IIB
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1619
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 14, 1999
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources
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other provision is amended or repealed, such amendment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: