Mr. ASPINALL. Mr. Chairman, I want to comment. I'm glad to see that this legislation is approaching enactment. I would like to know personally how many people there are here from Arkansas. I would like them to hold up their hands. That's enough. Mr. TAYLOR. Without objection, a copy of H.R. 8382, H.R. 9119, and S. 7, a copy of the departmental report of the Department of the Interior dated September 13, 1971, and a copy of the report of the Department of Agriculture dated October 28, 1971, will be made a part of the record at this point. (The documents referred to follow :) 92D CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 8382 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 13, 1971 Mr. HAMMERSCHMIDT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs A BILL To provide for the establishment of the Buffalo National River in the State of Arkansas, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That for the purposes of conserving and interpreting an 4 area containing unique scenic and scientific features, and pre5 serving as a free-flowing stream an important segment of 6 the Buffalo River in Arkansas for the benefit and enjoyment 7 of present and future generations, the Secretary of the In8 terior (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") may 9 establish and administer the Buffalo National River. The 10 boundaries of the national river shall be as generally depicted 11 on the drawing entitled "Proposed Buffalo National River" I 2 1 numbered NR-BUF-7103 and dated December 1967, which 2 shall be on file and available for public inspection in the 3 offices of the National Park Service, Department of the 4 Interior. The Secretary may revise the boundaries of the 5 national river from time to time, but the total acreage 6 within such boundaries shall not exceed ninety-five thousand 7 seven hundred and thirty acres. 8 SEC. 2. (a) Within the boundaries of the Buffalo Na9 tional River, the Secretary may acquire lands and waters or 10 interests therein by donation, purchase with donated or 11 appropriated funds, or exchange, except that lands owned 12 by the State of Arkansas or a political subdivision thereof may be acquired only by donation. When an individual tract 14 of land is only partly within the boundaries of the national 13 15 river, the Secretary may acquire all of the tract by any of 16 the above methods in order to avoid the payment of severance 17 costs. Land so acquired outside of the boundaries of the na18 tional river may be exchanged by the Secretary for non19 Federal lands within the national river boundaries, and any portion of the land not utilized for such exchanges may be 20 21 22 disposed of in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 23 377; 40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.), as amended. With the concur 24 25 rence of the agency having custody thereof, any Federal property within the boundaries of the national river may be 3 1 transferred without consideration to the administrative juris2 diction of the Secretary for administration as part of the 3 national river. 9 4 (b) With the exception of property that the Secretary 5 determines is necessary for purposes of admimnistration, pres6 ervation, or public use, any owner or owners (hereafter in 7 this section referred to as "owner") of (1) improved prop8 erty and used solely for noncommercial residential purposes on the date of its acquisition by the Secretary or of (2) 10 lands used solely for agricultural purposes, including but not 11 limited to grazing, on such acquisition date may retain the 12 right of use and occupancy of such property for such respec13 tive purposes for a term, as the owner may elect, ending 14 either (a) upon the death of the owner or his spouse, which15 ever occurs later, or (b) not more than thirty-five years 16 from the date of acquisition. The Secretary shall pay to the 17 owner the fair market value of the property on the date of 18 such acquisition, less the fair market value on such date of 19 the term retained by the owner. Such right (1) shall be 20 subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary deems 21 appropriate to assure that the property is used in accordance 22 with the purposes of this Act, (2) may be transferred or 23 assigned, and (3) may be terminated with respect to the 24 entire property by the Secretary upon his determination 55 that the property or any portion thereof has ceased to be 4 1 used for noncommercial residential or agricultural purposes, 2 and upon tender to the holder of the right an amount equal 3 to the fair market value, as of the date of the tender, of that 4 portion of the right which remains unexpired on the date of 5 termination. 6 11 (c) As used in this section the term "improved prop7 erty" means a detached year-round one-family dwelling 8 which serves as the owner's permanent place of abode at 9 the time of acquisition, and construction of which was begun 10 before January 1, 1971, together with so much of the land on which the dwelling is situated, the said land being in the same ownership as the dwelling, as the Secretary shall desig13 nate to be reasonably necessary for the enjoyment of the 14 dwelling for the sole purpose of noncommercial residential 15 use: Provided, That the Secretary may exclude from any 16 improved property any waters or land as he deems necessary 17 for public access thereto. 12 18 SEC. 3. The Secretary shall permit hunting and fish19 ing on lands and waters under his jurisdiction within the 20 boundaries of the Buffalo National River in accordance with 21 applicable Federal and State laws, except that he may des22 ignate zones where and establish periods when, no hunting 23 or fishing shall be permitted for reasons of public safety, 24 administration, fish or wildlife management, or public use 25 and enjoyment. Except in emergencies, any rules and reg |