Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Reauthorization Act of 1999

Summary: Names Quinebaug- Shetucket Heritage Corridor, Inc. the management entity for the Corridor, with authority to make grants or loans to the States, local governments, nonprofit organizations, and other persons to further the goals set forth in the management plan adopted by the Governor of Connecticut on February 16, 1999.
Specifies regional planning organizations in Massachusetts which shall be involved in preserving the Corridor and ensuring appropriate use of lands and structures throughout it.
Increases the authorization of appropriations, and makes it permanent.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Quinebaug and 
Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Reauthorization Act 
of 1999''.
    (b) References.--Except as otherwise expressly provided, wherever 
in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an 
amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference 
shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the 
Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Act of 
1994 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; title I of Public Law 103-449).

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Section 102 is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``and the Commonwealth 
        of Massachusetts'' after ``State of Connecticut'';
            (2) by striking paragraph (2);
            (3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (9) as 
        paragraphs (2) through (8), respectively;
            (4) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by inserting 
        ``New Haven,'' after ``Hartford,''; and
            (5) in paragraph (8) (as so redesignated), by striking 
        ``regional and State agencies'' and inserting ``regional, and 
        State agencies,''.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF QUINEBAUG AND SHETUCKET RIVERS VALLEY NATIONAL 
              HERITAGE CORRIDOR; PURPOSE.

    Section 103 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``and the Commonwealth 
        of Massachusetts'' after ``State of Connecticut''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Purpose.--The purpose of this title is to provide assistance 
to the State of Connecticut and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and 
their units of local and regional government and citizens, in the 
development and implementation of integrated natural, cultural, 
historic, scenic, recreational, land, and other resource management 
programs in order to retain, enhance, and interpret the significant 
features of the land, water, structures, and history of the Quinebaug 
and Shetucket Rivers Valley.''.

SEC. 4. BOUNDARIES AND ADMINISTRATION.

    Section 104 is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence of subsection (a)--
                    (A) by inserting ``Union,'' after ``Thompson,''; 
                and
                    (B) by inserting before the period at the end the 
                following: ``in the State of Connecticut, and the towns 
                of Brimfield, Charlton, Dudley, East Brookfield, 
                Holland, Oxford, Southbridge, Sturbridge, and Webster 
                in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which are 
                contiguous areas in the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers 
                Valley, related by shared natural, cultural, historic, 
                and scenic resources''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Administration.--The Corridor shall be managed by Quinebaug-
Shetucket Heritage Corridor, Inc., in accordance with the management 
plan and in consultation with the Governors.''.

SEC. 5. MANAGEMENT PLAN.

    Section 105 is amended--
            (1) by striking the section heading and inserting the 
        following:

``SEC. 105. MANAGEMENT PLAN.'';

            (2) by striking subsections (a) and (b);
            (3) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (a);
            (4) in subsection (a) (as so redesignated)--
                    (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 
                ``Management'' before ``Plan'';
                    (B) by striking the first sentence and inserting 
                the following: ``The management entity shall implement 
                the management plan.'';
                    (C) in paragraph (5), by striking ``identified 
                pursuant to the inventory required in section 
                5(a)(1)''; and
                    (D) in paragraphs (6) and (7), by striking ``plan'' 
                each place it appears and inserting ``management 
                plan''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Grants and Loans.--The management entity may, for the 
purposes of implementing the management plan, make grants or loans to 
the States, their political subdivisions, nonprofit organizations, and 
other persons to further the goals set forth in the management plan.''.

SEC. 6. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.

    Section 106 is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 106. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.

    ``(a) In General.--Upon request of the management entity, the 
Secretary and the heads of other Federal agencies shall assist the 
management entity in the implementation of the management plan.
    ``(b) Forms of Assistance.--Assistance under subsection (a) shall 
include provision of funds authorized under section 109 and technical 
assistance necessary to carry out this Act.''.

SEC. 7. DUTIES OF OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.

    Section 107 is amended by striking ``Governor'' and inserting 
``management entity''.

SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 108 is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the period at the 
        end the following: ``and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts'';
            (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the period at the 
        end the following: ``and the Governor of the Commonwealth of 
        Massachusetts'';
            (3) in paragraph (5), by striking ``means each of'' and all 
        that follows and inserting the following: ``means--
                    ``(A) the Northeastern Connecticut Council of 
                Governments, the Windham Regional Council of 
                Governments, and the Southeastern Connecticut Council 
                of Governments in Connecticut (or any successor 
                council); and
                    ``(B) the Pioneer Valley Regional Planning 
                Commission and the Southern Worcester County Regional 
                Planning Commission in Massachusetts (or any successor 
                commission).''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) Management entity.--The term `management entity' 
        means Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor, Inc., a not-for-
        profit corporation incorporated under the law of the State of 
        Connecticut (or a successor entity).
            ``(7) Management plan.--The term `management plan' means 
        the document approved by the Governor of the State of 
        Connecticut on February 16, 1999, and adopted by the management 
        entity, entitled `Vision to Reality: A Management Plan', 
        comprising the management plan for the Corridor, as the 
        document may be amended or replaced from time to time.''.

SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 109 is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 109. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this title--
            ``(1) $1,500,000 for any fiscal year; but
            ``(2) not more than a total of $15,000,000.
    ``(b) Cost Sharing.--Federal funding provided under this title may 
not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of any assistance provided 
under this title.''.

SEC. 10. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

    Section 110 is amended in the section heading by striking 
``service'' and inserting ``system''.