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S. Rept. 117-241 1 (2022-12-12)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxafde0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.GOVERNMENT INFORMATION . 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, 39-010