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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2140
To improve protection and management of the Chattahoochee River National
Recreation Area in the State of Georgia.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 10, 1999
Mr. DEAL of Georgia (for himself, Mr. COLLINS, and Mr. LEWIS of Georgia)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Re-
sources
A BILL
To improve protection and management of the Chattahoochee
River National Recreation Area in the State of Georgia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) the Chattahoochee River National Recre-
ation Area in the State of Georgia is a nationally
significant resource;
(2) the Chattahoochee River National Recre-
ation Area has been adversely affected by land use
the recreation area through a series of linear cor-
ridors to be established within the area of national
concern and elsewhere on the river; and
(8) if Congress appropriates funds in support of
the cooperative effort described in paragraph (7),
funding from the State, political subdivisions of the
State, private foundations, corporate entities, private
individuals, and other sources will be available to
fund more than half the estimated cost of the coop-
erative effort.
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are—
(1) to increase the level of protection of the
open spaces within the area of national concern
along the Chattahoochee River and to enhance vis-
itor enjoyment of the open spaces by adding land-
based linear corridors to link existing units of the
recreation area;
(2) to ensure that the Chattahoochee River Na-
tional Recreation Area is managed to standardize
acquisition, planning, design, construction, and oper-
ation of the linear corridors; and
(3) to authorize the appropriation of Federal
funds to cover a portion of the costs of the Federal,
State, local, and private cooperative effort to add ad-
ditional areas to the recreation area so as to estab-
lish a series of linear corridors linking existing units
of the recreation area and to protect other open
spaces of the Chattahoochee River corridor.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NA-
TIONAL RECREATION AREA ACT.
(a) BOUNDARIES.—Section 101 of the Act entitled
‘‘An Act to authorize the establishment of the Chattahoo-
chee River National Recreation Area in the State of Geor-
gia, and for other purposes’’, approved August 15, 1978
(16 U.S.C. 460ii), is amended—
(1) in the third sentence, by inserting after
‘‘numbered CHAT–20,003, and dated September
1984,’’ the following: ‘‘and on the maps entitled
‘Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area In-
terim Boundary Map #1’, ‘Chattahoochee River Na-
tional Recreation Area Interim Boundary Map #2’,
and ‘Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Interim Boundary Map #3’, and dated August 6,
1998,’’;
(2) by striking the fourth sentence and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘No sooner than 180 days after
the date of enactment of this sentence, the Secretary
of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Sec-
retary’) may modify the boundaries of the recreation
area to include other land within the Chattahoochee
River corridor by submitting a revised map or other
boundary description to the Committee on Energy
and Natural Resources of the United States Senate
and the Committee on Resources of the United
States House of Representatives. The revised map
or other boundary description shall be prepared by
the Secretary after consultation with affected land-
owners, the State of Georgia, and affected political
subdivisions of the State. The revised boundaries
shall take effect 180 days after the date of submis-
sion unless, within the 180-day period, Congress en-
acts a joint resolution disapproving the revised
boundaries.’’; and
(3) in the next-to-last sentence, by striking
‘‘may not exceed approximately 6,800 acres.’’ and
inserting ‘‘may not exceed 10,000 acres.’’.
(b) ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.—Section 102 of the
Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the establishment of the
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in the
State of Georgia, and for other purposes’’, approved Au-
gust 15, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460ii–1), is amended by striking
subsection (f).
(c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Section 103 of the
Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the establishment of the
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in the
State of Georgia, and for other purposes’’, approved Au-
gust 15, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460ii–2), is amended by striking
subsection (b) and inserting the following:
‘‘(b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary
may enter into cooperative agreements with the State of
Georgia, political subdivisions of the State, and other enti-
ties to ensure standardized acquisition, planning, design,
construction, and operation of the recreation area.’’.
(d) FUNDING.—Section 105 of the Act entitled ‘‘An
Act to authorize the establishment of the Chattahoochee
River National Recreation Area in the State of Georgia,
and for other purposes’’, approved August 15, 1978 (16
U.S.C. 460ii–4), is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(a) FUNDING.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In
addition to funding and the donation of land and in-
terests in land by the State of Georgia, local govern-
ment authorities, private foundations, corporate enti-
ties, and individuals, and funding that may be made
available as a result of the settlement of litigation,
there is authorized to be appropriated for land ac-
quisition for the recreation area $25,000,000 for fis-
cal years after fiscal year 1998.
‘‘(2) DONATIONS.—The Secretary may accept a
donation of funds or land or an interest in land to
carry out this title.’’; and
(2) in subsection (c)—
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1)
through (3) as subparagraphs (A) through (C),
respectively, and indenting appropriately;
(B) by striking ‘‘(c) Within’’ and inserting
the following:
‘‘(c) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.—
‘‘(1) INITIAL PLAN.—Within’’;
(C) in paragraph (1) (as designated by
subparagraph (B)), by striking ‘‘transmit to’’
and all that follows through ‘‘Representatives’’
and inserting ‘‘transmit to the Committee on
Resources of the House of Representatives’’;
and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) REVISED PLAN.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Within 3 years after
the date funds are made available, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the committees specified
in paragraph (1) a revised general management
plan to provide for the protection, enhancement,
enjoyment, development, and use of the recre-
ation area.
‘‘(B) PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION.—In pre-
paring the revised plan, the Secretary shall en-
courage the participation of the State of Geor-
gia and affected political subdivisions of the
State, private landowners, interested citizens,
public officials, groups, agencies, educational in-
stitutions, and other entities.’’.
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