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

Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to direct the Department of the Interior, with respect to the Salmon River in Idaho, to authorize or continue to authorize maintenance or replacement of the facilities and structures listed in this Act for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch.

[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2312 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2312

 To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to authorize the Secretary of 
 Agriculture 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

                              May 13, 2015

 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 
 Agriculture 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:
    ``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 whose 
location is defined above. 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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