106TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1619 

AN ACT 

To amend the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers 

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


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106TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1619 

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6 other provision is amended or repealed, such amendment 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 

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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: 

Clerk. 


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