An amendment in the nature of a substitute requiring the Department of the Interior to complete a comprehensive river protection plan for 228 miles of the Niobrara River within three years of enactment of the bill. The amendment would not include the provision in the bill granting Scenic River designation for 70 miles of two segments of the Niobrara and require a study of another six mile section of the river.

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Amendment Number
55
Description
An amendment in the nature of a substitute requiring the Department of the Interior to complete a comprehensive river protection plan for 228 miles of the Niobrara River within three years of enactment of the bill. The amendment would not include the provision in the bill granting Scenic River designation for 70 miles of two segments of the Niobrara and require a study of another six mile section of the river.
Purpose
Amendment in the nature of a substitute sought to require the Department of Interior to perform a detailed river protection plan for 228 miles of the Niobrara river within three years of the enactment of the bill; and include in the plan a determination as to whether local, State, or Federal agencies should have primary responsibility for implementation of river protection measures, and whether segments of the river should be designated as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
Congress
102
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
May 14, 1991
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Barrett amendment (A001) Failed by recorded vote: 109 - 293 (Roll no. 87).
Latest Action Time
16:14:21
Submitted Date
May 14, 1991
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Jul 10, 2021
Amendment 55 — Informed