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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1619

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 14, 1999

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural

Resources

AN ACT

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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCE.

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

3 ‘‘Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Herit4 age Corridor Reauthorization Act of 1999’’.

5 (b) REFERENCE.—Whenever in this Act a section or

6 other provision is amended or repealed, such amendment

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

8 or other provision of the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers

9 Valley National Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 (Public

10 Law 103–449; 16 U.S.C. 461 note).

11 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

12 Section 102 of the Act is amended—

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

14 Commonwealth of Massachusetts’’ after ‘‘State of

15 Connecticut’’;

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

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

18 through (8), respectively; and

19 (3) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by

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

21 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF QUINEBAUG AND SHETUCKET

22 RIVERS VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE COR23 RIDOR; PURPOSE.

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

25 amended by inserting ‘‘and the Commonwealth of Massa26 chusetts’’ after ‘‘State of Connecticut’’.
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1 (b) PURPOSE.—Section 103(b) of the Act is amended

2 to read as follows:

3 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this title to pro4 vide assistance to the State of Connecticut and the Com5 monwealth of Massachusetts, their units of local and re6 gional government and citizens in the development and im7 plementation of integrated natural, cultural, historic, sce8 nic, recreational, land, and other resource management

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

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

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

12 SEC. 4. BOUNDARIES AND ADMINISTRATION.

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

14 amended—

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

16 and

17 (2) by inserting after ‘‘Woodstock’’ the fol18 lowing: ‘‘in the State of Connecticut, and the towns

19 of Brimfield, Charlton, Dudley, E. Brookfield, Hol20 land, Oxford, Southbridge, Sturbridge, and Webster

21 in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which are

22 contiguous areas in the Quinebaug and Shetucket

23 Rivers Valley, related by shared natural, cultural,

24 historic, and scenic resources’’.
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1 (b) ADMINISTRATION.—Section 104 of the Act is

2 amended by adding at the end the following:

3 ‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATION.—

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

5 managed by the management entity in accordance

6 with the management plan, in consultation with the

7 Governor and pursuant to a compact with the Sec8 retary.

9 ‘‘(B) The management entity shall amend its

10 by-laws to add the Governor of Connecticut (or the

11 Governor’s designee) and the Governor of the Com12 monwealth of Massachusetts (or the Governor’s des13 ignee) as a voting members of its Board of Direc14 tors.

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

16 Governor with an annual report of its activities, pro17 grams, and projects. An annual report prepared for

18 any other purpose shall satisfy the requirements of

19 this paragraph.

20 ‘‘(2) COMPACT.—To carry out the purposes of

21 this Act, the Secretary shall enter into a compact

22 with the management entity. The compact shall in23 clude information relating to the objectives and man24 agement of the Corridor, including, but not limited

25 to, each of the following:
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1 ‘‘(A) A delineation of the boundaries of the

2 Corridor.

3 ‘‘(B) A discussion of goals and objectives

4 of the Corridor, including an explanation of the

5 proposed approaches to accomplishing the goals

6 set forth in the management plan.

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

8 of Connecticut and the Commonwealth of Mas9 sachusetts.

10 ‘‘(3) AUTHORITIES OF MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—

11 For the purpose of achieving the goals set forth in

12 the management plan, the management entity may

13 use Federal funds provided under this Act—

14 ‘‘(A) to make grants to the State of Con15 necticut and the Commonwealth of Massachu16 setts, their political subdivisions, nonprofit or17 ganizations, and other persons;

18 ‘‘(B) to enter into cooperative agreements

19 with or provide technical assistance to the State

20 of Connecticut and the Commonwealth of Mas21 sachusetts, their political subdivisions, nonprofit

22 organizations, and other persons;

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

24 ‘‘(D) to contract for goods and services.
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1 ‘‘(4) PROHIBITION ON ACQUISITION OF REAL

2 PROPERTY.—The management entity may not use

3 Federal funds received under this Act to acquire real

4 property or any interest in real property.’’.

5 SEC. 5. STATES CORRIDOR PLAN.

6 Section 105 of the Act is amended—

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

8 (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub9 section (a);

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

11 (A) by striking the first sentence and all

12 that follows through ‘‘Governor,’’ and inserting

13 the following: ‘‘The management entity shall

14 implement the management plan. Upon request

15 of the management entity,’’; and

16 (B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘identi17 fied pursuant to the inventory required by sec18 tion 5(a)(1)’’; and

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

20 ‘‘(b) GRANTS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—For

21 the purposes of implementing the management plan, the

22 management entity may make grants or provide technical

23 assistance to the State of Connecticut and the Common24 wealth of Massachusetts, their political subdivisions, non-
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1 profit organizations, and other persons to further the

2 goals set forth in the management plan.’’.

3 SEC. 6. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.

4 Section 106 of the Act is amended—

5 (1) in subsection (a)—

6 (A) by striking ‘‘Governor’’ each place it

7 appears and inserting ‘‘management entity’’;

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

9 (C) by adding at the end the following:

10 ‘‘Such assistance shall include providing funds

11 authorized under section 109 and technical as12 sistance necessary to carry out this Act.’’; and

13 (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol14 lows:

15 ‘‘(b) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The Secretary

16 may not make any grants or provide any assistance under

17 this Act after September 30, 2009.’’.

18 SEC. 7. DUTIES OF OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.

19 Section 107 of the Act is amended by striking ‘‘Gov20 ernor’’ and inserting ‘‘management entity’’.

21 SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS.

22 Section 108 of the Act is amended—

23 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the pe24 riod the following: ‘‘and the Commonwealth of Mas25 sachusetts’’.
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1 (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the pe2 riod the following: ‘‘and the Governor of the Com3 monwealth of Massachusetts’’;

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

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

6 Northeastern Connecticut Council of Governments,

7 the Windham Regional Council of Governments, and

8 the Southeastern Connecticut Council of Govern9 ments in Connecticut, (or their successors), and the

10 Pioneer Valley Regional Planning Commission and

11 the Southern Worcester County Regional Planning

12 Commission (or their successors) in Massachu13 setts.’’; and

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

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

16 document approved by the Governor of the State of

17 Connecticut on February 16, 1999, and adopted by

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

19 Management Plan’, the management plan for the

20 Corridor, as it may be amended or replaced from

21 time to time.

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

23 Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor, Inc., a not24 for-profit corporation (or its successor) incorporated

25 in the State of Connecticut.’’.
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1 SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

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

3 ‘‘SEC. 109. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro5 priated under this title not more than $1,000,000 for any

6 fiscal year. Not more than a total of $10,000,000 may

7 be appropriated for the Corridor under this title after the

8 date of the enactment of the Quinebaug and Shetucket

9 Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Reauthorization

10 Act of 1999.

11 ‘‘(b) 50 PERCENT MATCH.—Federal funding pro12 vided under this title may not exceed 50 percent of the

13 total cost of any assistance or grant provided or author14 ized under this title.’’.

15 SEC. 10. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

16 (a) LONG TITLE.—The long title of the Act is amend17 ed to read as follows: ‘‘An Act to establish the Quinebaug

18 and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor

19 in the State of Connecticut and the Commonwealth of

20 Massachusetts, and for other purposes.’’.
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1 (b) HEADING.—The heading for section 110 of the

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

3 ‘‘SYSTEM’’.

Passed the House of Representatives September 13,

1999.

Attest: JEFF TRANDAHL,

Clerk.