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One Hundred Sixth Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE FIRST SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,

the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine

An Act

To amend the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor

Act of 1994 to expand the boundaries of the Corridor.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCE.

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

and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Reauthorization Act of 1999’’.

(b) REFERENCE.—Whenever in this Act a section or other provision is amended or repealed, such amendment or repeal shall be

considered to be made to that section or other provision of the

Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor

Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–449; 16 U.S.C. 461 note).

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Section 102 of the Act is amended—

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

of Massachusetts’’ after ‘‘State of Connecticut’’;

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

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

and

(3) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by inserting ‘‘New

Haven,’’ after ‘‘Hartford,’’.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF QUINEBAUG AND SHETUCKET RIVERS

VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR; PURPOSE.

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

inserting ‘‘and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’’ after ‘‘State

of Connecticut’’.

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

as follows:

‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this title to provide assistance to the State of Connecticut and the Commonwealth of

Massachusetts, 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 lands, water, structures, and history

of the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley.’’.

SEC. 4. BOUNDARIES AND ADMINISTRATION.

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

(1) by inserting ‘‘Union,’’ after ‘‘Thompson,’’; and
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(2) by inserting after ‘‘Woodstock’’ the following: ‘‘in the

State of Connecticut, and the towns of Brimfield, Charlton,

Dudley, E. 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’’.

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

adding at the end the following:

‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATION.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—(A) The Corridor shall be managed by

the management entity in accordance with the management

plan, in consultation with the Governor and pursuant to a

compact with the Secretary.

‘‘(B) The management entity shall amend its by-laws to

add the Governor of Connecticut (or the Governor’s designee)

and the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (or

the Governor’s designee) as a voting members of its Board

of Directors.

‘‘(C) The management entity shall provide the Governor

with an annual report of its activities, programs, and projects.

An annual report prepared for any other purpose shall satisfy

the requirements of this paragraph.

‘‘(2) COMPACT.—To carry out the purposes of this Act, the

Secretary shall enter into a compact with the management

entity. The compact shall include information relating to the

objectives and management of the Corridor, including, but not

limited to, each of the following:

‘‘(A) A delineation of the boundaries of the Corridor.

‘‘(B) A discussion of goals and objectives of the Corridor,

including an explanation of the proposed approaches to

accomplishing the goals set forth in the management plan.

‘‘(C) A description of the role of the State of Connecticut

and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

‘‘(3) AUTHORITIES OF MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—For the purpose of achieving the goals set forth in the management plan,

the management entity may use Federal funds provided under

this Act—

‘‘(A) to make grants to the State of Connecticut and

the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, their political subdivisions, nonprofit organizations, and other persons;

‘‘(B) to enter into cooperative agreements with or provide technical assistance to the State of Connecticut and

the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, their political subdivisions, nonprofit organizations, and other persons;

‘‘(C) to hire and compensate staff; and

‘‘(D) to contract for goods and services.

‘‘(4) PROHIBITION ON ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY.—The

management entity may not use Federal funds received under

this Act to acquire real property or any interest in real property.’’.

SEC. 5. STATES CORRIDOR PLAN.

Section 105 of the Act is amended—

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

(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (a);

(3) in subsection (a) (as so redesignated)—
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(A) by striking the first sentence and all that follows

through ‘‘Governor,’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘The

management entity shall implement the management plan.

Upon request of the management entity,’’; and

(B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘identified pursuant

to the inventory required by section 5(a)(1)’’; and

(4) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(b) GRANTS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—For the purposes

of implementing the management plan, the management entity

may make grants or provide technical assistance to the State of

Connecticut and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 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 of the Act is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) by striking ‘‘Governor’’ each place it appears and

inserting ‘‘management entity’’;

(B) by striking ‘‘preparation and’’; and

(C) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Such assistance

shall include providing funds authorized under section 109

and technical assistance necessary to carry out this Act.’’;

and

(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

‘‘(b) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may not make

any grants or provide any assistance under this Act after September

30, 2009.’’.

SEC. 7. DUTIES OF OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.

Section 107 of the Act is amended by striking ‘‘Governor’’ and

inserting ‘‘management entity’’.

SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS.

Section 108 of the Act is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the period the

following: ‘‘and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’’.

(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the period the

following: ‘‘and the Governor of the Commonwealth of

Massachusetts’’;

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

follows and inserting the following: ‘‘the Northeastern Connecticut Council of Governments, the Windham Regional

Council of Governments, and the Southeastern Connecticut

Council of Governments in Connecticut, (or their successors),

and the Pioneer Valley Regional Planning Commission and

the Southern Worcester County Regional Planning Commission

(or their successors) in Massachusetts.’’; and

(4) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(6) 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’, the management plan

for the Corridor, as it may be amended or replaced from timeto-time.

‘‘(7) The term ‘management entity’ means QuinebaugShetucket Heritage Corridor, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation

(or its successor) incorporated in the State of Connecticut.’’.
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SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

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

‘‘SEC. 109. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appropriated under

this title not more than $1,000,000 for any fiscal year. Not more

than a total of $10,000,000 may be appropriated for the Corridor

under this title after the date of the enactment of the Quinebaug

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

‘‘(b) FIFTY PERCENT MATCH.—Federal funding provided under

this title may not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of any assistance or grant provided or authorized under this title.’’.

SEC. 10. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

(a) LONG TITLE.—The long title of the Act is amended to read

as follows: ‘‘An Act to establish the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers

Valley National Heritage Corridor in the State of Connecticut and

the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and for other purposes.’’.

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

amended by striking ‘‘SERVICE’’ and inserting ‘‘SYSTEM’’.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.