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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3252
To provide for the conservation, management, or study of certain rivers,
parks, trails, and historic sites, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 7, 1993
Mr. VENTO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Natural Resources
A BILL
To provide for the conservation, management, or study of
certain rivers, parks, trails, and historic sites, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
TITLE I—RIVERS
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘West Virginia Rivers
Conservation Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 102. NEW RIVER GORGE NATIONAL RIVER.
Section 1101 of the National Parks and Recreation
Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460m–15) is amended by striking
tained in such lease agreement on the date of enactment
of this paragraph under which such State management
shall be continued pursuant to such renewal. If requested
to do so by the State of West Virginia, or as provided
in such lease agreement, the Secretary may terminate or
modify the lease and assume administrative authority over
all or part of the areas concerned.
‘‘(E) Nothing in the designation of the segment re-
ferred to in this paragraph shall affect or impair the man-
agement of the Bluestone project or the authority of any
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United
States to carry out the project purposes of that project.’’.
SEC. 106. DESIGNATION OF ELK RIVER AS A STUDY RIVER.
The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a study
of the segment of the Elk River, West Virginia, from the
Webster-Randolph County line to Centralia in Braxton
County, to determine its eligibility and suitability as ei-
ther—
(1) a component of the national wild and scenic
rivers system,
(2) a unit of the National Park System as a na-
tional river, or
(3) a unit of the National Park System as a na-
tional recreation area.
The Secretary shall submit a report containing the results
of such study to the Committee on Natural Resources of
the United States House of Representatives and to the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Unit-
ed States Senate within 3 years after the enactment of
this Act. Nothing in this section shall affect or impair the
management of the Sutton project or the authority of any
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United
States to carry out the project purposes of that project
as of the date of enactment of this section. In conducting
the study authorized by this section, the Secretary shall
consult with the West Virginia Division of Tourism and
Parks and the West Virginia Division of Environmental
Protection.
SEC. 107. CONSOLIDATED MANAGEMENT.
In order to achieve the maximum economy and effi-
ciency of operations in the administration of the segment
of the New River designated pursuant to section 205, the
Secretary of the Interior shall consolidate offices and per-
sonnel administering such segment with offices and per-
sonnel administering the New River Gorge National River,
the Gauley River National Recreation Area, and the
Bluestone National Scenic River to the extent practicable,
and shall utilize facilities of the New River Gorge National
River to the extent practicable.
SEC. 108. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
(a) NEW RIVER CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Title
XI of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16
U.S.C. 460m–15 and following) 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 sec-
ond sentence of section 203(a) of the West Virginia Na-
tional Interest River Conservation 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 provi-
sions apply to tracts of land only partially within the
Gauley River National Recreation Area.’’.
(b) BLUESTONE
RIVER
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENTS.—Section 3(a)(65) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers
Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)(65)) is amended by striking
‘‘leases’’ in the fifth sentence and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘the lease’’ and in the seventh sentence by striking ‘‘such
management may be continued pursuant to renewal of
such lease agreement. If requested to do so by the State
of West Virginia, or as provided in such lease agreement,
the Secretary may terminate such leases and assume ad-
ministrative authority over the areas concerned.’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘if the State of West
Virginia so requests, the Secretary shall renew such lease
agreement with the same terms and conditions as con-
tained in such lease agreement on the date of enactment
of this paragraph under which such State management
shall be continued pursuant to such renewal. If requested
to do so by the State of West Virginia, or as provided
in such lease agreement, the Secretary may terminate or
modify the lease and assume administrative authority over
all or part of the areas concerned.’’.
SEC. 109. 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.—Within 90 days after the
date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall
submit a report to the Committee on Natural Resources
of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate setting forth
a plan to provide river access for noncommercial rec-
reational users within the Gauley River National Recre-
ation Area. The plan shall provide that such access shall
utilize existing public roads and rights-of-way to the maxi-
mum extent feasible and shall be limited to providing ac-
cess for such noncommercial users.’’.
SEC. 110. VISITOR CENTER.
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to con-
struct a visitor center and such other related facilities as
may be deemed necessary to facilitate visitor understand-
ing and enjoyment of the New River Gorge National River
and the Gauley River National Recreation Area in the vi-
cinity of the confluence of the New and Gauley Rivers.
Such center and related facilities are authorized to be con-
structed at a site outside of the boundary of the New River
Gorge National River or the Gauley River National Recre-
ation Area unless a suitable site is available within the
boundaries of either unit.
SEC. 111. EXTENSION.
For a 5-year period following the date of enactment
of this Act, the provisions of the Wild and Scenic Rivers
Act applicable to river segments designated for study for
potential addition to the wild and scenic rivers system
under section 5(b) of that Act shall apply to those seg-
ments of the Bluestone and Meadow Rivers which were
found eligible in the studies completed by the National
Park Service in August 1983 but which were not des-
ignated by the West Virginia National Interest River Con-
servation Act of 1987 as part of the Bluestone National
Scenic River or as part of the Gauley River National
Recreation Area, as the case may be.
SEC. 112. BLUESTONE RIVER PUBLIC ACCESS.
Section 3(a)(65) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
(16 U.S.C 1271 and following) is amended by adding the
following at the end thereof: ‘‘In order to provide reason-
able public access and vehicle parking for public use and
enjoyment of the river designated by this paragraph, con-
sistent with the preservation and enhancement of the nat-
ural and scenic values of such river, the Secretary may,
with the consent of the owner thereof, negotiate a memo-
randum of understanding or cooperative agreement, or ac-
quire such 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. 113. GAULEY RIVER BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.
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.’’.
TITLE II—TRAILS
SEC. 201. 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 fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘( ) The Great Western Scenic Trail, a system of
trails to accommodate a variety of travel users in a cor-
ridor 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 Corridor,
1988’, which shall be on file and available for public in-
spection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service,
United States Department of Agriculture. The trail study
shall be conducted by the Forest Service in consultation
with the Department of the Interior. The Secretary of Ag-
riculture shall examine in such study the appropriateness
of motorized trail use along the trail.’’.
TITLE III—PARKS
SEC. 301. PROHIBITION OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective at noon on July 30,
2000, the use of Highway 209 within the Delaware Water
Gap National Recreation Area by commercial vehicles,
when such use is in no way connected with the operation
of the recreation area, is prohibited except pursuant to
a permit issued in accordance with regulations promul-
gated by the Secretary of the Interior. Such regulations
shall permit such use only in emergency situations or for
access to non-Federal land within or contiguous to the
recreation area.
(b) CONFORMING
PROVISIONS.—Subsections (1)
through (3) of the third undesignated paragraph under
the heading ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS’’ in
chapter VII of title I of Public Law 98–63 (97 Stat. 329),
as amended, are repealed effective on the date referred
to in subsection (a) of this section. Pending such effective
date, the Secretary of the Interior shall collect and utilize
a commercial use fee from commercial vehicles in accord-
ance with such subsections, and authority to so collect and
utilize such fees shall continue in effect from the date of
the enactment of this Act through July 30, 2000. Such
fees shall reflect costs of collection but shall not exceed
$25 per vehicle.
(c) BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.—Section 2(a) of the
Act of September 1, 1965 (79 Stat. 612; 16 U.S.C. 460o–
1(a)), establishing the Delaware Water Gap National
Recreation Area is amended by striking ‘‘as generally de-
picted on the drawing entitled ‘Proposed Tocks Island Na-
tional Recreation Area’ dated and numbered September
1962, NRA–TI–7100, which drawing is on file’’ and in-
serting ‘‘as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Dela-
ware Water Gap National Recreation Area’ dated Novem-
ber 1991 and numbered DWGNRA–620/80,900A’ which
shall be on file’’.
SEC. 302. CUMBERLAND GAP NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.
(a) REMOVAL OF RESTRICTIONS.—The first section
of the Act of June 11, 1940, entitled ‘‘An Act to provide
for the establishment of the Cumberland Gap National
Historical Park in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia’’
(54 Stat. 262; 16 U.S.C. 261 and following) is amended
by striking out everything after the words ‘‘Cumberland
Gap National Historical Park’’ and inserting a period.
(b) USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS.—Section 3 of
such Act (16 U.S.C. 263) is amended by inserting ‘‘or
with funds that may be from time to time appropriated
for the purpose,’’ after ‘‘funds,’’.
SEC. 303. REVERE BEACH, MASSACHUSETTS.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) Revere Beach played an important historic
role as a public beach and park set aside for public
leisure and recreation;
(2) Revere Beach represents a valuable example
of the social and cultural aspects of early 20th cen-
tury American working class history;
(3) original structures and public buildings of
Revere Beach remain to be preserved and inter-
preted;
(4) Revere Beach is located within easy access
of a large urban population center and within reach
of tourists visiting the historic city of Boston; and
(5) given the interest by organized groups and
local and State governments in the preservation of
Revere Beach, a coordinated evaluation should be
conducted to consider options for preserving the his-
torical, cultural, natural and recreational resources
of Revere Beach.
(b) STUDY.—The Secretary of the Interior (herein-
after in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall
conduct a study to identify potential means to preserve
and interpret Revere Beach. As part of the study, the Sec-
retary shall propose alternatives for cooperation in the
preservation and interpretation of Revere Beach, including
providing recommendations on the suitability and feasibil-
ity of establishing Revere Beach as a unit of the National
Park System.
(c) CONTENTS OF STUDY.—The study of the Sec-
retary shall contain, but not be limited to, findings with
respect to—
(1) the role played by Revere Beach in the
processes in industrialization, urbanization, and im-
migration;
(2) the historical, cultural, natural, and outdoor
recreational values of Revere Beach;
(3) the types of Federal, State, and local pro-
grams that are available to preserve, develop, and
make accessible Revere Beach for public use;
(4) the use of, and coordination with, Federal,
State, and local programs to manage in the public
interest the historical, cultural, natural, and rec-
reational resources of Revere Beach; and
(5) the possible kinds and general intensities of
development, including a visitor facility with suffi-
cient space to accommodate exhibits and information
regarding the history of Revere Beach, that would
be associated with public enjoyment and use of Re-
vere Beach, including general location and antici-
pated costs.
(d) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW.—The Secretary shall
transmit the study to the Committee on Natural Re-
sources of the House of Representatives and the Commit-
tee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate within
12 months after the enactment of this section.
(e) CONSULTATION.—In preparing the study under
this section, the Secretary shall consult with the public,
representatives of the city of Revere and the Common-
wealth of Massachusetts, historians, planners, recreation
specialists, and historic preservationists knowledgeable in
American History, historic preservation, and architecture.
The Secretary shall seek expertise from both local and na-
tional organizations.
(f) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated $200,000 to carry out this section.
SEC. 304. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE WILLIAM
O. DOUGLAS OUTDOOR CLASSROOM.
(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the In-
terior, acting through the Director of the National Park
Service, is authorized to enter into cooperative agree-
ments, as specified in subsection (b), relating to Santa
Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (hereafter in
this Act referred to as the ‘‘recreation area’’) in accord-
ance with this section.
(b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The cooperative
agreements referred to in subsection (a) are as follows:
(1) A cooperative agreement with appropriate
organizations or groups in order to promote edu-
cation concerning the natural and cultural resources
of the recreation area and lands adjacent thereto.
Any agreement entered into pursuant to this para-
graph—
(A) may provide for Federal matching
grants of not more than 50 percent of the total
cost of providing a program of such education;
(B) shall provide for visits by students or
other beneficiaries to federally owned lands
within the recreation area;
(C) shall limit the responsibility of the Sec-
retary to providing interpretation services con-
cerning the natural and cultural resources of
the recreation area; and
(D) shall provide that the non-Federal
party shall be responsible for any cost of carry-
ing out the agreement other than the cost of
providing interpretation services under subpara-
graph (C).
(2) A cooperative agreement under which—
(A) the Secretary agrees to maintain the
facilities at 2600 Franklin Canyon Drive in
Beverly Hills, California, for a period of 8 fiscal
years beginning with the first fiscal year for
which funds are appropriated pursuant to this
section, and to provide funding for programs of
the William O. Douglas Outdoor Classroom or
its successors in interest that utilize those fa-
cilities during such period; and in return
(B) the William O. Douglas Outdoor Class-
room, for itself and any successors in interest
with respect to such facilities, agrees that at
the end of the term of such agreement all right,
title, and interest in and to such facilities will
be donated to the United States for addition to
and operation as a part of the recreation area.
(c) EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.—Federal funds may
be expended on non-Federal property located within the
recreation area pursuant to the cooperative agreement de-
scribed in subsection (b)(2).
(d) LIMITATIONS.—(1) The Secretary may not enter
into the cooperative agreement described in subsection
(b)(2) unless and until the Secretary determines that ac-
quisition of the facilities described in such subsection
would further the purposes of the recreation area.
(2) This section shall not be construed as authorizing
an agreement by the Secretary for reimbursement of ex-
penses incurred by the William O. Douglas Outdoor Class-
room or any successor in interest that are not directly re-
lated to the use of such facilities for environmental edu-
cation and interpretation of the resources and values of
the recreation area and associated lands and resources.
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated for the 8-year period begin-
ning October 1, 1993, not to exceed $2,000,000 to carry
out this section.
SEC. 305. ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL CENTER.
The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the Secretary
of the Interior to establish the Lincoln Home National
Historic Site in the State of Illinois, and for other pur-
poses’’, approved August 18, 1971 (85 Stat. 347), is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 4. ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL CENTER.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—In order to provide for the
education, inspiration and benefit of the American people,
and to further the interpretation of the life and contribu-
tions of Abraham Lincoln and his times, the Secretary of
the Interior is authorized to establish at or near the Lin-
coln Home National Historic Site an interpretive center
which shall be known as the Abraham Lincoln Presidential
Center (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘cen-
ter’). The center shall be added to and administered as
part of the Lincoln Home National Historic Site. Upon
establishment of the center, the boundary of the Lincoln
Home National Historic Site is hereby modified to include
the center.
‘‘(b) ACQUISITION OF LAND.—For the purposes of
this section, the Secretary may acquire land or interests
in land near the Lincoln Home National Historic Site by
donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds,
or exchange. Lands or interests therein owned by the
State of Illinois or any political subdivision thereof may
be acquired only by donation.
‘‘(c) CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, AND MAINTE-
NANCE OF FACILITIES.—In carrying out this section, the
Secretary is authorized to construct, operate, and main-
tain a facility, including an exhibit area, in order to pre-
serve and make available materials related to the life of
Abraham Lincoln and to provide interpretive and edu-
cational services which communicate the meaning of the
life of Abraham Lincoln.
‘‘(d) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—In carrying out
this section, the Secretary may enter into cooperative
agreements with (1) appropriate Federal agencies and the
State of Illinois, or any political subdivision thereof, for
the interpretation of resources at the center, and (2) with
the owners of documents and artifacts of historical or cul-
tural significance as determined by the Secretary.
‘‘(e) DOCUMENTS AND ARTIFACTS.—In carrying out
this section, the Secretary may acquire by purchase with
donated funds, exchange, loan, or donation documents and
artifacts related to the purposes of the center for display
at the center.
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to amounts authorized to be appropriated by section
3, there is authorized to be appropriated not more than
$18,000,000 to carry out this section.’’.
SEC. 306. COLONIAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
(a) TRANSFER
AND
RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior (hereinafter in this Act referred to
as the ‘‘Secretary’’) is authorized to transfer, without re-
imbursement, to York County, Virginia, that portion of
the existing sewage disposal system, including related im-
provements and structures, owned by the United States
and located within the Colonial National Historical Park,
together with such rights-of-way as are determined by the
Secretary to be necessary to maintain and operate such
system.
(b) REPAIR AND REHABILITATION OF SYSTEM.—The
Secretary is authorized to enter into a cooperative agree-
ment with York County, Virginia, under which the Sec-
retary will pay a portion, not to exceed $110,000, of the
costs of repair and rehabilitation of the sewage disposal
system referred to in subsection (a).
(c) FEES AND CHARGES.—In consideration for the
rights-of-way granted under subsection (a), and in rec-
ognition of the National Park Service’s contribution au-
thorized under subsection (b), the cooperative agreement
under subsection (b) shall provide for a reduction in, or
the elimination of, the amounts charged to the National
Park Service for its sewage disposal. The cooperative
agreement shall also provide for minimizing the impact of
the sewage disposal system on the park and its resources.
Such system may not be enlarged or substantially altered
without National Park Service concurrence.
(d) EXPANSION.—Notwithstanding the provisions of
the Act of June 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 1208; 16 U.S.C. 81b
and following) limiting the average width of the Colonial
Parkway, the Secretary is authorized to include within the
Colonial National Historical Park, and to acquire by pur-
chase, donation, or exchange, lands and interests in lands
(with or without improvements) within the areas depicted
on the map dated August 1993 and numbered 333/
80031A, entitled ‘‘Page Landing Addition to Colonial Na-
tional Historical Park’’. Such map shall be on file and