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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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113TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 113-71
AMENDING THE WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS ACT RE-
LATED TO A SEGMENT OF THE LOWER MERCED RIVER
IN CALIFORNIA, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
MAY 17, 2013.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, from the Committee on Natural
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 934]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 934) to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act related to
a segment of the Lower Merced River in California, and for other
purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon
without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 934 is to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers
Act related to a segment of the Lower Merced River in California.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
H.R. 934 would adjust the Merced Wild and Scenic River bound-
ary to coincide with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(FERC) operational boundary for the Merced Irrigation District's
(MID) New Exchequer Dam project at Lake McClure on the Merced
River.
When the Merced Wild and Scenic River was designated, it en-
croached nearly half a mile into an existing FERC operational
boundary for the Exchequer Dam. Aligning the Merced Wild and
Scenic River boundary with the standing project boundary will
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