II 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2569 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014 
Received 
AN ACT 
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate 
segments of the Missisquoi River and the Trout River 
in the State of Vermont, as components of the National 
Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 
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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Upper Missisquoi and 
Trout Wild and Scenic Rivers Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF WILD AND SCENIC RIVER SEG-
MENTS. 
Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 
U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(208) MISSISQUOI RIVER AND TROUT RIVER, 
VERMONT.—The following segments in the State of 
Vermont, to be administered by the Secretary of the 
Interior as a recreational river: 
‘‘(A) The 20.5-mile segment of the 
Missisquoi River from the Lowell/Westfield 
town line to the Canadian border in North 
Troy, excluding the property and project bound-
ary of the Troy and North Troy hydroelectric 
facilities. 
‘‘(B) The 14.6-mile segment of the 
Missisquoi River from the Canadian border in 
Richford to the upstream project boundary of 
the Enosburg Falls hydroelectric facility in 
Sampsonville. 
‘‘(C) The 11-mile segment of the Trout 
River from the confluence of the Jay and Wade 
Brooks in Montgomery to where the Trout 
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River joins the Missisquoi River in East Berk-
shire.’’. 
SEC. 3. MANAGEMENT. 
(a) MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The river segments des-
ignated by paragraph (208) of section 3(a) of the 
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) 
shall be managed in accordance with— 
(A) the Upper Missisquoi and Trout Rivers 
Management Plan developed during the study 
described in section 5(b)(19) of the Wild and 
Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1276(b)(19)) (re-
ferred to in this section as the ‘‘management 
plan’’); and 
(B) such amendments to the management 
plan as the Secretary determines are consistent 
with this Act and as are approved by the Upper 
Missisquoi and Trout Rivers Wild and Scenic 
Committee (referred to in this section as the 
‘‘Committee’’). 
(2) COMPREHENSIVE
MANAGEMENT
PLAN.— 
The management plan, as finalized in March 2013, 
and as amended, shall be considered to satisfy the 
requirements for a comprehensive management plan 
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pursuant to section 3(d) of the Wild and Scenic Riv-
ers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(d)). 
(b) COMMITTEE.—The Secretary shall coordinate 
management responsibility of the Secretary of the Interior 
under this Act with the Committee, as specified in the 
management plan. 
(c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to provide for the 
long-term protection, preservation, and enhancement 
of the river segments designated by paragraph (208) 
of section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1274(a)), the Secretary of the Interior 
may enter into cooperative agreements pursuant to 
sections 10(e) and 11(b)(1) (16 U.S.C. 1281(e), 
1282(b)(1)) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 
with— 
(A) the State of Vermont; 
(B) 
the 
municipalities 
of 
Berkshire, 
Enosburg 
Falls, 
Enosburgh, 
Montgomery, 
North Troy, Richford, Troy, and Westfield; and 
(C) appropriate local, regional, statewide, 
or multi-state planning or recreational organiza-
tions consistent with the management plan. 
(2) CONSISTENCY.—Each cooperative agree-
ment entered into under this section shall be con-
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sistent with the management plan and may include 
provisions for financial or other assistance from the 
United States. 
(d) EFFECT ON EXISTING HYDROELECTRIC FACILI-
TIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The designation of the river 
segments by paragraph (208) of section 3(a) of the 
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)), 
does not— 
(A) preclude, prohibit, or restrict the Fed-
eral Energy Regulatory Commission from li-
censing, relicensing, or otherwise authorizing 
the operation or continued operation of the 
Troy Hydroelectric, North Troy, or Enosburg 
Falls hydroelectric project under the terms of 
licenses or exemptions in effect on the date of 
enactment of this Act; or 
(B) limit modernization, upgrade, or other 
changes to the projects described in paragraph 
(1). 
(2) HYDROPOWER
PROCEEDINGS.—Resource 
protection, mitigation, or enhancement measures re-
quired by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
hydropower proceedings— 
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(A) shall not be considered to be project 
works for purposes of this Act; and 
(B) may be located within the river seg-
ments designated by paragraph (208) of section 
3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 
U.S.C. 1274(a)). 
(e) LAND MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) ZONING ORDINANCES.—For the purpose of 
the segments designated in paragraph (208) of sec-
tion 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 
U.S.C. 1274(a)), the zoning ordinances adopted by 
the towns of Berkshire, Enosburg Falls, Enosburgh, 
Montgomery, North Troy, Richford, Troy, and West-
field in the State of Vermont, including provisions 
for conservation of floodplains, wetlands, and water-
courses associated with the segments, shall be con-
sidered to satisfy the standards and requirements of 
section 6(c) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 
U.S.C. 1277(c)). 
(2) ACQUISITIONS OF LAND.—The authority of 
the Secretary to acquire land for the purposes of the 
segments designated in paragraph (208) of section 
3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 
1274(a)) shall be— 
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(A) limited to acquisition by donation or 
exchange; and 
(B) subject to the additional criteria set 
forth in the management plan. 
(3) NO CONDEMNATION.—The Secretary of the 
Interior may not acquire by condemnation any land 
or interest in land within the boundaries of the river 
segments designated by paragraph (208) of section 
3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 
1274(a)). 
(4) 
WRITTEN
CONSENT
OF
OWNER
RE-
QUIRED.—No private property or non-Federal public 
property shall be included within the boundaries of 
the river segments designated by paragraph (208) of 
section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 
U.S.C. 1274(a)) without the written consent of the 
owner of that property. 
(f) RELATION TO NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM.—Not-
withstanding section 10(c) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1281(c)), the Missisquoi and Trout Rivers 
shall not be administered as part of the National Park 
System or be subject to regulations that govern the Na-
tional Park System. 
(g) NO BUFFER ZONE CREATED.—Nothing in this 
Act or the Upper Missisquoi and Trout Rivers Manage-
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ment Plan shall be construed to create buffer zones out-
side the designated river segment boundaries designated 
by paragraph (208) of section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic 
Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)). That activities or uses 
can be seen, heard, or detected from areas within the des-
ignated river segments shall not preclude, limit, control, 
regulate or determine the conduct of management of ac-
tivities or uses outside those designated river segments. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 15, 
2014. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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