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Identifier	MSS_56_Series_1.1_Box_156_Folder_13
Title	Statement before the Subcommittee on National Parks of the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
Date	March 1968
Searchable Date	1968-03
Description	Provisions insisted upon in Senate-House Conference on Wild and Scenic Rivers Act; Along with the statement before the subcommittee on national parks of the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee by Senator Len B. Jordan.
Subject (TGM I)	Rivers Legislation Legislative hearings State rights National parks & reserves
Location (TGN)	Frank Church River of No Return (Idaho, United States : nature reserve)
Latitude	45.4167
Longitude	-115.8500
Location (TGN) ID	2338755
Topic	Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness Water
Creator	Len Jordan
Source	Frank Church Papers, MSS 56 Series 1.1 Box 156 Folder 13, Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.
Contributing institution	Boise State University, Albertsons Library Special Collections and Archives
Resource type	Text
Original physical format	document
Digital format	application/pdf
Language	eng
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Full Text	Key provisions to be insisted upon in Senate-House Conference on liild and Scenic Rivers Act (S, 119 and II. R. 18260): 1. Suggest using House bill as base because of its more specific protective provisions and its more recent amendment in response to the wishes of interested Congressmen, 2, Adopt Senate title: "To provide for a national wild and scenic rivers system.,,"; "(a) this Act may be cited as the 'National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 19681 ; 11 Purpose: to place appropriate· emphasis of basic objective of the legislation: to keep the Nation's few remaining natural, truly wild rivers in that wild, untamed state. Rivers can retain their scenic value with limited development, but they are no longer wild, Obo of the original purposesof this legislation was to protect the wild rivers. 3, Retain UNALTERED all of Section 2 of the !louse bill, which provides for State-administered rivers and establishes an absolutely essential classification system. 4. If possible, !!

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