lands
for the purposes of this paragraph shall be limited to acquisition
by donation or acquisition with the consent of the owner thereof,
and shall be subject to the additional criteria set forth in
the Lamprey River Management Plan.
(c) UPSTREAM SEGMENT.—Upon request by the town of Epping,
which abuts an additional 12 miles of river found eligible for des-
ignation as a recreational river, the Secretary of the Interior shall
offer assistance regarding continued involvement of the town of
Epping in the implementation of the Lamprey River Management
Plan and in consideration of potential future addition of that portion
of the river within Epping as a component of the Wild and Scenic
Rivers System.
SEC. 406. WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL RIVERS AMENDMENTS OF 1996.
(a) AMENDMENTS
PERTAINING
TO
THE
NEW
RIVER
GORGE
NATIONAL RIVER.—
(1) BOUNDARIES.—Section 1101 of the National Parks and
Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460m–15) is amended by
striking out ‘‘NERI–80,023, dated January 1987’’ and inserting
‘‘NERI–80,028A, dated March 1996’’.
(2) FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT.—Section 1106 of the
National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460m–
20) is amended by adding the following at the end thereof:
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‘‘The Secretary shall permit the State of West Virginia to under-
take fish stocking activities carried out by the State, in
consultation with the Secretary, on waters within the bound-
aries of the national river. Nothing in this Act shall be con-
strued as affecting the jurisdiction of the State of West Virginia
with respect to fish and wildlife.’’.
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Title XI of the National
Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460m–15 et seq.)
is amended by adding the following new section at the end
thereof:
‘‘SEC. 1117. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF OTHER LAW.
‘‘(a) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The provisions of section
202(e)(1) 
of 
the 
West 
Virginia 
National 
Interest 
River
Conservation Act of 1987 (16 U.S.C. 460ww–1(e)(1)) shall apply
to the New River Gorge National River in the same manner and
to the same extent as such provisions apply to the Gauley River
National Recreation Area.
‘‘(b) REMNANT LANDS.—The provisions of the second sentence
of section 203(a) of the West Virginia National Interest River Con-
servation Act of 1987 (16 U.S.C. 460ww–2(a)) shall apply to tracts
of land partially within the boundaries of the New River Gorge
National River in the same manner and to the same extent as
such provisions apply to tracts of land only partially within the
Gauley River National Recreation Area.’’.
(b) VISITOR CENTER.—The Secretary of the Interior is author-
ized to construct a visitor center and such other related facilities
as may be deemed necessary to facilitate visitor understanding
and enjoyment of the New River Gorge National River and the
Gauley River National Recreation Area in the vicinity of the
confluence of the New and Gauley Rivers. Such center and related
facilities are authorized to be constructed at a site outside of the
boundary of the New River Gorge National River or Gauley River
National Recreation Area unless a suitable site is available within
the boundaries of either unit.
(c) AMENDMENTS PERTAINING TO THE GAULEY RIVER NATIONAL
RECREATION AREA.—
(1) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 205(c) of the West
Virginia National Interest River Conservation Act of 1987 (16
U.S.C. 460ww–4(c)) is amended by adding the following at
the end thereof: ‘‘If project construction is not commenced
within the time required in such license, or if such license
is surrendered at any time, such boundary modification shall
cease to have any force and effect.’’.
(2) GAULEY ACCESS.—Section 202(e) of the West Virginia
National Interest River Conservation Act of 1987 (16 U.S.C.
460ww–1(e)) is amended by adding the following new paragraph
at the end thereof:
‘‘(4) ACCESS TO RIVER.—(A) In order to facilitate public
safety, use, and enjoyment of the recreation area, and to protect,
to the maximum extent feasible, the scenic and natural
resources of the area, the Secretary is authorized and directed
to acquire such lands or interests in lands and to take such
actions as are necessary to provide access by noncommercial
entities on the north side of the Gauley River at the
area known as Woods Ferry utilizing existing roads and rights-
of-way. Such actions by the Secretary shall include the
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construction of parking and related facilities in the vicinity
of Woods Ferry for noncommercial use on lands acquired pursu-
ant to paragraph (3) or on lands acquired with the consent
of the owner thereof within the boundaries of the recreation
area.
‘‘(B) If necessary, in the discretion of the Secretary, in
order to minimize environmental impacts, including visual
impacts, within portions of the recreation area immediately
adjacent to the river, the Secretary may, by contract or other-
wise, provide transportation services for noncommercial
visitors, at reasonable cost, between such parking facilities
and the river.
‘‘(C) Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall affect the rights
of any person to continue to utilize, pursuant to a lease in
effect on April 1, 1993, any right of way acquired pursuant
to such lease which authorizes such person to use an existing
road referred to in subparagraph (A). Except as provided under
paragraph (2) relating to access immediately downstream of
the Summersville project, until there is compliance with this
paragraph the Secretary is prohibited from acquiring or devel-
oping any other river access points within the recreation area.’’.
(d) AMENDMENTS PERTAINING
TO
THE BLUESTONE NATIONAL
SCENIC RIVER.—
(1) BOUNDARIES.—Section 3(a)(65) of the Wild and Scenic
Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)(65)) is amended by striking out
‘‘WSR–BLU/20,000, and dated January 1987’’ and inserting
‘‘BLUE–80,005, dated May 1996’’.
(2) PUBLIC ACCESS.—Section 3(a)(65) of the Wild and Scenic
Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)(65)) is amended by adding the
following at the end thereof: ‘‘In order to provide reasonable
public access and vehicle parking for public use and enjoyment
of the river designated by this paragraph, consistent with the
preservation and enhancement of the natural and scenic values
of such river, the Secretary may, with the consent of the owner
thereof, negotiate a memorandum of understanding or coopera-
tive agreement, or acquire not more than 10 acres of lands
or interests in such lands, or both, as may be necessary to
allow public access to the Bluestone River and to provide,
outside the boundary of the scenic river, parking and related
facilities in the vicinity of the area known as Eads Mill.’’.
SEC. 407. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO THE WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS
ACT.
(a) NUMBERING OF PARAGRAPHS.—The unnumbered paragraphs
in section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)),
relating to each of the following river segments, are each amended
by numbering such paragraphs as follows:
River:
Paragraph Number
East Fork of Jemez, New Mexico .........................................................................
(109)
Pecos River, New Mexico .......................................................................................
(110)
Smith River, California .........................................................................................
(111)
Middle Fork Smith River, California ...................................................................
(112)
North Fork Smith River, California .....................................................................
(113)
Siskiyou Fork Smith River, California .................................................................
(114)
South Fork Smith River, California .....................................................................
(115)
Clarks Fork, Wyoming ...........................................................................................
(116)
Niobrara, Nebraska ...............................................................................................
(117)
Missouri River, Nebraska and South Dakota ......................................................
(118)
Bear Creek, Michigan ............................................................................................
(119)
Black, Michigan .....................................................................................................
(120)