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 PUBLIC LAW 99-530—OCT. 27, 1986

100 STAT. 3021

Public Law 99-530 99th Congress An Act To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by designating a segment of the Horsepasture River in the State of North Carolina as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Oct. 27, 1986 [H.R. 2826]

Conservation.

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF HORSEPASTURE RIVER.

Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by redesignating the paragraphs relating to the Au Sable River, the Tuolumne River, the Illinois River, and the Owyhee River as paragraphs (52) through (55) and by inserting the following new paragraph after paragraph (55) as so redesignated: (56) HoRSEPASTURE, NoRTH CAROUNA.—The segment from Bohaynee Road (N.C. 281) downstream approximately 4.25 miles to where the segment ends at Lake Jocassee, to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. Notwithstanding any limitation of section 6 of this Act, the Secretary is authorized to utilize the authority of this Act and those pertaining to the National Forests to acquire by purchase with donated or appropriated funds, donation, exchange or otherwise, such non-Federal lands or interests in lands within, near, or adjacent to the designated segments of the river which the Secretary determines will protect or enhance the scenic and natural values of the river. Approved October 27, 1986.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2826: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 99-671 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 132 (1986): July 28, considered and passed House. Oct. 15, considered and passed Senate.

Gifts and property. National Forest System. 16 USC 1277.

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