To designate segments of the Great Egg Harbor River and its tributaries in the State of New Jersey as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
Public Law 102-536 · H.R. 5853 · 102nd Congress · began in the House
Signed by George H. W. Bush (R) on Oct 27, 1992 · Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sponsor: Rep. William Hughes (D-NJ-2)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateVoice vote
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Great Egg Harbor River and its tributaries in New Jersey as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to manage the designated segments through cooperative agreements with the political jurisdictions within which such segments pass, except that pubicly owned lands shall continue to be managed by the agency having jurisdiction over such lands.
Directs the Secretary to review local river management plans to assure that their proper implementation will protect the values for which the segments were designated. Deems such plans, if they meet protection standards, to be local zoning ordinances for purposes of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, thus prohibiting Federal acquisition of lands by condemnation pursuant to such Act.
Requires the Secretary to review compliance with such plans biennially and to report to specified congressional committees on any deviation from such plans which could result in any diminution of the values for which a segment was designated.
Authorizes the Secretary to provide planning assistance to political subdivisions through which designated segments flow and to enter into memoranda of understanding or cooperative agreements with Federal or State agencies to ensure that Federal and State programs are carried out in a manner consistent with the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and applicable river management plans.
Authorizes appropriations.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Natural Resources Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Federal Lands Subcommittee
Data notes
A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 15 actions.
- Oct 27, 1992Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 102-536.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Oct 19, 1992PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Oct 7, 1992FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
- Sep 29, 1992FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Vento moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Natural Resources Committee
- Sep 23, 1992CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Natural Resources Committee
- Sep 22, 1992CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Federal Lands Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Federal Lands Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- Sep 17, 1992CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Federal Lands Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Federal Lands Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- Aug 12, 1992CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Natural Resources Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.