Title: A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to maintain or replace certain facilities and structures for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch in Idaho, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
This bill states that the authorization of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, with respect to the Salmon River in Idaho, to maintain or replace facilities or structures for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch may include improvements or replacements that
USDA may also consider other facilities and equipment, including hydroelectric generators, water pumps for fire suppression, and solar energy systems.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 79 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 79

   To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to maintain or replace 
certain facilities and structures for commercial recreation services at 
             Smith Gulch in Idaho, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 10, 2019

 Mr. Risch (for himself and Mr. Crapo) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to maintain or replace 
certain facilities and structures for commercial recreation services at 
             Smith Gulch in Idaho, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MAINTENANCE OR REPLACEMENT OF FACILITIES AND STRUCTURES AT 
              SMITH GULCH.

    The authorization of the Secretary of Agriculture to maintain or 
replace facilities or structures for commercial recreation services at 
Smith Gulch under section 3(a)(24)(D) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1274(a)(24)(D))--
            (1) may include improvements or replacements that the 
        Secretary of Agriculture determines--
                    (A) are consistent with section 9(b) of the Central 
                Idaho Wilderness Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C. 1281 note; 
                Public Law 96-312); and
                    (B) would reduce the impact of the commercial 
                recreation facilities or services on wilderness or wild 
                and scenic river resources and values; and
            (2) authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to consider 
        including, as appropriate--
                    (A) hydroelectric generators and associated 
                electrical transmission facilities;
                    (B) water pumps for fire suppression;
                    (C) transitions from propane to electrical 
                lighting;
                    (D) solar energy systems;
                    (E) 6-volt or 12-volt battery banks for power 
                storage; and
                    (F) other improvements or replacements which are 
                consistent with this section that the Secretary of 
                Agriculture determines appropriate.
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