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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1619

To amend the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 29, 1999

Mr. GEJDENSON (for himself and Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts) introduced the

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 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; REFERENCE.

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) REFERENCE.—Whenever in this Act a section or

8 other provision is amended or repealed, such amendment

9 or repeal shall be considered to be made to that section

10 or other provision of the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers
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1 Valley National Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 (Public

2 Law 103–449; 16 U.S.C. 461 note).

3 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

4 Section 102 of the Act is amended—

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

6 Commonwealth of Massachusetts’’ after ‘‘State of

7 Connecticut’’;

8 (2) by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating

9 paragraphs (3) through (9) as paragraphs (2)

10 through (8), respectively; and

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

12 inserting ‘‘New Haven,’’ after ‘‘Hartford,’’.

13 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF QUINEBAUG AND SHETUCKET

14 RIVERS VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE COR15 RIDOR; PURPOSE.

16 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 103(a) of the Act is

17 amended by inserting ‘‘and the Commonwealth of Massa18 chusetts’’ after ‘‘State of Connecticut’’.

19 (b) PURPOSE.—Section 103(b) of the Act is amended

20 to read as follows:

21 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this title to pro22 vide assistance to the State of Connecticut and the Com23 monwealth of Massachusetts, their units of local and re24 gional government and citizens in the development and im25 plementation of integrated natural, cultural, historic, sce-
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1 nic, recreational, land, and other resource management

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

3 significant features of the lands, water, structures, and

4 history of the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley.’’.

5 SEC. 4. BOUNDARIES AND ADMINISTRATION.

6 (a) BOUNDARIES.—Section 104(a) of the Act is

7 amended—

8 (1) by inserting ‘‘Union,’’ after ‘‘Thompson,’’;

9 and

10 (2) by inserting after ‘‘Woodstock’’ the fol11 lowing: ‘‘in the State of Connecticut, and the towns

12 of Brimfield, Charlton, Dudley, E. Brookfield, Hol13 land, Oxford, Southbridge, Sturbridge, and Webster

14 in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which are

15 contiguous areas in the Quinebaug and Shetucket

16 Rivers Valley, related by shared natural, cultural,

17 historic, and scenic resources’’.

18 (b) ADMINISTRATION.—Section 104 of the Act is

19 amended by adding at the end the following:

20 ‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Corridor shall be man21 aged by Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor, Inc., in

22 accordance with the management plan, in consultation

23 with the Governors of the State of Connecticut and the

24 Commonwealth of Massachusetts.’’.
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1 SEC. 5. STATES CORRIDOR PLAN.

2 Section 105 of the Act is amended—

3 (1) by striking subsections (a) and (b);

4 (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub5 section (a);

6 (3) in subsection (a) (as so redesignated)—

7 (A) by striking the first sentence and in8 serting the following: ‘‘The management entity

9 shall implement the management plan.’’; and

10 (B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘identi11 fied pursuant to the inventory required by sec12 tion 5(a)(1)’’; and

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

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

15 may, for the purposes of implementing the management

16 plan, make grants or loans to the State of Connecticut

17 and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, their political

18 subdivisions, nonprofit organizations, and other persons to

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

20 SEC. 6. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.

21 Section 106 of the Act is amended—

22 (1) in subsection (a)—

23 (A) by striking ‘‘(a) ASSISTANCE.—’’;

24 (B) by striking ‘‘Governor’’ each place it

25 appears and inserting ‘‘management entity’’;

26 (C) by striking ‘‘preparation and’’; and
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1 (D) by adding at the end the following:

2 ‘‘Such assistance shall include providing funds

3 authorized under section 109 and technical as4 sistance necessary to carry out this Act.’’; and

5 (2) by striking subsection (b).

6 SEC. 7. DUTIES OF OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.

7 Section 107 of the Act is amended by striking ‘‘Gov8 ernor’’ and inserting ‘‘management entity’’.

9 SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS.

10 Section 108 of the Act is amended—

11 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the pe12 riod the following: ‘‘and the Commonwealth of Mas13 sachusetts’’.

14 (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the pe15 riod the following: ‘‘and the Governor of the Com16 monwealth of Massachusetts’’;

17 (3) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘each of’’ and

18 all that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘the

19 Northeastern Connecticut Council of Governments,

20 the Windham Regional Council of Governments, and

21 the Southeastern Connecticut Council of Govern22 ments in Connecticut, (or their successors), and the

23 Pioneer Valley Regional Planning Commission and

24 the Southern Worcester County Regional Planning
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1 Commission (or their successors) in Massachu2 setts.’’; and

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

4 ‘‘(6) The term ‘management plan’ means the

5 document approved by the Governor of the State of

6 Connecticut on February 16, 1999, and adopted by

7 the management entity, entitled ‘Vision to Reality: A

8 Management Plan’, the management plan for the

9 Corridor, as it may be amended or replaced from

10 time to time.

11 ‘‘(7) The term ‘management entity’ means

12 Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor, Inc., a not13 for-profit corporation incorporated in the State of

14 Connecticut (or its successor).’’.

15 SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

16 Section 109 of the Act is amended to read as follows:

17 ‘‘SEC. 109. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro19 priated under this title not more than $1,500,000 for any

20 fiscal year. Not more than a total of $15,000,000 may

21 be appropriated for the Area under this title.

22 ‘‘(b) 50 PERCENT MATCH.—Federal funding pro23 vided under this title may not exceed 50 percent of the

24 total cost of any assistance or grant provided or author25 ized under this title.’’.
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1 SEC. 10. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

2 (a) LONG TITLE.—The long title of the Act is amend3 ed to read as follows: ‘‘An Act to establish the Quinebaug

4 and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor

5 in the State of Connecticut and the Commonwealth of

6 Massachusetts, and for other purposes.’’; and

7 (b) HEADING.—The heading for section 110 of the

8 Act is amended by striking ‘‘SERVICE’’ and inserting

9 ‘‘SYSTEM’’.

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