Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Nashua River Wild and 
Scenic River Study Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION FOR STUDY. 
Section 5(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 
U.S.C. 1276(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(lll) NASHUA RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS.— 
(A) The approximately 19-mile segment of the 
mainstem of the Nashua River from the confluence of 
the North and South Nashua Rivers in Lancaster, 
Massachusetts, north to the Massachusetts/New Hamp-
shire State line, and its tributaries, except the ap-
proximately 4.8-mile segment of the mainstem of the 
Nashua River from the Route 119 bridge in Groton, 
Massachusetts downstream to its confluence with the 
Nissitissit River in Pepperell, Massachusetts. 
‘‘(B) The 10-mile segment of the Squannacook 
River from its headwaters at Ash Swamp downstream 
to its confluence with the Nashua River in Shirley/ 
Ayer, Massachusetts. 
‘‘(C) The 3.5-mile segment of the Nissitissit 
River from the Massachusetts/New Hampshire State 
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line downstream to its confluence with the Nashua 
River in Pepperell, Massachusetts.’’. 
SEC. 3. STUDY AND REPORT. 
Section 5(b) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 
U.S.C. 1276(b)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(ll) STUDY AND REPORT.—Not later than 3 
years after the date on which funds are made avail-
able to carry out this paragraph, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall complete the study of the Nashua River 
in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, as described 
in subsection (a)(lll), and submit a report de-
scribing the results of that study to the Committee on 
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
of the Senate.’’. 
SEC. 4. REPORT REQUIREMENTS. 
The report required under section 3 of this Act shall— 
(1) include a discussion of the effect of the des-
ignation of the area to be studied under this Act 
under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act on— 
(A) existing commercial and recreational 
activities, such as hunting, fishing, trapping, 
recreational shooting, motor boat use, or bridge 
construction; 
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(B) the authorization, construction, oper-
ation, maintenance, or improvement of energy 
production and transmission infrastructure; and 
(C) the authority of State and local govern-
ments to manage those activities encompassed in 
subparagraphs (A) and (B); and 
(2) identify— 
(A) all authorities that will authorize or re-
quire the Secretary of the Interior to influence 
local land use decisions (such as zoning) or place 
restrictions on non-Federal land if the area stud-
ied under this Act is designated under the Wild 
and Scenic Rivers Act; 
(B) all authorities that the Secretary of the 
Interior may use to condemn property if the 
area studied under this Act is designated under 
the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act; and 
(C) all private property located in the area 
to be studied under this Act. 
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Union Calendar No. 476 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5319 
[Report No. 112–658] 
A BILL 
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to des-
ignate segments of the mainstem of the Nashua 
River and its tributaries in the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts for study for potential addition to 
the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and 
for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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