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116TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-603
YORK RIVER WILD AND SCENIC RIVER ACT OF 2019
NOVEMBER 27, 2020.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 1248]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1248) to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to des-
ignate certain river segments within the York watershed in the
State of Maine as components of the National Wild and Scenic Riv-
ers System, and for other purposes, having considered the same,
reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends
that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 1248 is to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers
Act to designate certain river segments within the York watershed
in the State of Maine as components of the National Wild and Sce-
nic Rivers System, and for other purposes.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
H.R. 1248 designates eight segments of the York River, totaling
30.8 miles, as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers
System to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior as a rec-
reational river. The segments would be managed in accordance
with the 2018 York River Watershed Stewardship Plan, which pro-
vides for the long-term protection, preservation, and enhancement
of the York River and its tributaries. The legislation follows the
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