To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to allow certain commercial vehicles to continue to use Route 209 within Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and to allow the National Park Service to continue to collect fees from those vehicles, and for other purposes.

Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to delay until September 30, 2015 (currently, September 30, 2005) or whenever a feasible alternative exists, whichever comes first, the prohibition against the use by commercial vehicles of Highway 209 within Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area; and (2) change the maximum authorized per-trip commercial vehicle use fee from $25 to an amount that fully covers the cost of operation of the road, but not to exceed $40 per trip.

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[H.R. 3721 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3721

 To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to 
 allow certain commercial vehicles to continue to use Route 209 within 
 Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and to allow the National 
 Park Service to continue to collect fees from those vehicles, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 8, 2005

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to 
 allow certain commercial vehicles to continue to use Route 209 within 
 Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and to allow the National 
 Park Service to continue to collect fees from those vehicles, 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. USE OF CERTAIN ROADS WITHIN DELAWARE WATER GAP.

    Section 702 of Division I of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands 
Management Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-333; 110 Stat. 4185) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``2005'' and inserting ``2015'' each place 
        it appears;
            (2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ``$25'' and inserting 
        ``$40''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) River Road.--The Secretary of the Interior shall ensure that 
any proposal that is adopted by the National Park Service to maintain 
or reconstruct River Road within Delaware Water Gap National Recreation 
Area provides for that road to be open to two-way traffic. This 
subsection shall not prohibit the Secretary from allowing temporary 
closures of one or more lanes of traffic on River Road for emergency or 
public safety purposes.''.
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