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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1327

To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of historic

sites, buildings, and artifacts in the Champlain Valley and the Upper

Hudson River Valley, including the Lake George area in the United

States and Canada, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 30 (legislative day, JUNE 30), 1993

Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself, Mr. LEAHY, and Mr. MOYNIHAM) introduced the

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study

of historic sites, buildings, and artifacts in the Champlain Valley and the Upper Hudson River Valley, including the Lake George area in the United States and

Canada, and for other purposes.

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.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Champlain Valley Her5 itage Study Act of 1993’’.
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1 SEC. 2. FINDING.

2 Congress finds that sites in the Upper Hudson River

3 Valley, in the Champlain Valley, and in the area around

4 Lake George there remain nationally and internationally

5 significant heritage sites that illustrate over 400 years of

6 a shared history of conflict and cooperation between the

7 United States and Canada; that these sites illustrate the

8 contest of cultures beginning in aboriginal times and ex9 tending through the era of imperial rivalry when the Brit10 ish and French vied for control of North America; that

11 these sites also reflect the territorial ambitions of the

12 American and Canadian peoples; and that the collective

13 natural, historic, and cultural resources of the region are

14 appropriate for consideration as a possible national or

15 international heritage corridor.

16 SEC. 3. HERITAGE CORRIDOR DEFINED.

17 As used in this Act, the term ‘‘heritage corridor’’

18 means a coherent and identifiable region comprised of nat19 ural and cultural resources whose integrity is integral to

20 local, regional, and national interests and worthy of na21 tional recognition.

22 SEC. 4. CHAMPLAIN VALLEY HERITAGE CORRIDOR STUDY.

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior (re24 ferred to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall conduct a

25 study of natural, historic, and cultural resources associ26 ated with sites described in subsection (c).
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1 (b) CONTENTS.—The study shall include—

2 (1) an inventory of specific historic and cultural

3 resources within the region;

4 (2) an inventory of existing local programs that

5 link historic, cultural, and natural resources;

6 (3) descriptions of events, in geographical con7 text, related to the historic properties;

8 (4) an assessment of the suitability and feasibil9 ity of designating the sites as part of a national or

10 international heritage corridor to be administered in11 dividually, as a unit, or by public-private partner12 ships;

13 (5) an analysis of any effects that the designa14 tion of the sites would have on the economy of the

15 region in which the sites are located; and

16 (6) an analysis of any effects that the designa17 tion of the sites would have on public and private

18 ownership, use, and development.

19 (c) SITES.—The study shall be conducted with re20 spect to the battlefields, forts, historic sites, and other as21 sociated historic landscapes, structures, and properties

22 that—

23 (1) are located in the area around the upper

24 Hudson River, Lake Champlain, and Lake George;

25 and
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1 (2) are thematically linked to the important

2 shared history of conflict and cooperation that oc3 curred between the time of aboriginal settlement

4 through significant eras of North American history

5 from earliest European settlement through the end

6 of the American Civil War and Canadian Confed7 eration (1867).

8 (d) CONSULTATION.—

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—In conducting the study, the

10 Secretary shall consult with—

11 (A) officials of State and local govern12 ments;

13 (B) local historians and archaeologists;

14 (C) owners of historic sites;

15 (D) Native Americans;

16 (E) local and regional planning commis17 sions;

18 (F) local and regional chambers of com19 merce;

20 (G) interstate citizens groups; and

21 (H) other interested parties.

22 (2) CONSULTATION WITH CANADIAN GOVERN23 MENTS.—The Secretary, acting through the Sec24 retary of State, shall request the appropriate offi25 cials of the governments of Canada and the province
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1 of Quebec to enter into discussions to determine

2 means of linking historic sites along the Richelieu

3 River with related historic sites of related interest in

4 the United States in an international heritage cor5 ridor.

6 (e) PUBLIC HEARINGS.—The Secretary shall pub7 licize and hold at least 2 public meetings, of which—

8 (1) 1 meeting shall be held in the State of Ver9 mont; and

10 (2) 1 meeting shall be held in the State of New

11 York.

12 (f) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2

13 years after the date on which funds are made available

14 for the study required under this Act, the Secretary shall

15 submit a report describing the results of the study to the

16 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen17 ate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House

18 of Representatives.

19 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

20 There are authorized to be appropriated $250,000 to

21 carry out this Act.

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