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 98 STAT. 2928

PUBLIC LAW 98-568—OCT. 30, 1984

Public Law 98- 568 98th Congress An Act Oct. 30, 1984 [H.R. 2645]

To amend the Act of August 15, 1978, regarding the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in the State of Georgia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) section 101 of the Act of August 15, 1978, entitled "An Act to authorize the establishment of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes" (Public Law 95-344; 16 U.S.C. 460ii) is amended by adding the following at the end thereof: "For purposes of facilitating Federal technical and other support to State and local governments to assist State and local efforts to protect the scenic, recreational, and natural values of a 2,000 foot wide corridor adjacent to each bank of the Chattahoochee River and its impoundments in the 48-mile segment referred to above, such corridor is hereby declared to be an area of national concern.". 16 USC 460ii. (b) Section 101 of such Act is amended— (1) by striking out "numbered CHAT-20,000, and dated July 1976" and substituting "numbered CHAT-20,003, and dated September 1984"; and (2) by striking out "six thousand three hundred acres" and substituting "approximately 6,800 acres". 16 USC 460irl. (c) Section 102 of such Act is amended by adding the following at the end thereof: Public lands. "(f)(1) The Secretary shall exchange those federally owned lands identified on the map referenced in section 101 of this Act as 'exchange lands' for non-Federal lands which are within the boundaries of the recreation area. The values of the lands exchanged under this subsection shall be equal, or shall be equalized in the same manner as provided in section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. Federal "(2) At three year intervals after the date of the enactment of this Register, subsection, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a publication. progress report on the land exchanges which have taken place and Report. the exchanges which are likely to take place under the authority of this subsection. Such report shall identify the lands which are unsuitable for exchange pursuant to such authority. "(3) Effective on the date ten years after the date of the enactment Termination. of this subsection, the exchange authority of paragraph (1) shall terminate. The exchange lands identified under paragraph (1) which have not been exchanged prior to such date shall be retained in Federal ownership as a part of the recreation area. "(4) The Secretary shall publish a revision of the boundary map referred to in section 101 to exclude from the boundaries of the recreation area any exchange lands which are used to acquire nonFederal lands under paragraph (3).". 16 USC 460ii-3. (d) Section 104 of such Act is amended by adding the following at the end thereof:

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