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Calendar No. 618
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 117-241
SMITH RIVER NATIONAL RECREATION AREA EXPANSION
DECEMBER 12, 2022.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. MANCHIN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
[To accompany S. 1538]
[Including cost estimate of Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 1538), to amend the Smith River National
Recreation Area Act to include certain additions to the Smith River
National Recreation Area, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
to designate certain wild rivers in the State of Oregon, and for
other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably
thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 1538 is to amend the Smith River National
Recreation Area Act to include certain Federal land in Oregon as
an addition to the Smith River National Recreation Area, and to
designate certain rivers as components of the National Wild and
Scenic Rivers System.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
Smith River National Recreation Area (NRA) was established by
Congress in 1990 (Public Law 101-612) and encompasses 305,337
acres in northwestern California, primarily within the Six Rivers
National Forest. The Smith River watershed provides important
habitat for Coho and Chinook salmon, and Coastal Cutthroat trout,
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