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fiscal year following completion of the development plan 

 required by section 3 of this Act [this section). The bal- 

 ance of funds authorized to be appropriated by this 

 section shall be expended by the Secretary of the Interior 

 at such times as he finds that the States of Minnesota 

 and Wisconsin have made satisfactory progress In their 

 Implementation of the development plan required by 

 section 3 of this Act." 



Public Law 94-486 contained the following provi- 

 sions:' 



"Sec. 202. After consultation with the State and local 

 governments and the Interested public, the Secretary 

 shall, pursuant to section 3(b) of the Wild and Scenic 

 Rivers Act and within one year of enactment of this 

 Act— 



"(1) establish detailed boundaries of the river seg- 

 ment designated as a component of the National 

 Wild and Scenic Rivers System pursuant to section 1 

 of this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "river 

 area") : Provided, That the boundaries of the por- 

 tion of the river area from Fort Benton to Coal Banks 

 Landing and the portion of the river area within 

 the boundaries of the Charles M. Russell National 

 Wildlife Range shall be drawn to Include only the 

 river and Its bed and exclude all adjacent land ex- 

 cept significant historic sites and such campsites 

 and access points as are deemed necessary by the 

 Secretary, and to which the Secretary finds no rea- 

 sonable alternative as set forth In the management 

 plan required pursuant to clause (2) of this section; 

 and 



"(2) determine, in accordance with the guidelines 

 In section 2(b) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, 

 which of the three classes — wild river, scenic river, or 

 recreation river — best fit portions of the river seg- 

 ment, designate such portions In such classes, and 

 prepare a management plan for the river area In ac- 

 cordance with such designation. 



"Sec 203. (a) The Secretary of the Interior (herein- 

 after referred to as the "Secretary") shall manage the 

 river area pursuant to the provisions of this Act and 

 the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, and In accordance 

 with th» provisions of the Taylor Grazing Act (48 Stat. 

 1269), as amended (43 U.S.C. 315), under principles 

 of multiple use and sustained yield, and with any other 

 authorities available to him for the management and 

 conservation of natural resources and the protection 

 and enhancement of the environment, where such Act, 

 principles, and authorities are consistent with the pur- 

 poses and provisions of this Act and the Wild and 

 Scenic Rivers Act. 



"(b)(1) The Secretary may acquire land and Inter- 

 ests In land only in accordance with the provisions of 

 this Act and the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and the 

 limitations contained In section 6 of that Act and 

 only : (A) at Port Benton for the vlstor faculty as pro- 

 vided In subsection (g) (2) of this section; (B) at the 

 site of Port McKenzle; (C) In that portion of the river 

 area downstream from Port Benton to Coal Banks Land- 

 ing for historic sites, campsites, and access points In 

 accordance with section 202 (1) of this Act; and (D) 

 In that portion of the river area downstream from 

 Coal Banks Landing so as to provide, wherever practi- 

 cable and necessary for the purposes of this Act and the 

 Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, rlm-to-rlm protection for 

 such portion. 



"(2) In accordance with section 6(b) of the Wild 

 and Scenic Rivers Act, the Secretary shall not acquire 

 fee title to any lands by condemnation under the au- 

 thority of that Act or this Act, except that the Secre- 

 tary may use condemnation when necessary and within 

 the limitations on acquisition set forth In clause (1) 

 of this subsection to clear title, acquire scenic easements 

 or acquire such other easements as are reasonably neces- 

 sary to give the public access to the river segment within 

 the river area and to permit Its members to traverse 

 the length of said river area or of selected portions 

 thereof. 



"(3) The Secretary shall, to the extent feasible, give 

 priority in expenditure of funds pursuant to this Act 



for the acquisition and development of campsites and 

 historic sites. Including the site of the visitor center at 

 Port Benton and the site of I\)rt McKenzle. 



"(c) Consistent with the provisions of this Act and 

 the WUd and Scenic Rivers Act, the Secretary may Issue 

 easements, licenses, or permits for rights-of-way through, 

 over, or under the lands In Pederal ownership within the 

 river area, or for the use of such lands on such terms 

 and conditions as are In accordance with the provisions 

 of this Act, the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, and other 

 applicable law. 



"(d) The Secretary is authorized to permit the con- 

 struction of a bridge across the river in the general 

 vicinity of the community of Winifred, Montana, in 

 order to acconunodate the flow of north-south traffic. 

 Such construction shall be in accordance with a plan 

 which Is mutually acceptable to the Secretary and State 

 and local highway officials, and which Is consistent with 

 the purposes of this Act and the Wild and Scenic Rivers 

 Act. 



"(e) To the extent and In a manner consistent with 

 the purposes of the WUd and Scenic Rivers Act the 

 Secretary shaU permit such pumping facilities and as- 

 sociated pipelines as may be necessary to assure the 

 continuation of an adeqviate supply of water from the 

 Missouri River to the owners of lands adjacent to the 

 river and for future agricultural use outside the river 

 corridor. The Secretary Is authorized to permit such 

 pumping facilities and associated pipelines for use for 

 fish, wildlife, and recreational uses outside the river 

 corridor. 



"(f) The Secretary shall permit hunting and fishing 

 in the river area in accordance with applicable Pederal 

 and State laws, except that he may designate zones 

 where, and periods when, no hunting, or fishing shall 

 be permitted for reasons of public safety or adminis- 

 tration. 



"(g) (1) The Secretary, acting through the Bureau of 

 Land Management, shall exercise management respon- 

 sibilities in the river area lor: 



"(A) the grazing of livestock; 



"(B) the application of the United States mining 



and mineral leasing laws; 



"(C) the management of fish and wUdllfe habitat; 

 "(D) the diversion and use of water for agricultural 



and domestic purposes; 



"(E) the acquisition of lands and interests therein; 

 "(P) the administration of public recreational uses 



of, and any historic sites and campsites in, the river 



area; and 



"(G) all other management responsibilities except 



those set forth in paragraph (2) of this subsection. 



"(2) The Secretary, acting through the National Park 

 Service, shall be responsible for the construction, opera- 

 tion, and management of any visitor facility In or near 

 Port Benton which is found necessary In accordance 

 with the management plan developed pursuant to sec- 

 tion 202 and the provision, at such faculty, of Inter- 

 pretive services for the historic, archeologlcal, scenic, 

 natural, and fish and wildlife resources of the area." 



§ 1275. .\dditions to national wild and scenic rivers 

 system. 



(a) Reports by Secretaries of Interior and Agricul- 

 ture; recommendations to Congress; contents of 

 reports. 



The Secretary of the Interior or, where national 

 forest lands are involved, the Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture or, in appropriate cases, the two Secretaries 

 jointly shall study and submit to the President re- 

 ports on the suitability or nonsuitability for addition 

 to the national wild and scenic rivers system of rivers 

 which are designated herein or hereafter by the Con- 

 gress as potential additions to such system. The Pres- 

 ident shall report to the Congress his recommenda- 

 tions and proposals with respect to the designation 

 of each such river or section thereof under this 



