To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to maintain or replace certain facilities and structures for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch in Idaho, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4283 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4283

 To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to authorize the Secretary of 
 the Interior to maintain or replace certain facilities and structures 
  for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch in Idaho, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 2014

 Mr. Simpson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to authorize the Secretary of 
 the Interior to maintain or replace certain facilities and structures 
  for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch in Idaho, 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. MAINTENANCE OR REPLACEMENT OF FACILITIES AND STRUCTURES AT 
              SMITH GULCH.

    Section 3(a)(24)(D) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 
1274(a)(24)(D)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``Notwithstanding any provision of the Central Idaho Wilderness Act 
of 1980 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note), the Secretary shall also authorize or 
continue to authorize maintenance or replacement of facilities and 
structures listed in this subparagraph for commercial recreation 
services at Smith Gulch. The Secretary shall bear the cost of any 
environmental, archaeological, or cultural analysis required by Federal 
law or regulation that must be completed prior to the Secretary's 
issuance of new or continued authorization of these facilities or 
structures. Regulation by the Secretary of these maintenance activities 
or replaced facilities and structures shall not inhibit or otherwise 
interfere with the commercial services offered at Smith Gulch. The 
facilities and structures referred to in this subparagraph are--
            ``(i) motorized landscaping equipment, such as lawnmowers 
        and weed trimmers;
            ``(ii) chainsaws;
            ``(iii) gasoline-powered electrical generators and 
        associated electrical transmission facilities;
            ``(iv) hydroelectric generators and associated electrical 
        transmission facilities;
            ``(v) gasoline-powered water pumps for fire suppression;
            ``(vi) transition from propane to electrical lighting;
            ``(vii) solar energy systems; and
            ``(viii) 6-volt or 12-volt battery banks for power 
        storage.''.
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