106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2140
AN ACT
To improve protection and management of the
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in
the State of Georgia.
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2140
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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) the Chattahoochee River National Recre-
ation Area in the State of Georgia is a nationally
significant resource;
(2) the Chattahoochee River National Recre-
ation Area has been adversely affected by land use
changes occurring inside and outside the recreation
area;
(3) the population of the metropolitan Atlanta
area continues to expand northward, leaving dwin-
dling opportunities to protect the scenic, rec-
reational, 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 segment known as the ‘‘area of national con-
cern’’;
(4) the State of Georgia has enacted the Metro-
politan 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 water-
borne to water-related and land-based activities;
(7) the State of Georgia and political subdivi-
sions of the State along the Chattahoochee River
have indicated willingness to join in a cooperative ef-
fort with the United States to link existing units of
the recreation area through a series of linear cor-
ridors to be established within the area of national
concern and elsewhere on the river; and
(8) if Congress appropriates funds in support of
the cooperative effort described in paragraph (7),
funding from the State, political subdivisions of the
State, private foundations, corporate entities, private
individuals, and other sources will be available to
fund more than half the estimated cost of the coop-
erative 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 River and to enhance vis-
itor 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 Na-
tional Recreation Area is managed to standardize
acquisition, planning, design, construction, and oper-
ation 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 ad-
ditional areas to the recreation area so as to estab-
lish 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 NA-
TIONAL RECREATION AREA ACT.
(a) BOUNDARIES.—Section 101 of the Act entitled
‘‘An Act to authorize the establishment of the Chattahoo-
chee River National Recreation Area in the State of Geor-
gia, 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 In-
terim Boundary Map #1’, ‘Chattahoochee River Na-
tional 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 insert-
ing the following: ‘‘No sooner than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this sentence, the Sec-
retary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the
‘Secretary’) may modify the boundaries of the recre-
ation area to include other land within the Chat-
tahoochee River corridor by submitting a revised
map or other boundary description to the Committee
on Energy and Natural Resources of the United
States Senate and the Committee on Resources of
the United States House of Representatives. The re-
vised map or other boundary description shall be
prepared by the Secretary after consultation with af-
fected landowners, the State of Georgia, and af-
fected political subdivisions of the State. The revised
boundaries shall take effect 180 days after the date
of submission unless, within the 180-day period,
Congress enacts a joint resolution disapproving the
revised boundaries.’’; 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 Au-
gust 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 purposes’’, approved Au-
gust 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 subdivisions of the State, and other enti-
ties to ensure standardized acquisition, 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 MANAGE-
MENT PLAN.
‘‘(a) FUNDING.—
‘‘(1) LIMITATION
ON
USE
OF
APPROPRIATED
FUNDS.—’’;
(2) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘$79,400,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘$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,
corporate 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 Sec-
retary shall submit to the committees specified
in paragraph (1) a revised general management
plan to provide for the protection, enhancement,
enjoyment, development, and use of the recre-
ation area.
‘‘(B) PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION.—In pre-
paring the revised plan, the Secretary shall en-
courage the participation of the State of Geor-
gia and affected political subdivisions of the
State, private landowners, interested citizens,
public officials, groups, agencies, educational in-
stitutions, and other entities.’’.
(e) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Title I 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 Au-
gust 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 in-
serting ‘‘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 in-
serting ‘‘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’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 18,
1999.
Attest:
Clerk.