16 U.S.C. § 410eeee–8 — General management plan; submission to Congressional committees

Within three years of November 10, 1978, the Secretary had to write and send a general management plan to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. The plan had to protect and develop the national river consistent with this law's purposes, and show: (1) steps to preserve the area's resources; (2) the kinds and general amount of development planned — including how visitors would move around and what transportation systems would be used — along with locations, timing, and expected costs; (3) how many visitors each part of the national river can handle, and commitments for putting that limit into practice; and (4) any possible changes to the national river's outer boundaries, and the reasons for them.