Colorado River Wild and Scenic River Addition Act of 1990

Colorado River Wild and Scenic River Addition Act of 1990 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Colorado River in Utah as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

 
HR 5183 IH
101st CONGRESS
2d Session
 H. R. 5183
A bill to designate segments of the Colorado River in Utah within Westwater
and Cataract Canyons as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 27, 1990
Mr. OWENS of Utah introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
A BILL
A bill to designate segments of the Colorado River in Utah within Westwater
and Cataract Canyons as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
  States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  This Act may be cited as the `Colorado River Wild and Scenic River Addition
  Act of 1990'.
SEC. 2. SEGMENTS OF THE COLORADO RIVER TO BE ADDED AS COMPONENTS OF THE WILD
AND SCENIC RIVERS SYSTEM.
  Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, as amended (16
  U.S.C. 1274(a)), is further amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  `( ) COLORADO RIVER, UTAH- (A) The segment within Westwater Canyon from
  the point where the river crosses the northern boundaries of sections 22
  and 23 of township 20 south, range 25 east, to the point where the river
  crosses the western boundary of section 24 of township 21 south, range 24
  east, as a wild river, to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior.
  `(B) The segment within Cataract Canyon from the north boundary of
  Canyonlands National Park downstream to the southern park boundary, as a
  wild river, to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior.'.