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Calendar No. 369

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1619

[Report No. 106–213]

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 14, 1999

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

Resources

NOVEMBER 2, 1999

Reported by Mr. MURKOWSKI, without amendment

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,

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

2 other provision is amended or repealed, such amendment

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

4 or other provision of the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers

5 Valley National Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 (Public

6 Law 103–449; 16 U.S.C. 461 note).

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

8 Section 102 of the Act is amended—

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

10 Commonwealth of Massachusetts’’ after ‘‘State of

11 Connecticut’’;

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

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

14 through (8), respectively; and

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

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

17 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF QUINEBAUG AND SHETUCKET

18 RIVERS VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE COR19 RIDOR; PURPOSE.

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

21 amended by inserting ‘‘and the Commonwealth of Massa22 chusetts’’ after ‘‘State of Connecticut’’.

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

24 to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this title to pro2 vide assistance to the State of Connecticut and the Com3 monwealth of Massachusetts, their units of local and re4 gional government and citizens in the development and im5 plementation of integrated natural, cultural, historic, sce6 nic, recreational, land, and other resource management

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

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

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

10 SEC. 4. BOUNDARIES AND ADMINISTRATION.

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

12 amended—

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

14 and

15 (2) by inserting after ‘‘Woodstock’’ the fol16 lowing: ‘‘in the State of Connecticut, and the towns

17 of Brimfield, Charlton, Dudley, E. Brookfield, Hol18 land, Oxford, Southbridge, Sturbridge, and Webster

19 in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which are

20 contiguous areas in the Quinebaug and Shetucket

21 Rivers Valley, related by shared natural, cultural,

22 historic, and scenic resources’’.

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

24 amended by adding at the end the following:

25 ‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATION.—
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—(A) The Corridor shall be

2 managed by the management entity in accordance

3 with the management plan, in consultation with the

4 Governor and pursuant to a compact with the Sec5 retary.

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

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

8 Governor’s designee) and the Governor of the Com9 monwealth of Massachusetts (or the Governor’s des10 ignee) as a voting members of its Board of Direc11 tors.

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

13 Governor with an annual report of its activities, pro14 grams, and projects. An annual report prepared for

15 any other purpose shall satisfy the requirements of

16 this paragraph.

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

18 this Act, the Secretary shall enter into a compact

19 with the management entity. The compact shall in20 clude information relating to the objectives and man21 agement of the Corridor, including, but not limited

22 to, each of the following:

23 ‘‘(A) A delineation of the boundaries of the

24 Corridor.
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1 ‘‘(B) A discussion of goals and objectives

2 of the Corridor, including an explanation of the

3 proposed approaches to accomplishing the goals

4 set forth in the management plan.

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

6 of Connecticut and the Commonwealth of Mas7 sachusetts.

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

9 For the purpose of achieving the goals set forth in

10 the management plan, the management entity may

11 use Federal funds provided under this Act—

12 ‘‘(A) to make grants to the State of Con13 necticut and the Commonwealth of Massachu14 setts, their political subdivisions, nonprofit or15 ganizations, and other persons;

16 ‘‘(B) to enter into cooperative agreements

17 with or provide technical assistance to the State

18 of Connecticut and the Commonwealth of Mas19 sachusetts, their political subdivisions, nonprofit

20 organizations, and other persons;

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

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

23 ‘‘(4) PROHIBITION ON ACQUISITION OF REAL

24 PROPERTY.—The management entity may not use
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1 Federal funds received under this Act to acquire real

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

3 SEC. 5. STATES CORRIDOR PLAN.

4 Section 105 of the Act is amended—

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

6 (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub7 section (a);

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

9 (A) by striking the first sentence and all

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

11 the following: ‘‘The management entity shall

12 implement the management plan. Upon request

13 of the management entity,’’; and

14 (B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘identi15 fied pursuant to the inventory required by sec16 tion 5(a)(1)’’; and

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

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

19 the purposes of implementing the management plan, the

20 management entity may make grants or provide technical

21 assistance to the State of Connecticut and the Common22 wealth of Massachusetts, their political subdivisions, non23 profit organizations, and other persons to further the

24 goals set forth in the management plan.’’.
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1 SEC. 6. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.

2 Section 106 of the Act is amended—

3 (1) in subsection (a)—

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

5 appears and inserting ‘‘management entity’’;

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

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

8 ‘‘Such assistance shall include providing funds

9 authorized under section 109 and technical as10 sistance necessary to carry out this Act.’’; and

11 (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol12 lows:

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

14 may not make any grants or provide any assistance under

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

16 SEC. 7. DUTIES OF OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.

17 Section 107 of the Act is amended by striking ‘‘Gov18 ernor’’ and inserting ‘‘management entity’’.

19 SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS.

20 Section 108 of the Act is amended—

21 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the pe22 riod the following: ‘‘and the Commonwealth of Mas23 sachusetts’’.

24 (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the pe25 riod the following: ‘‘and the Governor of the Com26 monwealth of Massachusetts’’;
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1 (3) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘each of’’ and

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

3 Northeastern Connecticut Council of Governments,

4 the Windham Regional Council of Governments, and

5 the Southeastern Connecticut Council of Govern6 ments in Connecticut, (or their successors), and the

7 Pioneer Valley Regional Planning Commission and

8 the Southern Worcester County Regional Planning

9 Commission (or their successors) in Massachu10 setts.’’; and

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

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

13 document approved by the Governor of the State of

14 Connecticut on February 16, 1999, and adopted by

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

16 Management Plan’, the management plan for the

17 Corridor, as it may be amended or replaced from

18 time to time.

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

20 Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor, Inc., a not21 for-profit corporation (or its successor) incorporated

22 in the State of Connecticut.’’.

23 SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

24 Section 109 of the Act is amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 109. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro3 priated under this title not more than $1,000,000 for any

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

5 be appropriated for the Corridor under this title after the

6 date of the enactment of the Quinebaug and Shetucket

7 Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Reauthorization

8 Act of 1999.

9 ‘‘(b) 50 PERCENT MATCH.—Federal funding pro10 vided under this title may not exceed 50 percent of the

11 total cost of any assistance or grant provided or author12 ized under this title.’’.

13 SEC. 10. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

14 (a) LONG TITLE.—The long title of the Act is amend15 ed to read as follows: ‘‘An Act to establish the Quinebaug

16 and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor

17 in the State of Connecticut and the Commonwealth of

18 Massachusetts, and for other purposes.’’.

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

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

21 ‘‘SYSTEM’’.

Passed the House of Representatives September 13,

1999.

Attest: JEFF TRANDAHL,

Clerk.
Calendar No. 369

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1619

[Report No. 106–213]

AN ACT

To amend the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers

Valley National Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 toexpand the boundaries of the Corridor.

NOVEMBER 2, 1999

Reported without amendment