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Union Calendar No. 184

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1619

[Report No. 106–306]

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

SEPTEMBER 8, 1999

Additional sponsor: Ms. DELAURO

SEPTEMBER 8, 1999

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 29, 1999]

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,
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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 Heritage

4 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6 other provision is amended or repealed, such amendment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 or

8 other provision of the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Val9 ley National Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 (Public Law

10 103–449; 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 Con15 necticut’’;

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 in20 serting ‘‘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 pro9 grams in order to retain, enhance, and interpret the signifi10 cant features of the lands, water, structures, and history

11 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 following:

18 ‘‘in the State of Connecticut, and the towns of

19 Brimfield, Charlton, Dudley, E. Brookfield, Holland,

20 Oxford, Southbridge, Sturbridge, and Webster in the

21 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which are contig22 uous areas in the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers

23 Valley, related by shared natural, cultural, historic,

24 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 by10 laws to add the Governor of Connecticut (or the Gov11 ernor’s designee) and the Governor of the Common12 wealth of Massachusetts (or the Governor’s designee)

13 as a voting members of its Board of Directors.

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

15 Governor with an annual report of its activities, pro16 grams, and projects. An annual report prepared for

17 any other purpose shall satisfy the requirements of

18 this paragraph.

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

20 this Act, the Secretary shall enter into a compact

21 with the management entity. The compact shall in22 clude information relating to the objectives and man23 agement of the Corridor, including, but not limited

24 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 of

4 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 Massa9 chusetts.

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

11 For the purpose of achieving the goals set forth in the

12 management plan, the management entity may use

13 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 orga17 nizations, 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 Massa21 chusetts, 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 subsection

9 (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 im14 plement the management plan. Upon request of

15 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 the

21 purposes of implementing the management plan, the man22 agement entity may make grants or provide technical as23 sistance to the State of Connecticut and the Commonwealth

24 of Massachusetts, their political subdivisions, nonprofit or-
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1 ganizations, and other persons to further the goals set forth

2 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 Massa25 chusetts’’.
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1 (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the pe2 riod the following: ‘‘and the Governor of the Common3 wealth 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, the

7 Windham Regional Council of Governments, and the

8 Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments in

9 Connecticut, (or their successors), and the Pioneer

10 Valley Regional Planning Commission and the South11 ern Worcester County Regional Planning Commission

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

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

14 ‘‘(6) The term ‘management plan’ means the doc15 ument approved by the Governor of the State of Con16 necticut on February 16, 1999, and adopted by the

17 management entity, entitled ‘Vision to Reality: A

18 Management Plan’, the management plan for the Cor19 ridor, as it may be amended or replaced from time

20 to time.

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

22 Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor, Inc., a not23 for-profit corporation (or its successor) incorporated

24 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 be

7 appropriated for the Corridor under this title after the date

8 of the enactment of the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers

9 Valley National Heritage Corridor Reauthorization Act of

10 1999.

11 ‘‘(b) 50 PERCENT MATCH.—Federal funding provided

12 under this title may not exceed 50 percent of the total cost

13 of any assistance or grant provided or authorized under this

14 title.’’.

15 SEC. 10. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

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

17 to read as follows: ‘‘An Act to establish the Quinebaug and

18 Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor in the

19 State of Connecticut and the Commonwealth of Massachu20 setts, and for other purposes.’’.

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

22 is amended by striking ‘‘SERVICE’’ and inserting ‘‘SYS23 TEM’’.
Union Calendar No. 184

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1619

[Report No. 106–306]

A BILL

To amend the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers

expand the boundaries of the Corridor.Valley National Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 to

SEPTEMBER 8, 1999

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,