106TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1619 
AN ACT 
To amend the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley Na-
tional Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 to expand the 
boundaries of the Corridor. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCE. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Herit-
age 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other provision is amended or repealed, such amendment 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 COR-
RIDOR; PURPOSE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 103(a) of the Act is 
amended by inserting ‘‘and the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts’’ after ‘‘State of Connecticut’’. 
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(b) PURPOSE.—Section 103(b) of the Act is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this title to pro-
vide assistance to the State of Connecticut and the Com-
monwealth of Massachusetts, their units of local and re-
gional government and citizens in the development and im-
plementation of integrated natural, cultural, historic, sce-
nic, 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 
(2) by inserting after ‘‘Woodstock’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘in the State of Connecticut, and the towns 
of Brimfield, Charlton, Dudley, E. Brookfield, Hol-
land, 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’’. 
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(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 Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(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 Com-
monwealth of Massachusetts (or the Governor’s des-
ignee) as a voting members of its Board of Direc-
tors. 
‘‘(C) The management entity shall provide the 
Governor with an annual report of its activities, pro-
grams, 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 in-
clude information relating to the objectives and man-
agement of the Corridor, including, but not limited 
to, each of the following: 
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‘‘(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 Mas-
sachusetts. 
‘‘(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 Con-
necticut and the Commonwealth of Massachu-
setts, their political subdivisions, nonprofit or-
ganizations, and other persons; 
‘‘(B) to enter into cooperative agreements 
with or provide technical assistance to the State 
of Connecticut and the Commonwealth of Mas-
sachusetts, their political subdivisions, nonprofit 
organizations, and other persons; 
‘‘(C) to hire and compensate staff; and 
‘‘(D) to contract for goods and services. 
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‘‘(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 sub-
section (a); 
(3) in subsection (a) (as so redesignated)— 
(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 ‘‘identi-
fied pursuant to the inventory required by sec-
tion 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 Common-
wealth of Massachusetts, their political subdivisions, non-
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profit 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 as-
sistance necessary to carry out this Act.’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(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 ‘‘Gov-
ernor’’ and inserting ‘‘management entity’’. 
SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 108 of the Act is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the pe-
riod the following: ‘‘and the Commonwealth of Mas-
sachusetts’’. 
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(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the pe-
riod the following: ‘‘and the Governor of the Com-
monwealth 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 Govern-
ments in Connecticut, (or their successors), and the 
Pioneer Valley Regional Planning Commission and 
the Southern Worcester County Regional Planning 
Commission (or their successors) in Massachu-
setts.’’; 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 
time to time. 
‘‘(7) The term ‘management entity’ means 
Quinebaug-Shetucket 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 appro-
priated 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) 50 PERCENT MATCH.—Federal funding pro-
vided under this title may not exceed 50 percent of the 
total cost of any assistance or grant provided or author-
ized under this title.’’. 
SEC. 10. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) LONG TITLE.—The long title of the Act is amend-
ed 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.’’. 
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(b) HEADING.—The heading for section 110 of the 
Act is amended by striking ‘‘SERVICE’’ and inserting 
‘‘SYSTEM’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 13, 
1999. 
Attest: 
Clerk. 
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