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PUBLIC LAW 107-356—DEC. 17, 2002 116 STAT. 3013 Public Law 107-356 107th Congress An Act To modify the boundaries of the New River Gorge National River, West Virginia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Dec. 17, 2002 (H.R. 3858] SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. New River Gorge Boundary Act of 2002. 16 USC 460m-15 This Act may be cited as the "New River Gorge Boundary note. Act of 2002". SEC. 2. NEW RIVER GORGE NATIONAL RIVER BOUNDARY MODIFICA- TIONS. (a) BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.— Section 1101 of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460m-15) is amended by striking "NERI-80,028A, dated March 1996" and inserting "NERI 80,034, dated May 2001". (b) LAND EXCHANGE.— 16 USC 460m-i5 (1) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary of the Interior shall com- note. plete a fee simple land exchange in the vicinity of Beauty Mountain, Fayette County, West Virginia, to acquire a tract of land identified as NERI Tract Number 150-07 that lies adjacent to the boundary of the New River Gorge National River in exchange for a tract of land identified as NERI Tract Number 150-08 located within such boundary. (2) TREATMENT OF EXCHANGED LANDS.— Upon the completion of such land exchange— (A) the land acquired by the United States in the exchange shall be included in the boundaries, and administered as peirt, of the New River Gorge National River; and (B) the land conveyed by the United States in the exchange shall be excluded from the boundaries, and shall not be administered as part, of the New River Gorge National River. Approved December 17, 2002. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3858: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 107-509 (Comm. on Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. Vol. 148 (2002): June 24, considered and passed House. Nov. 19, considered and passed Senate.