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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 723 

To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the 

Beaver, Chipuxet, Queen, Wood, and Pawcatuck Rivers in the States 

of Connecticut and Rhode Island for study for potential addition to 

the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 14, 2013 

Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself, Mr. COURTNEY, and Mr. CICILLINE) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate 

a segment of the Beaver, Chipuxet, Queen, Wood, and 

Pawcatuck Rivers in the States of Connecticut and 

Rhode Island for study for potential addition to the 

National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, 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 ‘‘Wood-Pawcatuck Wa5 tershed Protection Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. BEAVER, CHIPUXET, QUEEN, WOOD, AND 

2 PAWCATUCK RIVERS STUDY. 

3 (a) DESIGNATION FOR STUDY.—Section 5(a) of the 

4 Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1276(a)) is amend5 ed by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(ll) BEAVER, CHIPUXET, QUEEN, WOOD, 

7 AND PAWCATUCK RIVERS, RHODE ISLAND AND CON8 NECTICUT.—The approximately 10-mile segment of 

9 the Beaver River from its headwaters in Exeter, 

10 Rhode Island, to its confluence with the Pawcatuck 

11 River; the approximately 5-mile segment of the 

12 Chipuxet River from Hundred Acre Pond to its out13 let into Worden Pond; the approximately 10-mile 

14 segment of the upper Queen River from its head15 waters to the Usquepaugh Dam in South Kingstown, 

16 Rhode Island, and including all its tributaries; the 

17 approximately 5-mile segment of the lower Queen 

18 (Usquepaugh) River from the Usquepaugh Dam to 

19 its confluence with the Pawcatuck River; the ap20 proximately 11-mile segment of the upper Wood 

21 River from its headwaters to Skunk Hill Road in 

22 Richmond and Hopkinton, Rhode Island, and includ23 ing all its tributaries; the approximately 10-mile seg24 ment of the lower Wood River from Skunk Hill 

25 Road to its confluence with the Pawcatuck River; 

26 the approximately 28-mile segment of the Pawcatuck 


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1 River from Worden Pond to Nooseneck Hill Road 

2 (RI Rte 3) in Hopkinton and Westerly, Rhode Is3 land; and the approximately 7-mile segment of the 

4 lower Pawcatuck River from Nooseneck Hill Road to 

5 Pawcatuck Rock, Stonington, Connecticut, and 

6 Westerly, Rhode Island.’’. 

7 (b) STUDY AND REPORT.—Section 5(b) of the Wild 

8 and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1276(b)) is amended 

9 by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(ll) BEAVER, CHIPUXET, QUEEN, WOOD, 

11 AND PAWCATUCK RIVERS, RHODE ISLAND AND CON12 NECTICUT.—Not later than 3 years after the date on 

13 which funds are made available to carry out this 

14 paragraph, the Secretary of the Interior shall— 

15 ‘‘(A) complete the study of the Beaver, 

16 Chipuxet, Queen, Wood, and Pawcatuck Rivers, 

17 Rhode Island and Connecticut, described in 

18 subsection (a)(ll); and 

19 ‘‘(B) submit a report describing the results 

20 of that study to the appropriate committees of 

21 Congress.’’. 

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