To amend the Outdoor Recreation Act of 1963 to authorize the National Park Service and the United States Geological Survey to conduct a national river systems recreation assessment. (H.R. 5001 (102nd)) — United States

Summary

Amends the Outdoor Recreation Act of 1963 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) assemble and publish a uniform national river systems assessment, based on information contained in statewide river assessments prepared by the States; (2) provide technical and financial assistance to assist States in their preparation of such statewide assessments; and (3) report to the Congress. Requires the recreational assessment to include: (1) a geographic identification of all river systems and their associated riparian areas at the level of detail necessary to reflect the complete functioning of river systems; and (2) an identification of resource characteristics presently and historically associated with each river system. Directs the Secretary to: (1) consistently maintain, revise, and update the assessment; and (2) make every effort to integrate the assessment with other existing and proposed river-related inventories. Requires the Secretary to: (1) utilize the information generated from such assessment to prepare a "State of the Nation's Rivers" report on the status and trends of the nation's river recreational and associated riparian resources; (2) distribute such report to the heads of affected Federal agencies, the States, and the public; and (3) utilize it to educate the public on the importance of river systems and the issues and threats related to river systems nationwide. Authorizes appropriations.

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Timeline

28 April 1992
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
28 April 1992
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
28 April 1992
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
29 April 1992
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
29 April 1992
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment.
Source: Committee
8 July 1992
Committee
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
8 July 1992
Committee
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Source: Committee
12 August 1992
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
12 August 1992
Reported
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Source: Committee
18 September 1992
Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 499.
Source: Calendars
18 September 1992
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. H. Rept. 102-879.
Source: Committee
18 September 1992
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. H. Rept. 102-879.
Source: Committee
22 September 1992
Passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: Floor
22 September 1992
Passed
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Source: Floor
22 September 1992
Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Source: Floor
22 September 1992
Floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Source: Floor
22 September 1992
Floor
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Source: Floor
22 September 1992
Floor
Mr. Kostmayer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Source: Floor
23 September 1992
Introduced
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Source: IntroReferral
24 September 1992
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks.
Source: Committee
5 October 1992
Committee
See S.1704.
Source: Committee

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related to ← Land Management Agency Housing Improvement Act of 1992

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-bill/5001
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To amend the Outdoor Recreation Act of 1963 to authorize the National Park Service and the United States Geological Survey to conduct a national river systems recreation assessment.