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Union Calendar No. 381
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2292
[Report No. 104–716]
To preserve and protect the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 8, 1995
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Resources
JULY 29, 1996
Additional sponsor: Mr. NETHERCUTT
JULY 29, 1996
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]
A BILL
To preserve and protect the Hanford Reach of the Columbia
River, 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.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hanford Reach Preser-
vation Act’’.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF PUBLIC LAW 100–605.
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’’.
TITLE I—HANFORD REACH
PRESERVATION ACT
SEC. 101. AMENDMENT OF PUBLIC LAW 100–605.
Section 2 of Public Law 100–605 is amended as fol-
lows:
(1) By striking ‘‘INTERIM’’ in the section head-
ing.
(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’’.
TITLE II—LAMPREY WILD AND
SCENIC RIVER ACT
SEC. 201. 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:
‘‘(157) 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 vicin-
ity 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 cooperative 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 Management Plan dated January 10, 1995, and such
amendments thereto as the Secretary of the Interior deter-
mines 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.’’.
SEC. 202. MANAGEMENT.
(a) COMMITTEE.—The Secretary of the Interior shall
coordinate his management responsibilities under this Act
with respect to the segment designated by section 3 with
the Lamprey River Advisory Committee established pursu-
ant to New Hampshire RSA 483.
(b) 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 re-
quirements of section 6(c) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers
Act, and the provisions of that section, which prohibit Fed-
eral acquisition of lands by condemnation, shall apply to
the segment designated by section 201 of this Act. The au-
thority of the Secretary to acquire lands for the purposes
of this paragraph shall be limited to acquisition by dona-
tion 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.
SEC. 203. UPSTREAM SEGMENT.
Upon request by the town of Epping, which abuts an
additional 12 miles of river found eligible for designation
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.
TITLE III—WEST VIRGINIA NA-
TIONAL 
RIVERS 
AMEND-
MENTS OF 1996
SEC. 301. AMENDMENTS PERTAINING TO THE NEW RIVER
GORGE NATIONAL RIVER.
(a) BOUNDARIES.—Section 1101 of the National Parks
and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460m–15) is amend-
ed by striking out ‘‘NERI–80,023, dated January 1987’’
and inserting ‘‘NERI–80,028A, dated March 1996’’.
(b) 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: ‘‘The Secretary shall permit the State of
West Virginia to undertake fish stocking activities carried
out by the State, in consultation with the Secretary, on wa-
ters within the boundaries of the national river. Nothing
in this Act shall be construed as affecting the jurisdiction
of the State of West Virginia with respect to fish and wild-
life.’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Title XI of the Na-
tional 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: