Glover River Wild and Scenic River Act

Glover River Wild and Scenic River Act - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Glover River in the Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to develop and administer the comprehensive management plan for that segment.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4725 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4725

 To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the 
 Glover River in the State of Oklahoma as a component of the National 
                     Wild and Scenic Rivers System.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 25, 2004

    Mr. Carson of Oklahoma 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 designate a segment of the 
 Glover River in the State of Oklahoma as a component of the National 
                     Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

    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 ``Glover River Wild and Scenic River 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Secretary of Agriculture conducted a study of the 
        eligibility and suitability of the Glover River in the State of 
        Oklahoma for inclusion in the Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
            (2) With extensive public involvement, the Forest Service 
        prepared the ``Final Environmental Impact Statement Amendment 
        to the Land and Resource Management Plan Management Direction 
        for Acquired Lands in Southeastern Oklahoma'', which contains 
        an ``Individual Assessment of Eligibility and Potential 
        Classification of the Glover River''.
            (3) The study and assessment concluded that the Glover 
        River is eligible for inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic 
        Rivers System based on its free-flowing conditions and 
        remarkable scenic, recreation, geologic, archaeological, 
        historical, and fish and wildlife values.

SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF SEGMENT OF GLOVER RIVER, OKLAHOMA, AS COMPONENT 
              OF NATIONAL WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS SYSTEM.

    (a) Designation.--Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
    ``(_) Glover river, oklahoma.--The 16.5 mile segment from the 
confluence of the West and East Forks of the Glover River in the 
Ouachita National Forest in section 7, township 3 south, range 23 east, 
downstream along the main stem of the Glover River to the southern 
boundary of the Ouachita National Forest, to be administered by the 
Secretary of Agriculture as a scenic river.''.
    (b) Management.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall develop and 
administer the comprehensive management plan required by section 
3(d)(1) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(d)(1)) for 
the segment of the Glover River designated as a scenic river by this 
section in general accordance with the provisions of the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement Amendment 34 to the land and resource 
management plan of the Ouachita National Forest, dated January 8, 2002, 
that address the segment of the Glover River so designated.
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