cated their willingness to join in cooperative efforts
with the United States of America to link existing
units of the national recreation area with a series of
linear corridors to be established within the area of
national concern and elsewhere on the river and pro-
vided Congress appropriates certain funds in support
of such effort, funding from the State, its political
subdivisions, private foundations, corporate entities,
private individuals, and other sources will be avail-
able to fund more than half of the estimated cost of
such cooperative effort.
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are to—
(1) increase the level of protection of the re-
maining open spaces within the area of national con-
cern along the Chattahoochee River and to enhance
visitor enjoyment of such areas by adding land-based
links between existing units of the national recre-
ation area;
(2) assure that the national recreation area is
managed to standardize acquisition, planning, de-
sign, construction, and operation of the linear cor-
ridors; and
(3) 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 Chattahoochee River National
Recreation Area in order to establish a series of lin-
ear corridors linking existing units of the national
recreation area and to protect other undeveloped
portions of the Chattahoochee River corridor.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS OF CHATTAHOOCHEE NRA ACT.
The Act of August 15, 1978, entitled ‘‘An Act to au-
thorize the establishment of the Chattahoochee River Na-
tional Recreation Area in the State of Georgia, and for
other purposes’’ (Public Law 95–344; 16 U.S.C. 460ii–
2(b)) is amended as follows:
(1) Section 101 is amended as follows:
(A) By inserting after ‘‘map entitled
‘Boundary Map, Chattahoochee River National
Recreation Area’, numbered Chat–20,003 and
dated September 1984’’ the following: ‘‘and on
the map entitled ‘Boundary Map, Chattahoo-
chee River National Recreation Area Addition’,
numbered lll and dated lll, both of
which’’.
(B) By amending the fourth sentence to
read as follows: ‘‘After July 1, 1999, the Sec-
retary of the Interior (in this Act referred to as
the ‘‘Secretary’’) may modify the boundaries of
the recreation area to include other lands within
2,000 feet of each bank of the Chattahoochee
River by submitting a revised map or other
boundary description to the Congress. Such re-
vised boundaries shall take effect on the date
6 months after the date of such submission un-
less, within such 6-month period, the Congress
adopts a Joint Resolution disapproving such re-
vised boundaries. Such revised map or other
boundary description shall be prepared by the
Secretary after consultation with affected land-
owners and with the State of Georgia and af-
fected political subdivisions. Before July 1,
1999, the owner of any parcel of land, all or
any portion of which is within 2,000 feet of
each bank of the Chattahoochee River, may no-
tify the Secretary that such parcel is not to be
included within the revised boundaries of the
area. Upon receipt of a legal description of such
parcel, the Secretary shall modify the bound-
aries to exclude such parcel.’’.
(C) By striking out ‘‘may not exceed ap-
proximately 6,800 acres.’’ and inserting ‘‘may
not exceed 10,000 acres.’’.
(2) Section 102(f) is repealed.
(3) Section 103(b) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary is
authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with the
State, its political subdivisions, and other entities to as-
sure standardized acquisition, planning, design, construc-
tion, and operation of the national recreation area.’’.
(4) Section 105(a) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; ACCEPT-
ANCE OF DONATIONS.—In addition to funding and the do-
nation of lands and interests in lands provided by the
State of Georgia, local government authorities, private
foundations, corporate entities, and individuals, and fund-
ing that may be available pursuant to the settlement of
litigation, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated
to carry out this Act not more than $25,000,000 for fiscal
years after fiscal year 1998. The Secretary is authorized
to accept the donation of funds and lands or interests in
lands to carry out this Act.’’.
(5) Section 105(c) (16 U.S.C. 460ii–4(c)) is
amended by adding the following at the end thereof:
‘‘The Secretary shall submit a revision of such plan
within 3 years after the enactment of this sentence
to provide for the protection, enhancement, enjoy-
ment, development, and use of areas added to the
national recreation area. During the preparation of
the revised plan the Secretary shall seek and encour-
age the participation of the State of Georgia and its
affected political subdivisions, private landowners,
interested citizens, public officials, groups, agencies,
educational institutions, and others.’’.
(6) Section 102(a) (16 U.S.C. 460ii–1(a)) is
amended by inserting the following before the period
at the end of the first sentence: ‘‘, except that lands
and interests in lands within the Addition Area de-
picted on the map referred to in section 101 may
not be acquired without the consent of the owner
thereof’’.
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