I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6413 
To establish the Sacramento River National Recreation Area consisting of 
certain public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management 
in Tehama and Shasta Counties, California, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 7, 2006 
Mr. HERGER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To establish the Sacramento River National Recreation Area 
consisting of certain public lands administered by the 
Bureau of Land Management in Tehama and Shasta 
Counties, California, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Sacramento River National Recreation Area Establish-
ment Act of 2006’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
Sec. 4. Sacramento River National Recreation Area, California. 
Sec. 5. Purpose and management of recreation area. 
Sec. 6. Sacramento River National Recreation Area Advisory Council. 
Sec. 7. Recreational facilities. 
Sec. 8. Hunting and fishing. 
Sec. 9. Use of motorized vehicles. 
Sec. 10. Water rights exclusion. 
Sec. 11. Private property. 
Sec. 12. Grazing. 
Sec. 13. State and local jurisdiction. 
Sec. 14. Limitation on fees. 
Sec. 15. Activities outside recreation area. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Outdoors recreational opportunities avail-
able on public lands at the Sacramento River Bend 
Area in Northern California are abundant and di-
verse and have made these lands a destination point 
for the recreating public. 
(2) Statutory protection of the use and enjoy-
ment of these lands is needed to ensure that they 
continue to be a source of enjoyment and inspiration 
for all Americans. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) RECREATION AREA.—The term ‘‘recreation 
area’’ means the Sacramento River National Recre-
ation Area established by this Act. 
(2) ADVISORY COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘advisory 
council’’ means the Sacramento River National 
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Recreation Area Advisory Council established by this 
Act. 
(3) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘manage-
ment plan’’ means the management plan for the 
recreation area, as developed and implemented pur-
suant to this Act. 
(4) PUBLIC LANDS.—The term ‘‘public lands’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 103(e) 
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702(e)). 
(5) REDDING FIELD OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Red-
ding Field Office’’ means the Redding, California, 
Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management. 
(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 4. SACRAMENTO RIVER NATIONAL RECREATION 
AREA, CALIFORNIA. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—In order to preserve and en-
hance recreational opportunities on public lands described 
in subsection (b) and to promote local economic develop-
ment through recreation involving these lands, there is 
hereby established the Sacramento River National Recre-
ation Area. 
(b) AREA.—The recreation area consists of approxi-
mately 17,000 acres of public lands adjacent to the Sac-
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ramento River, and between its tributaries of Battle Creek 
and Seven Mile Creek, in Tehama and Shasta Counties, 
California, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
‘‘Tehama County, California, Board of Supervisors Pro-
posed Sacramento River NRA Boundary Map’’ and dated 
December 1, 2006. 
(c) LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS; CORRECTION
OF ER-
RORS.— 
(1) PREPARATION.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior, in consultation with the advisory council, shall 
prepare a final map and legal descriptions of the 
boundaries of the recreation area. 
(2) SUBMISSION.—The map and legal descrip-
tions shall be submitted to the Committee on Re-
sources of the House of Representatives and to the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
Senate as soon as practicable, but in no event later 
than two years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(3) LEGAL EFFECT.—The map and legal de-
scriptions of the recreation area shall have the same 
force and effect as if included in this Act, except 
that the Secretary may correct clerical and typo-
graphical errors in the map and legal descriptions. 
The map shall be on file and available for public in-
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spection in appropriate offices of the Bureau of 
Land Management. 
SEC. 5. PURPOSE AND MANAGEMENT OF RECREATION 
AREA. 
(a) MANAGEMENT PURPOSES.—The Secretary, act-
ing through the Redding Field Office, shall manage the 
recreation area for the following purposes: 
(1) To enhance managed recreational opportu-
nities, including hiking, camping, equestrian activi-
ties, mountain biking, picnicking, wildlife viewing, 
hunting, fishing, geo-caching, marksmanship, swim-
ming, archery, rafting, canoeing, kayaking, and 
boating. 
(2) To promote local economic development 
through recreation. 
(b) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT.—Not later than three 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall complete a management plan for the 
recreation area to further the management purposes 
specified in subsection (a). As provided in section 6, 
the Secretary shall utilize the Sacramento River Na-
tional Recreation Area Advisory Council in the de-
velopment of the management plan and in making 
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any amendment to the management plan under 
paragraph (3). 
(2) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—On an annual 
basis, the Secretary shall submit to the advisory 
council a report on the implementation of the man-
agement plan. As part of the report, the Secretary 
may suggest such amendments to the management 
plan as the Secretary considers necessary to further 
the management purposes. 
(3) AMENDMENTS.—The Secretary may make 
such amendments to the management plan as the 
Secretary considers necessary to further the man-
agement purposes. 
(c) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—In the development 
and amendment of the management plan, the Secretary 
shall encourage and solicit participation of the public at 
large, including landowners in the vicinity of the recre-
ation area, interested individuals, organizations, elected 
officials of local jurisdictions, and government agencies. 
SEC. 6. SACRAMENTO RIVER NATIONAL RECREATION AREA 
ADVISORY COUNCIL. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—There is es-
tablished an advisory committee to be known as the ‘‘Sac-
ramento River National Recreation Area Advisory Coun-
cil’’ for the purpose of— 
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(1) ensuring public involvement in the manage-
ment of the recreation area; 
(2) providing advice, guidance, and rec-
ommendations to the Secretary pertaining to the de-
velopment, implementation, and amendment of the 
management plan; and 
(3) improving collaborative relationships among 
persons and entities interested in the management of 
the recreation area. 
(b) COMPOSITION OF COUNCIL.—The advisory coun-
cil shall consist of the following members: 
(1) The Governor of California or the designee 
of the Governor. 
(2) Three individuals who represent Tehama 
County, California, appointed by the Board of Su-
pervisors of Tehama County. 
(3) One individual who represents Shasta Coun-
ty, California, appointed by the Board of Super-
visors of Shasta County. 
(4) Five individuals who reside within the juris-
dictional boundaries of the Redding Field Office and 
represent the recreation community, appointed as 
provided in paragraph (2). 
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(5) One individual who represents the interests 
of private landowners in Bend, California, appointed 
as provided in paragraph (2). 
(6) One individual who represents the interests 
of agriculture in Tehama County, California, ap-
pointed as provided in paragraph (2). 
(7) One individual who resides within the juris-
dictional boundaries of the Redding Field Office and 
represents the conservation community, appointed as 
provided in paragraph (2). 
(c) TERMS.—Members of the advisory council ap-
pointed under subsection (b) shall serve a term of three 
3 years and may be reappointed, except that— 
(1) one-third of the members initially appointed 
shall be appointed for a term of one year; and 
(2) one-third of the members initially appointed 
shall be appointed for a term of two years. 
(d) CHAIRPERSON.—The members of the advisory 
council shall elect a chairperson. The chairperson shall 
serve a term of one year and may be reelected. 
(e) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall consult 
with the advisory council on a periodic basis to discuss 
matters relating to the development and implementation 
of the management plan for the recreation area. 
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(f) MEETINGS.—The advisory council shall meet at 
the pleasure of the Secretary, though it shall meet no 
fewer than four times annually while the management plan 
is being developed, unless such meetings are determined 
by a majority of members of the advisory council to be 
unnecessary. Meetings of the advisory council shall be 
open to the public, and the advisory council shall provide 
interested persons a reasonable opportunity at a meeting 
to comment on the management of the recreation area. 
The Secretary shall provide appropriate notice of the time, 
date, and location of each meeting of the advisory council. 
(g) COMPENSATION.—Members of the advisory coun-
cil shall serve without pay. 
(h) EXEMPTION FROM FACA.—The Federal Advi-
sory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to 
the advisory council. 
SEC. 7. RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. 
The Secretary may develop public recreational facili-
ties to further the management purposes of the recreation 
area specified in section 5(a). Such facilities may include 
trails, restrooms, parking areas, road pullouts, signs, 
campgrounds, stream crossings, interpretive centers, and 
administrative facilities reasonably appurtenant to rec-
reational facilities. 
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SEC. 8. HUNTING AND FISHING. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed— 
(1) to require or authorize the Secretary to di-
minish or prohibit hunting and fishing in the recre-
ation area; or 
(2) to authorize the Secretary to supercede 
State law as it pertains to hunting and fishing. 
SEC. 9. USE OF MOTORIZED VEHICLES. 
(a) LIMITED TO DESIGNATED ROADWAYS.—Except 
as provided in subsection (b), motorized vehicle use on 
lands within the boundaries of the recreation area shall 
be permitted only on designated roadways. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 
the use of motorized vehicles in the recreation area author-
ized by the Secretary— 
(1) for maintenance or construction undertaken 
to further the management purposes of the recre-
ation area specified in section 5(a); or 
(2) for emergency or other authorized adminis-
trative purposes. 
SEC. 10. WATER RIGHTS EXCLUSION. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed as authorizing 
the Secretary to acquire water rights to further the pur-
poses of this Act. 
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SEC. 11. PRIVATE PROPERTY. 
(a) ACCESS TO PRIVATE PROPERTY.—The Secretary 
shall provide any owner of private property within the 
boundaries of the recreation area access to the property 
to ensure the use and enjoyment of the property by the 
owner. 
(b) IMPROVEMENTS TO PRIVATE PROPERTY.—Noth-
ing in this Act shall be construed as limiting or dimin-
ishing the rights of any owner of private property within 
or adjacent to the recreation area, or any owner of an 
easement or right of way over public lands included in the 
recreation area that is used to provide access to privately 
held land located within or adjacent to the boundaries of 
the recreation area, to undertake improvements or en-
hancements to such property to ensure the continued use 
and enjoyment thereof. 
SEC. 12. GRAZING. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit, 
limit, or restrict the grazing of livestock within the recre-
ation area. 
SEC. 13. STATE AND LOCAL JURISDICTION. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to diminish, 
enlarge, or modify any right of the State of California or 
any political subdivision of the State, to carry out State 
or local laws, rules, and regulations within the boundaries 
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of the recreation area for the purposes of ensuring public 
safety and the general welfare of the public. 
SEC. 14. LIMITATION ON FEES. 
The Secretary shall not charge any fee for same-day 
access to, or use of, the recreation area, unless a signifi-
cant service is provided, as required by the Federal Lands 
Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6801 et seq.). 
SEC. 15. ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE RECREATION AREA. 
The establishment of the recreation area shall not be 
construed to— 
(1) create a protective perimeter or buffer zone 
around the recreation area; or 
(2) preclude uses or activities outside the recre-
ation area that are permitted under other applicable 
laws, even if the uses or activities are prohibited 
within the recreation area. 
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