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H. Rept. 114-435 1 (2016-02-24)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxrjh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP 114TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 114-435 AMENDING THE DELAWARE WATER GAP NATIONAL RECREATION AREA IMPROVEMENT ACT TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO CERTAIN VEHICLES SERV- ING RESIDENTS OF MUNICIPALITIES ADJACENT TO THE DELAWARE WATER GAP NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES FEBRUARY 24, 2016.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 3620] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 3620) to amend the Delaware Water Gap National Recre- ation Area Improvement Act to provide access to certain vehicles serving residents of municipalities adjacent to the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, and for other purposes, having con- sidered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. PURPOSE OF THE BILL The purpose of H.R. 3620 is to amend the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Improvement Act to provide access to certain vehicles serving residents of municipalities adjacent to the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in Pennsyl- vania and New Jersey preserves 70,000 acres on both sides of the Delaware River. Highway 209 spans 21 miles through the middle of the National Recreation Area and served as a major truck route for many years. In 1981, Highway 209 was transferred from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to the National Park Service (NPS). Two years later, a provision of Public Law 98-63, the Fiscal Year 1983 Supplemental Appropriations Act, closed the Park segment of Highway 209 to commercial traffic and authorized NPS to collect and retain fees from commercial use of the road. A 10-year transi- 59-006

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