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Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Lower Delaware Wild and Scenic
Rivers Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds that--
(1) Public Law 102-460 directed the Secretary of the Interior,
in cooperation and consultation with appropriate Federal, State,
regional, and local agencies, to conduct a study of the eligibility
and suitability of the lower Delaware River for inclusion in the
Wild and Scenic Rivers System;
(2) during the study, the Lower Delaware Wild and Scenic River
Study Task Force and the National Park Service prepared a river
management plan for the study area entitled ''Lower Delaware River
Management Plan'' and dated August 1997, which establishes goals
and actions that will ensure long-term protection of the river's
outstanding values and compatible management of land and water
resources associated with the river; and
(3) after completion of the study, 24 municipalities along
segments of the Delaware River eligible for designation passed
resolutions supporting the Lower Delaware River Management Plan,
agreeing to take action to implement the goals of the plan, and
endorsing designation of the river.

SEC. 3 DESIGNATION.

Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a))
is amended--
(1) by designating the first undesignated paragraph following
paragraph 156, pertaining to Elkhorn Creek and enacted by Public
Law 104-208, as paragraph 157;
(2) by designating the second undesignated paragraph following
paragraph 156, pertaining to the Clarion River, Pennsylvania, and
enacted by Public Law 104-314, as paragraph 158;
(3) by designating the third undesignated paragraph following
paragraph 156, pertaining to the Lamprey River, New Hampshire, and
enacted by Public Law 104-333, as paragraph 159;
(4) by striking the fourth undesignated paragraph following
paragraph 156, pertaining to Elkhorn Creek and enacted by Public
Law 104-333; and
(5) by adding at the end the following:
''(161) Lower delaware river and associated tributaries, new
jersey and pennsylvania.--(A) The 65.6 miles of river segments in
New Jersey and Pennsylvania, consisting of--
''(i) the segment from river mile 193.8 to the northern
border of the city of Easton, Pennsylvania (approximately 10.5
miles), as a recreational river;
''(ii) the segment from a point just south of the Gilbert
Generating Station to a point just north of the Point Pleasant
Pumping Station (approximately 14.2 miles), as a recreational
river;
''(iii) the segment from the point just south of the Point
Pleasant Pumping Station to a point 1,000 feet north of the
Route 202 bridge (approximately 6.3 miles), as a recreational
river;
''(iv) the segment from a point 1,750 feet south of the
Route 202 bridge to the southern border of the town of New
Hope, Pennsylvania (approximately 1.9 miles), as a recreational
river;
''(v) the segment from the southern boundary of the town of
New Hope, Pennsylvania, to the town of Washington Crossing,
Pennsylvania (approximately 6 miles), as a recreational river;
''(vi) Tinicum Creek (approximately 14.7 miles), as a
scenic river;
''(vii) Tohickon Creek from the Lake Nockamixon Dam to the
Delaware River (approximately 10.7 miles), as a scenic river;
and
''(viii) Paunacussing Creek in Solebury Township
(approximately 3 miles), as a recreational river.
''(B) Administration.--The river segments referred to in
subparagraph (A) shall be administered by the Secretary of the
Interior. Notwithstanding section 10(c), the river segments shall
not be administered as part of the National Park System.''.

SEC. 4. MANAGEMENT OF RIVER SEGMENTS.

(a) Management of Segments.--The river segments designated in
section 3 shall be managed--
(1) in accordance with the river management plan entitled
''Lower Delaware River Management Plan'' and dated August 1997
(referred to as the ''management plan''), prepared by the Lower
Delaware Wild and Scenic River Study Task Force and the National
Park Service, which establishes goals and actions that will ensure
long-term protection of the river's outstanding values and
compatible management of land and water resources associated with
the river; and
(2) in cooperation with appropriate Federal, State, regional,
and local agencies, including--
(A) the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection;
(B) the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources;
(C) the Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal Heritage
Corridor Commission;
(D) the Delaware and Raritan Canal Commission; and
(E) the Delaware River Greenway Partnership.
(b) Satisfaction of Requirements for Plan.--The management plan
shall be considered to satisfy the requirements for a comprehensive
management plan under subsection 3(d) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
(16 U.S.C. 1274(d)).
(c) Federal Role.--
(1) Restrictions on water resource projects.--In determining
under section 7(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C.
1278(a)) whether a proposed water resources project would have a
direct and adverse effect on the value for which a segment is
designated as part of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, the
Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the
''Secretary'') shall consider the extent to which the project is
consistent with the management plan.
(2) Cooperative agreements.--Any cooperative agreements entered
into under section 10(e) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16
U.S.C. 1281(e)) relating to any of the segments designated by this
Act shall--
(A) be consistent with the management plan; and
(B) may include provisions for financial or other
assistance from the United States to facilitate the long-term
protection, conservation, and enhancement of the segments.
(3) Support for implementation.--The Secretary may provide
technical assistance, staff support, and funding to assist in the
implementation of the management plan.
(d) Land Management.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary may provide planning, financial,
and technical assistance to local municipalities to assist in the
implementation of actions to protect the natural, economic, and
historic resources of the river segments designated by this Act.
(2) Plan requirements.--After adoption of recommendations made
in section III of the management plan, the zoning ordinances of the
municipalities bordering the segments shall be considered to
satisfy the standards and requirements under section 6(c) of the
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1277(c)).
(e) Additional Segments.--
(1) In general.--In this paragraph, the term ''additional
segment'' means--
(A) the segment from the Delaware Water Gap to the Toll
Bridge connecting Columbia, New Jersey, and Portland,
Pennsylvania (approximately 9.2 miles), which, if made part of
the Wild and Scenic Rivers System in accordance with this
paragraph, shall be administered by the Secretary as a
recreational river;
(B) the segment from the Erie Lackawanna railroad bridge to
the southern tip of Dildine Island (approximately 3.6 miles),
which, if made part of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System in
accordance with this paragraph, shall be administered by the
Secretary as a recreational river;
(C) the segment from the southern tip of Mack Island to the
northern border of the town of Belvidere, New Jersey
(approximately 2 miles), which, if made part of the Wild and
Scenic Rivers System in accordance with this paragraph, shall
be administered by the Secretary as a recreational river;
(D) the segment from the southern border of the town of
Phillipsburg, New Jersey, to a point just north of Gilbert
Generating Station (approximately 9.5 miles), which, if made
part of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System in accordance with
this paragraph, shall be administered by the Secretary as a
recreational river;
(E) Paulinskill River in Knowlton Township (approximately
2.4 miles), which, if made part of the Wild and Scenic Rivers
System in accordance with this paragraph, shall be administered
by the Secretary as a recreational river; and
(F) Cook's Creek (approximately 3.5 miles), which, if made
part of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System in accordance with
this paragraph, shall be administered by the Secretary as a
scenic river.
(2) Finding.--Congress finds that each of the additional
segments is suitable for designation as a recreational river or
scenic river under this paragraph, if there is adequate local
support for the designation.
(3) Designation.--If the Secretary finds that there is adequate
local support for designating any of the additional segments as a
recreational river or scenic river--
(A) the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a
notice of the designation of the segment; and
(B) the segment shall thereby be designated as a
recreational river or scenic river, as the case may be, in
accordance with the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1271
et seq.).
(4) Criteria for local support.--In determining whether there
is adequate local support for the designation of an additional
segment, the Secretary shall consider, among other things, the
preferences of local governments expressed in resolutions
concerning designation of the segment.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary
to carry out this Act.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
Output:
Requires such segments to be managed: (1) in accordance with the Lower Delaware River management plan which ensures the long-term protection of the River's values and the compatible management of land and water resources associated with the River; and (2) in cooperation with appropriate Federal, State, regional, and local agencies.
Authorizes the Secretary: (1) to provide planning, financial, and technical assistance to affected local municipalities to protect the natural, economic, and historic resources of the segments; and (2) if adequate local support to add certain additional segments to the System is found, to publish a notice of such designation, after which such segments shall be so included.
Authorizes appropriations.