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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 919

To amend the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage

Corridor Act of 1994 to expand the boundaries of the Corridor.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

APRIL 29, 1999

Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. KERRY, and Mr. KENNEDY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To amend the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 to expand the

boundaries of the Corridor.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES.

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the

5 ‘‘Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Herit6 age Corridor Reauthorization Act of 1999’’.

7 (b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise expressly

8 provided, wherever in this Act an amendment or repeal

9 is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of,
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1 a section or other provision, the reference shall be consid2 ered to be made to a section or other provision of the

3 Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage

4 Corridor Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; title I of Public

5 Law 103–449).

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 Section 102 is amended—

8 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and the

9 Commonwealth of Massachusetts’’ after ‘‘State of

10 Connecticut’’;

11 (2) by striking paragraph (2);

12 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through

13 (9) as paragraphs (2) through (8), respectively;

14 (4) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by

15 inserting ‘‘New Haven,’’ after ‘‘Hartford,’’; and

16 (5) in paragraph (8) (as so redesignated), by

17 striking ‘‘regional and State agencies’’ and inserting

18 ‘‘regional, and State agencies,’’.

19 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF QUINEBAUG AND SHETUCKET

20 RIVERS VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE COR21 RIDOR; PURPOSE.

22 Section 103 is amended—

23 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘and the

24 Commonwealth of Massachusetts’’ after ‘‘State of

25 Connecticut’’; and
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1 (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the

2 following:

3 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this title is to pro4 vide assistance to the State of Connecticut and the Com5 monwealth of Massachusetts, and their units of local and

6 regional government and citizens, in the development and

7 implementation of integrated natural, cultural, historic,

8 scenic, recreational, land, and other resource management

9 programs in order to retain, enhance, and interpret the

10 significant features of the land, water, structures, and his11 tory of the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley.’’.

12 SEC. 4. BOUNDARIES AND ADMINISTRATION.

13 Section 104 is amended—

14 (1) in the first sentence of subsection (a)—

15 (A) by inserting ‘‘Union,’’ after ‘‘Thomp16 son,’’; and

17 (B) by inserting before the period at the

18 end the following: ‘‘in the State of Connecticut,

19 and the towns of Brimfield, Charlton, Dudley,

20 East Brookfield, Holland, Oxford, Southbridge,

21 Sturbridge, and Webster in the Commonwealth

22 of Massachusetts, which are contiguous areas in

23 the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley, re24 lated by shared natural, cultural, historic, and

25 scenic resources’’; and
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1 (2) by adding at the end the following:

2 ‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Corridor shall be man3 aged by Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor, Inc., in

4 accordance with the management plan and in consultation

5 with the Governors.’’.

6 SEC. 5. MANAGEMENT PLAN.

7 Section 105 is amended—

8 (1) by striking the section heading and insert9 ing the following:

10 ‘‘SEC. 105. MANAGEMENT PLAN.’’;

11 (2) by striking subsections (a) and (b);

12 (3) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub13 section (a);

14 (4) in subsection (a) (as so redesignated)—

15 (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting

16 ‘‘MANAGEMENT’’ before ‘‘PLAN’’;

17 (B) by striking the first sentence and in18 serting the following: ‘‘The management entity

19 shall implement the management plan.’’;

20 (C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘identi21 fied pursuant to the inventory required in sec22 tion 5(a)(1)’’; and

23 (D) in paragraphs (6) and (7), by striking

24 ‘‘plan’’ each place it appears and inserting

25 ‘‘management plan’’; and
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1 (5) by adding at the end the following:

2 ‘‘(b) GRANTS AND LOANS.—The management entity

3 may, for the purposes of implementing the management

4 plan, make grants or loans to the States, their political

5 subdivisions, nonprofit organizations, and other persons to

6 further the goals set forth in the management plan.’’.

7 SEC. 6. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.

8 Section 106 is amended to read as follows:

9 ‘‘SEC. 106. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Upon request of the manage11 ment entity, the Secretary and the heads of other Federal

12 agencies shall assist the management entity in the imple13 mentation of the management plan.

14 ‘‘(b) FORMS OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance under sub15 section (a) shall include provision of funds authorized

16 under section 109 and technical assistance necessary to

17 carry out this Act.’’.

18 SEC. 7. DUTIES OF OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.

19 Section 107 is amended by striking ‘‘Governor’’ and

20 inserting ‘‘management entity’’.

21 SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS.

22 Section 108 is amended—

23 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the pe24 riod at the end the following: ‘‘and the Common25 wealth of Massachusetts’’;
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1 (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the pe2 riod at the end the following: ‘‘and the Governor of

3 the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’’;

4 (3) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘means each

5 of’’ and all that follows and inserting the following:

6 ‘‘means—

7 ‘‘(A) the Northeastern Connecticut Council

8 of Governments, the Windham Regional Council

9 of Governments, and the Southeastern Con10 necticut Council of Governments in Connecticut

11 (or any successor council); and

12 ‘‘(B) the Pioneer Valley Regional Planning

13 Commission and the Southern Worcester Coun14 ty Regional Planning Commission in Massachu15 setts (or any successor commission).’’; and

16 (4) by adding at the end the following:

17 ‘‘(6) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The term ‘man18 agement entity’ means Quinebaug-Shetucket Herit19 age Corridor, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation incor20 porated under the law of the State of Connecticut

21 (or a successor entity).

22 ‘‘(7) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘manage23 ment plan’ means the document approved by the

24 Governor of the State of Connecticut on February

25 16, 1999, and adopted by the management entity,
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1 entitled ‘Vision to Reality: A Management Plan’,

2 comprising the management plan for the Corridor,

3 as the document may be amended or replaced from

4 time to time.’’.

5 SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

6 Section 109 is amended to read as follows:

7 ‘‘SEC. 109. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro9 priated to carry out this title—

10 ‘‘(1) $1,500,000 for any fiscal year; but

11 ‘‘(2) not more than a total of $15,000,000.

12 ‘‘(b) COST SHARING.—Federal funding provided

13 under this title may not exceed 50 percent of the total

14 cost of any assistance provided under this title.’’.

15 SEC. 10. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

16 Section 110 is amended in the section heading by

17 striking ‘‘SERVICE’’ and inserting ‘‘SYSTEM’’.

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