9 1 of the area for the purposes of this Act as well as to connect 2 with roads of ingress and egress to the area. 3 (b) A report of the findings and conclusions of the 4 Secretaries of the Interior and Transportation shall be sub5 mitted to the Congress within two years of the date of enact6 ment of this Act, including recommendations for such further 7 legislation as may be necessary to implement the findings 8 and conclusions developed from the study. 9 (c) (1) The State of Utah shall be allowed to construct 10 and maintain a highway to secondary standards as defined 11 by the American Association of State Highway Officials 12 within the corridor from Glen Canyon City to Bullfrog Basin 13 designated on the map referred to in section 3 of this Act. 14 This corridor shall not exceed one mile in width. The highway right will vest with the United States subject to the 15 16 perpetual use of same as a public highway so long as needed 17 for said purpose as determined by the State of Utah. 18 (2) In construction of this highway, secondary stand 19 ards pertaining to alinement, curvature, and grade need not 20 be adhered to if such a reduction in standards reduce signifi cantly the impact of the road upon the terrain. Nothing in these standards is meant to preclude either the Secretary or the State of Utah from constructing turnouts at scenic vistas. (3) The Secretary shall have the right to construct and maintain markers and other interpretive devices consistent 10 1 with highway safety standards. The Secretary shall also 2 have the right to connect with such routes those roads and 3 trails constructed by him as he may consider desirable. 4 (4) Any highway constructed within such corridor by 5 the State of Utah will be kept open permanently for general 6 public travel and no fees or tolls shall be collected for such 7 use. The State of Utah shall have full authority to regulate 8 traffic and enforce the highway laws relating to highway use. 9 SEC. 9. (a) The Secretary shall administer, protect, and 10 develop the conservation area in accordance with the long 11 range program developed by him pursuant to this Act, and 12 with any other statutory authority available to him for the 13 management of the public lands. 14 (b) The Secretary shall administer, protect, and de15 velop the recreation area in accordance with the provisions 16 of the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1 17 et seq.), as amended and supplemented, and with any other 18 statutory authority available to him for the conservation and management of natural resources to the extent he finds such 20 authority will further the purposes of this Act: Provided, 21 however, That nothing in this Act shall affect or interfere 22 with the authority of the Secretary granted by Public Law 23 485, Eighty-fourth Congress, second session, to operate Glen 24 Canyon Dam and Reservoir in accordance with the purposes 25 of the Colorado River Storage Project Act for river regula 11 1 tion, irrigation, flood control, and generation of hydroelec 2 tric power. 3 (c) The Secretary shall grant easements and rights 4 of-way on a nondiscriminatory basis upon, over, under, 5 6 7 8 across, or along any components of the recreation and con servation areas unless he finds that the route of such ease ments and rights-of-way would have significant adverse effects on the administration of the recreation and conserva 9 tion areas. 10 SEC. 10. The Secretary shall issue such regulations as 11 he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. SEC. 11. There are authorized to be appropriated such 12 13 sums as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of 92D CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 8214 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 10, 1971 Mr. MCKAY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs A BILL To establish the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in the States of Arizona and Utah. 1 6 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That in order to provide for public outdoor recreation use 4 and enjoyment of Lake Powell and lands adjacent thereto in 5 the States of Arizona and Utah and to preserve scenic, scientific, and historic features contributing to public enjoyment 7 of the area, there is established the Glen Canyon National 8 Recreation Area to comprise the area generally depicted on 9 the drawing entitled "Boundary Map, Glen Canyon National 10 Recreation Area," numbered Arizona-Utah-GLC 91001, and 11 dated May 1970, which is on file and available for public 2 1 inspection in the office of the National Park Service, Depart2 ment of the Interior. When the Secretary of the Interior 3 finds that two tracts of land adjacent to the boundary of the 4 national recreation area at Sit Down Bench and Warm 5 Creek, comprising seven thousand eight hundred an thirty6 six acres and four thousand nine hundred and forty-six 7 acres, respectively, are not needed or used for powersite 8 development or related facilities, he may add the lands 9 to the area by publication of a notice in the Federal 10 Register, and from time to time he may make other bound11 ary revisions in the same manner, but the total acreage of 12 the national recreation area may not exceed one million 13 one hundred and sixty-seven thousand four hundred and 14 twenty acres. 15 SEC. 2. (a) Within the boundaries of the national rec16 reation area, the Secretary of the Interior may acquire land 17 and interests in land by donation, purchase with donated or 18 appropriated funds, or by exchange, except that land owned 19 by a State, political subdivision thereof, or an Indian tribe 20 may be acquired only with the concurrence of the owner. (b) When acquiring property by exchange, the Sec22 retary may accept title to any non-Federal property within 23 the boundaries of the national recreation area, and in ex24 change therefor he may convey to the grantor of such prop25 erty any federally owned property under his jurisdiction 21 |