Wild and Scenic Rivers Congressional Involvement Act of 2002

Wild and Scenic Rivers Congressional Involvement Act of 2002 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to revise the process of including rivers designated as wild, scenic, or recreational by States in the national wild and scenic rivers system to require authorization for their inclusion by Act of Congress. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to submit a report to Congress regarding whether State-designated rivers meet the criteria for inclusion.

[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4808 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4808

    To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to ensure congressional 
involvement in the process by which rivers that are designated as wild, 
  scenic, or recreational rivers by an act of the legislature of the 
State or States through which they flow may be included in the national 
         wild and scenic rivers system, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2002

  Mr. Herger (for himself and Mr. Doolittle) introduced the following 
         bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to ensure congressional 
involvement in the process by which rivers that are designated as wild, 
  scenic, or recreational rivers by an act of the legislature of the 
State or States through which they flow may be included in the national 
         wild and scenic rivers system, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Wild and Scenic Rivers Congressional 
Involvement Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. PROCESS FOR INCLUSION OF STATE DESIGNATED WILD, SCENIC, AND 
              RECREATIONAL RIVERS IN NATIONAL WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS 
              SYSTEM.

    (a) Congressional Role.--Section 2(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1273(a)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (ii) of the first sentence, by striking 
        ``that are found by the Secretary of the Interior'' and all 
        that follows through ``Virginia State line.'' and inserting 
        ``and that are authorized for inclusion in the national wild 
        and scenic rivers system by Act of Congress following the 
        submission by the Governor of the State or the Governors of the 
        States concerned (or a person or persons duly appointed by such 
        Governor or Governors) of an application to the Secretary of 
        the Interior.'';
            (2) in the second sentence, by inserting ``and submit to 
        Congress a report regarding whether the State designated rivers 
        specified in the application meet the criteria for inclusion in 
        the national wild and scenic rivers system'' after 
        ``Register''; and
            (3) in the third sentence, by striking ``designated under 
        clause (ii)'' and inserting ``authorized for inclusion in the 
        national wild and scenic rivers system by Act of Congress under 
        clause (ii)''.
    (b) Technical Correction.--Such section is amended in the fourth 
sentence by striking ``Act of 1965'' and inserting ``Fund Act of 1965 
(16 U.S.C. 460l-4 et seq.)''.
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