text: SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
  
      Congress finds that--
               (1) the 50-mile Handford Reach is the last free-flowing 
          nontidal segment of the Columbia River in the United States and 
          has been preserved in a relatively natural condition because of 
          its location within the Hanford Nuclear Reservation;
              (2) in 1988, Congress, in Public Law 100-605 (102 Stat. 
          3043), called for an analysis of protection alternatives for 
          the Hanford Reach and a report to Congress by the Secretary of 
          the Interior, who concluded in the Hanford Reach Final 
          Environmental Impact Statement dated June 1994 that the Hanford 
          Reach should be designated as a recreational river under the 
          Wild and Scenic Rivers Act;
              (3) the Hanford Reach is a vital migration corridor for 
          anadromous fish and contains some of the most productive 
          spawning areas in the Northwest United States, producing an 
          estimated 80 percent of the Columbia Basin's fall chinook 
          salmon and healthy runs of naturally spawning steelhead trout, 
          sturgeon, and other highly valued fish species;
              (4) the Hanford Reach provides important habitat for 
          wintering and migrating waterfowl, bald eagles, deer, elk, and 
          a diversity of other wildlife, including numerous Federal and 
          State-listed threatened and endangered plant and animal 
          species, some of which are found nowhere else;
              (5) the White Bluffs and pristine conditions of the Hanford 
          Reach offer scenic beauty, opportunities for solitude, and 
          recreation, including hunting, fishing, boating, hiking, 
          swimming, and wildlife observation, in close proximity to the 
          Tri-Cities area of the State of Washington;
              (6) the Hanford Reach and its salmon runs have been 
          important to mid-Columbia Native Americans for subsistence, 
          cultural, and religious purposes for more than 10,000 years, 
          and there are 150 registered archaeological sites in the area;
              (7) the southern shore of the Hanford Reach chronicles the 
          history of the Manhattan Project, defense nuclear production 
          during the cold war, and early Euro-American settlement of the 
          area;
              (8) the White Bluffs and adjacent shoreline areas are a 
          significant paleontological resource and are rich with fossils 
          remains from the Pliocene period;
              (9) protection of the Hanford Reach as a national wild and 
          scenic river can enhance local revenues from outdoor recreation 
          and increase economic investment in the Tri-Cities area by 
          highlighting the quality of life and natural amenities of the 
          area;
              (10) economic activities along the river corridor in 
          existence on the date of enactment of this Act, such as 
          agriculture, power production and transmission, and water 
          withdrawal, are compatible with the recreational classification 
          of the river, and the classification made by this Act cannot be 
  changed except by a subsequent Act of Congress;
              (11) designation of the Hanford Reach as a wild and scenic 
          river can facilitate, and make less costly, the remediation of 
          contaminated areas of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation by 
          determining future land use within the river corridor and 
          helping to ensure the Federal commitment to the cleanup of the 
          Hanford Site;
              (12) the Hanford Reach has special significance as an 
          outdoor laboratory and classroom and offers a singular 
          opportunity for government agencies, tribes, and community 
          organizations to develop a partnership around an education and 
          interpretation program focused on the area's unique natural and 
          human history;
              (13) the Columbia River shore immediately downstream of the 
          Hanford Reach in the Tri-Cities area currently contains miles 
          of high, steep levees which create a sterile gauntlet through 
          which migrating anadromous fish must pass, and that flow 
          controls on the Columbia River have reduced the need for levees 
          of this height;
              (14) modifying levees in the Tri-Cities area could 
          significantly improve the habitat value of this transition area 
          to the Hanford Reach for fish and wildlife, decrease mortality 
          of migratory fish and waterfowl, and have the additional 
          benefits of improving rivershore access, recreation, and 
          aesthetics; and
              (15) local jurisdictions in the Tri-Cities area have 
          expressed interest in a partnership with the Army Corps of 
          Engineers and other agencies to study rivershore restoration in 
          the Tri-Cities area and develop a plan of action.
  
  SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
  
      The purposes of this Act are--
              (1) to protect the natural, cultural, scenic, and 
          recreational resources of the Hanford Reach of the Columbia 
          River;
              (2) to encourage education and interpretation of the 
          Hanford Reach; and
              (3) to restore and enhance the natural habitat of the 
          rivershore immediately downstream of the Hanford Reach in the 
          vicinity of the Tri-Cities area of the State of Washington.
  
  SEC. 3. COLUMBIA RIVER NATIONAL WILD AND SCENIC RIVER.
  
      Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) 
  is amended by adding at the end the following:
      ``(____) Hanford reach, columbia river, washington.--The river 
  segment from river mile 346.5 to river mile 396, Hanford Reach, 
  Columbia River, Washington, as a recreational river, subject to the 
  following:
                      ``(A) No privately owned land.--Only public land 
                  adjacent to the river segment, and no privately owned 
                  land, may be included in the river segment.
                      ``(B) Management.--
                              ``(i) In general.--The Secretary of the 
                          Interior shall manage the river segment as a 
                          recreational river in accordance with the 
                          National Wildlife Refuge System Administration 
                          Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.), this 
                          Act, and other applicable law.
                              ``(ii) Rule of construction.--Nothing in 
                          this Act or any other law authorizes the 
                          Secretary of the Interior or any other 
                          governmental officer to alter the 
                          classification of the river segment as a 
                          recreational river.
                      ``(C) Development of plan.--In developing and 
                  periodically revising a plan for the management of the 
  river segment, the Secretary of the Interior shall--
                              ``(i) consult with--
                                      ``(I) affected Indian tribes;
                                      ``(II) the State of Washington;
                                      ``(III) the Secretary of Energy;
                                      ``(IV) governments of local 
                                  jurisdictions adjacent to the river 
                                  segment; and
                                      ``(V) and advisory council composed 
                                  of the chairperson of the county 
                                  commissions for Benton County, Franklin 
                                  County, and Grant County, Washington, 
                                  and four citizens selected by the 
                                  Governor of Washington from those 
                                  counties to represent environmental, 
                                  recreational, cultural, and other 
                                  stakeholder interests;
                              ``(ii) provide opportunity for public 
                          participation;
                              ``(iii) develop a strategy for acquiring 
                          private land in the area defined by the 
                          applicable environmental impact statement by 
                          purchase, conservation easement, lease, or 
                          donation on a willing-seller basis only;
                              ``(iv) recognize recreation as an 
                          outstandingly remarkable value of the 
                          designated area and give recreation a high 
                          management priority, along with protection of 
                          natural, cultural, and scenic resources;
                              ``(v) coordinate and cooperate with State, 
                          local, and tribal governments and other 
                          entities in the development and implementation 
                          of educational and interpretive programs 
                          related to the Hanford Reach; and
                              ``(vi) determine how--
                                      ``(I) a Hanford Reach educational 
                                  and interpretive center with 
                                  appropriate exhibit, conference, and 
                                  support facilities can be constructed 
                                  or be incorporated into a compatible 
                                  community facility;
                                      ``(II) interpretive education 
                                  efforts can be coordinated with local 
                                  governments and public school districts 
                                  in the region; and
                                      ``(III) recreational tourism 
                                  efforts associated with the Hanford 
                                  Reach can be coordinated through a 
                                  community-based visitor and convention 
                                  bureau.
                      ``(D) Access corridors.--Access corridors in 
                  existence on the date of enactment of this paragraph 
                  shall be retained.
                      ``(E) Rules of construction.--The designation of 
                  the river segment shall not be construed as--
                              ``(i) prohibiting or approving relicensing 
                          of any hydroelectric facility by the Federal 
                          Energy Regulatory Commission;
                              ``(ii) affecting any law, agreement, plan, 
                          or policy in effect on the date of enactment of 
                          this paragraph regarding water rights or 
                          instream flows on the river segment;
                              ``(iii) prohibiting the operation or 
                          maintenance of any energy, transmission, water 
                          intake, or water outfall facility in existence 
                          on the date of enactment of this paragraph;
                              ``(iv) prohibiting the modification, 
                          repair, or replacement of any energy, 
                          transmission, water intake, or water outfall 
                          facility so long as there is no 
  substantial impact on the natural, cultural, or scenic resources of the 
  river segment and adjacent land area;
                              ``(v) establishing or imposing remediation 
                          requirements more restrictive than those that 
                          would apply but for this paragraph;
                              ``(vi) prohibiting construction of 
                          temporary facilities essential to the 
                          remediation and restoration of contaminated 
                          areas within the viewshed of the river segment; 
                          or
                              ``(vii) relieving the Secretary of Energy 
                          from any obligation or other liability at the 
                          Hanford Nuclear Reservation under the 
                          Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
                          Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 
                          U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), the Solid Waste Disposal 
  Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), and other applicable law or imposing any 
  such obligation or other liability on the Secretary of the Interior.
                      ``(F) Rivershore restoration and enhancement.--The 
                  Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of 
                  Engineers of the Army Corps of Engineers, in 
                  cooperation and coordination with the heads of other 
                  relevant Federal agencies and State and local 
                  governments, shall develop a comprehensive plan of 
                  improvement for restoration and enhancement of fish and 
                  wildlife habitat, recreation, river access, and overall 
                  aesthetics of the levees and other rivershore areas 
                  downstream of the river segment in the Tri-Cities area 
                  of the State of Washington.
                      ``(G) Section 1135 projects.--The Secretary of the 
                  Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers of the Army 
                  Corps of Engineers--
                              ``(i) subject to receipt of a statement of 
                          interest from the non-Federal interests for the 
                          following projects, shall, not later than 180 
                          days after the date of enactment of this 
                          paragraph, complete a preliminary restoration 
                          plan under section 1135 of the Water Resources 
                          Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2309a) for 
                          each of--
                                      ``(I) a portion of the rivershore 
                                  of Clover Island and a portion of the 
                                  levee immediately upstream of Clover 
                                  Island;
                                      ``(II) the rivershore immediately 
                                  upstream of the portion described in 
                                  subclause (I) in the city of Kennewick, 
                                  Washington, to United States Route 395 
                                  bridge;
                                      ``(III) the levee modified in 1994 
                                  between road 39 and the United States 
                                  Route 395 bridge in Franklin County, 
                                  Washington; and
                                      ``(IV) the levee between the United 
                                  States Route 395 bridge to the area 
                                  immediately downstream of the 10th 
                                  Avenue bridge in the city of Pasco, 
                                  Washington;
                              ``(ii) shall consider each of the projects 
                          described in subclauses (I), (II), (III), and 
                          (IV) of clause (i) to be a separate project for 
                          purposes of the program under section 1135 of 
                          the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 
                          U.S.C. 2309a); and
                              ``(iii) subject to receipt of necessary 
                          commitments from the non-Federal interests for 
                          the projects, shall, not later than 18 months 
                          after the date of enactment of this paragraph, 
                          complete a project modification report for each 
                          of the projects.''.
target: Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a specified segment of the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River in Washington State as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 
  Provides that only public land adjacent to the segment, and no privately-owned land, shall be included in it. 
  Requires the Secretary of the Interior to:  (1) manage the segment as a recreational river; and (2) meet specified criteria in developing and periodically revising a plan for the management of the segment. 
  Retains access corridors in existence on the enactment of this Act. 
  Requires the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers of the Army Corps of Engineers in cooperation and coordination with the heads of relevant Federal agencies and State and local governments, to develop a comprehensive plan of improvement for restoration and enhancement of fish and wildlife habitat, recreation, river access, and overall aesthetics of the levees and other rivershore areas downstream of the segment in the Tri-Cities area of Washington State. 
  Requires the Secretary, acting through the Chief and subject to receipt of a statement of interest from the non-Federal interests for the following projects, to complete a preliminary restoration plan under the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 for:  (1) a portion of the Clover Island rivershore and a portion of the levee immediately upstream of Clover Island; (2) the rivershore immediately upstream of the portion in the city of Kennewick, Washington, to the U.S. Route 395 bridge; (3) the levee modified in 1994 between Road 39 and the U.S. Route 395 bridge in Franklin County, Washington; and (4) the levee between the U.S. Route 395 bridge to the area immediately downstream of the 10th Avenue bridge in the city of Pasco, Washington.  Directs the Secretary, subject to the receipt of necessary commitments from the non-Federal interests, to complete a modification report for each project.
feat_title: To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a portion of the Columbia River as a recreational river, and for other purposes.