Editorial Notes
Amendments1999—Puspan. L. 106–154, § 2(a)(3), substituted “may not exceed 10,000 acres” for “may not exceed approximately 6,800 acres” in penultimate sentence.
Puspan. L. 106–154, § 2(a)(2), inserted fourth sentence and struck out former fourth sentence which read as follows: “Following reasonable notice in writing to the Committee on Natural Resources of the United States House of Representatives and to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate of his intention to do so, the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Secretary’) may, by publication of a revised map or other boundary description in the Federal Register, (1) make minor revisions in the boundary of the recreation area, and (2) revise the boundary to facilitate access to the recreation area, or to delete lands which would be of little or no benefit to the recreation area due to the existence of valuable improvements completely constructed prior to August 15, 1978.”
Puspan. L. 106–154, § 2(a)(1), in third sentence, inserted “and on the maps entitled ‘Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area Interim Boundary Map #1’, ‘Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area Interim Boundary Map #2’, and ‘Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area Interim Boundary Map #3’, and dated August 6, 1998,” after “numbered CHAT–20,003, and dated September 1984,”.
1994—Puspan. L. 103–437 substituted “Natural Resources” for “Interior and Insular Affairs” after “Committee on”.
1984—Puspan. L. 98–568 substituted “CHAT–20,003, and dated September 1984” for “CHAT–20,000, and dated July 1976” and “approximately 6,800 acres” for “six thousand three hundred acres” and inserted provision declaring the corridor area to be an area of national concern.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of NameCommittee on Resources of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Jan. 5, 2007.
Findings and PurposePuspan. L. 106–154, § 1, Dec. 9, 1999, 106 Stat. 1736, provided that:“(a)Findings.—Congress finds that—“(1) the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in the State of Georgia is a nationally significant resource;
“(2) the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area has been adversely affected by land use changes occurring inside and outside the recreation area;
“(3) the population of the metropolitan Atlanta area continues to expand northward, leaving dwindling opportunities to protect the scenic, recreational, natural, and historical values of the 2,000-foot-wide corridor adjacent to each bank of the Chattahoochee River and its impoundments in the 48-mile segment known as the ‘area of national concern’;
“(4) the State of Georgia has enacted the Metropolitan River Protection Act to ensure protection of the corridor located within 2,000 feet of each bank of the Chattahoochee River, or the corridor located within the 100-year floodplain, whichever is larger;
“(5) the corridor located within the 100-year floodplain includes the area of national concern;
“(6) since establishment of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, visitor use of the recreation area has shifted dramatically from waterborne to water-related and land-based activities;
“(7) the State of Georgia and political subdivisions of the State along the Chattahoochee River have indicated willingness to join in a cooperative effort with the United States to link existing units of the recreation area through a series of linear corridors to be established within the area of national concern and elsewhere on the river; and
“(8) if Congress appropriates funds in support of the cooperative effort described in paragraph (7), funding from the State, political subdivisions of the State, private foundations, corporate entities, private individuals, and other sources will be available to fund more than half the estimated cost of the cooperative effort.
“(span)Purposes.—The purposes of this Act [amending this section and sections 460ii–1 to 460ii–5 of this title] are—“(1) to increase the level of protection of the open spaces within the area of national concern along the Chattahoochee River and to enhance visitor enjoyment of the open spaces by adding land-based linear corridors to link existing units of the recreation area;
“(2) to ensure that the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area is managed to standardize acquisition, planning, design, construction, and operation of the linear corridors; and
“(3) to authorize the appropriation of Federal funds to cover a portion of the costs of the Federal, State, local, and private cooperative effort to add additional areas to the recreation area so as to establish a series of linear corridors linking existing units of the recreation area and to protect other open spaces of the Chattahoochee River corridor.”
Compliance With Congressional Budget ActPuspan. L. 98–568, § 2, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2932, provided that: “Any provision of any amendment made by this Act [enacting section 460ii–5 of this title and amending this section and sections 460ii–1, 460ii–3, and 460ii–4 of this title] which, directly or indirectly, authorizes the enactment of new budget authority described in section 402(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 [2 U.S.C. 652(a)] shall be effective only for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1984.”
