[106th Congress Public Law 154]
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CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NATIONAL RECREATION AREA IMPROVEMENTS
Public Law 106-154
106th Congress
An Act
To improve protection and management of the Chattahoochee River National
Recreation Area in the State of Georgia. <<NOTE: Dec. 9, 1999 - [H.R.
2140]>>
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 16 USC 460ii note.>> 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
continues 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
segment 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
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
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
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
Recreation 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 RECREATION 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
following: ``No sooner than 180 days after the date
of the enactment 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 Chattahoochee 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 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, 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 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 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 subdivisions
of the State, and other entities 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 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, 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 Secretary 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
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 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) <<NOTE: 16 USC 460ii-1, 460ii-2.>> in sections 102(d)
and 103(a), by striking ``of this Act'' and inserting ``of this
title'';
(2) <<NOTE: 16 USC 460ii-3.>> 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) <<NOTE: 16 USC 460ii-4.>> in section 105(c)(1)(A), as
redesignated by subsection (d)(3), by striking ``of this Act''
and inserting ``of this title'';
(5) <<NOTE: 16 USC 460ii-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''.
Approved December 9, 1999.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 2140 (S. 109):
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 106-369 (Comm. on Resources).
SENATE REPORTS: No. 106-62 accompanying S. 109 (Comm. on Energy and
Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 145 (1999):
Oct. 18, considered and passed House.
Nov. 19, considered and passed Senate.
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 35 (1999):
Dec. 9, Presidential statement.
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