H. R. 1619
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
An Act
To amend the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor
Act of 1994 to expand the boundaries of the Corridor.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCE.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Quinebaug
and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Reauthor-
ization Act of 1999’’.
(b) REFERENCE.—Whenever in this Act a section or other provi-
sion is amended or repealed, such amendment or repeal shall be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 CORRIDOR; PURPOSE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 103(a) of the Act is amended by
inserting ‘‘and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’’ after ‘‘State
of Connecticut’’.
(b) PURPOSE.—Section 103(b) of the Act is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this title to provide assist-
ance to the State of Connecticut and the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, their units of local and regional government and
citizens in the development and implementation of integrated nat-
ural, cultural, historic, scenic, 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
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(2) by inserting after ‘‘Woodstock’’ the following: ‘‘in the
State of Connecticut, and the towns of Brimfield, Charlton,
Dudley, 
E. 
Brookfield, 
Holland, 
Oxford, 
Southbridge,
Sturbridge, and Webster in the Commonwealth of Massachu-
setts, which are contiguous areas in the Quinebaug and
Shetucket Rivers Valley, related by shared natural, cultural,
historic, and scenic resources’’.
(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 Secretary.
‘‘(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 Commonwealth of Massachusetts (or
the Governor’s designee) as a voting members of its Board
of Directors.
‘‘(C) The management entity shall provide the Governor
with an annual report of its activities, programs, 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 include information relating to the
objectives and management of the Corridor, including, but not
limited to, each of the following:
‘‘(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 Massachusetts.
‘‘(3) AUTHORITIES OF MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—For the pur-
pose 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 Connecticut and
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, their political sub-
divisions, nonprofit organizations, and other persons;
‘‘(B) to enter into cooperative agreements with or pro-
vide technical assistance to the State of Connecticut and
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, their political sub-
divisions, nonprofit organizations, and other persons;
‘‘(C) to hire and compensate staff; and
‘‘(D) to contract for goods and services.
‘‘(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 prop-
erty.’’.
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 subsection (a);
(3) in subsection (a) (as so redesignated)—
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(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 ‘‘identified pursuant
to the inventory required by section 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 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, their polit-
ical subdivisions, nonprofit organizations, and other persons to fur-
ther 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 assistance necessary to carry out this Act.’’;
and
(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
‘‘(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 ‘‘Governor’’ and
inserting ‘‘management entity’’.
SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS.
Section 108 of the Act is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the period the
following: ‘‘and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’’.
(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the period the
following: ‘‘and the Governor of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts’’;
(3) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘each of’’ and all that
follows and inserting the following: ‘‘the Northeastern Con-
necticut Council of Governments, the Windham Regional
Council of Governments, and the Southeastern Connecticut
Council of Governments in Connecticut, (or their successors),
and the Pioneer Valley Regional Planning Commission and
the Southern Worcester County Regional Planning Commission
(or their successors) in Massachusetts.’’; 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 Feb-
ruary 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 appropriated 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 Reauthor-
ization Act of 1999.
‘‘(b) FIFTY PERCENT MATCH.—Federal funding provided under
this title may not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of any assist-
ance or grant provided or authorized under this title.’’.
SEC. 10. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) LONG TITLE.—The long title of the Act is amended 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.’’.
(b) HEADING.—The heading for section 110 of the Act is
amended by striking ‘‘SERVICE’’ and inserting ‘‘SYSTEM’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.