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A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a portion of the Columbia River as a recreational river, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 25, 1999 Introduced by: Murray, Patty Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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Became law
Mar 26, 1999
Referred to Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation.
Mar 25, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mar 25, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3441-3442)
Mar 25, 1999
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River as a recreational river.

Establishes a 15-member management commission to develop a management plan for the Hanford Reach recreational river.

Excludes privately owned land from the river, including only adjacent public land.

Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers of the Army Corps of Engineers, to develop a comprehensive plan of improvement for the levees and other rivershore areas downstream of the Hanford Reach recreational river in the vicinity of the cities of Richland, Pasco, and Kennewick, Washington.

Directs the Secretaries of the Interior and of Energy to: (1) study the consolidation of parcels of land administered by the Bureau of Land Management on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation; and (2) prepare to exchange lands on completion of documents required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

What's happening now March 26, 1999

Referred to Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation.

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All 1 Democratic 1
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Mar 25, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 715: A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a portion of the Columbia River as a recreational river, and for other purposes.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-715/
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