H. R. 2140
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
An Act
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 Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in
the State of Georgia is a nationally significant resource;
(2) the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area has
been adversely affected by land use changes occurring inside
and outside the recreation area;
(3) the population of the metropolitan Atlanta area con-
tinues to expand northward, leaving dwindling opportunities
to protect the scenic, recreational, natural, and historical values
of the 2,000-foot-wide corridor adjacent to each bank of the
Chattahoochee River and its impoundments in the 48-mile seg-
ment known as the ‘‘area of national concern’’;
(4) the State of Georgia has enacted the Metropolitan River
Protection Act to ensure protection of the corridor located within
2,000 feet of each bank of the Chattahoochee River, or the
corridor located within the 100-year floodplain, whichever is
larger;
(5) the corridor located within the 100-year floodplain
includes the area of national concern;
(6) since establishment of the Chattahoochee River
National Recreation Area, visitor use of the recreation area
has shifted dramatically from waterborne to water-related and
land-based activities;
(7) the State of Georgia and political subdivisions of the
State along the Chattahoochee River have indicated willingness
to join in a cooperative effort with the United States to link
existing units of the recreation area through a series of linear
corridors to be established within the area of national concern
and elsewhere on the river; and
(8) if Congress appropriates funds in support of the coopera-
tive effort described in paragraph (7), funding from the State,
political subdivisions of the State, private foundations, cor-
porate entities, private individuals, and other sources will be
available to fund more than half the estimated cost of the
cooperative 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
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River and to enhance visitor 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 National Recre-
ation Area is managed to standardize acquisition, planning,
design, construction, and operation 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 additional areas to the recreation
area so as to establish 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 NATIONAL RECRE-
ATION AREA ACT.
(a) BOUNDARIES.—Section 101 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), 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 Interim Boundary Map #1’, ‘Chattahoochee River National
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 inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘No sooner than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this sentence, the Secretary of the Interior (hereafter
referred to as the ‘Secretary’) may modify the boundaries of
the recreation area to include other land within the Chattahoo-
chee River corridor by submitting a revised map or other bound-
ary description to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources 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 landowners,
the State of Georgia, and affected political subdivisions of the
State. The revised boundaries shall take effect 180 days after
the date of submission unless, within the 180-day period, Con-
gress enacts a joint resolution disapproving the revised bound-
aries.’’; 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 August 15, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460ii–1), is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘from willing sellers’’
after ‘‘purchase’’; and
(2) 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
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purposes’’, approved August 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 subdivi-
sions of the State, and other entities to ensure standardized acquisi-
tion, 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 ‘‘SEC. 105. (a)’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘SEC. 105. FUNDING SOURCES AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.
‘‘(a) FUNDING.—
‘‘(1) LIMITATION ON USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS.—’’;
(2) in subsection (a)—
(A) 
by 
striking 
‘‘$79,400,000’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘$115,000,000’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘this title’’;
and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) DONATIONS.—The Secretary may accept a donation
of funds or land or an interest in land to carry out this title.
‘‘(3) RELATION TO OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.—Funds made
available under paragraph (1) are in addition to funding and
the donation of land and interests in land by the State of
Georgia, local government authorities, private foundations, cor-
porate entities, and individuals for purposes of this title.’’;
and
(3) 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 Secretary shall submit to the
committees specified in paragraph (1) a revised general
management plan to provide for the protection, enhance-
ment, enjoyment, development, and use of the recreation
area.
‘‘(B) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—In preparing the revised
plan, the Secretary shall encourage the participation of
the State of Georgia and affected political subdivisions
of the State, private landowners, interested citizens, public
officials, groups, agencies, educational institutions, and
other entities.’’.
(e) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Title I of the Act entitled ‘‘An
Act to authorize the establishment of the Chattahoochee River
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National Recreation Area in the State of Georgia, and for other
purposes’’, approved August 15, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460ii et seq.),
is amended—
(1) in sections 102(d) and 103(a), by striking ‘‘of this Act’’
and inserting ‘‘of this title’’;
(2) in section 104(b)—
(A) by striking ‘‘of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘of this
title’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘under this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘under
this title’’;
(C) by striking ‘‘by this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘by this
title’’; and
(D) by striking ‘‘in this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘in this
title’’;
(3) in section 104(d)(2), by striking ‘‘under this Act’’ and
inserting ‘‘under this title’’;
(4) in section 105(c)(1)(A), as redesignated by subsection
(d)(3), by striking ‘‘of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘of this title’’;
(5) in section 106(a), by striking ‘‘in this Act’’ and inserting
‘‘in this title’’; and
(6) in section 106(d), by striking ‘‘under this Act’’ and
inserting ‘‘under this title’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.