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Union Calendar No. 49 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 723 
[Report No. 113–73] 
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the 
Beaver, Chipuxet, Queen, Wood, and Pawcatuck Rivers in the States 
of Connecticut and Rhode Island for study for potential addition to 
the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 14, 2013 
Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself, Mr. COURTNEY, and Mr. CICILLINE) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
MAY 17, 2013 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 14, 2013] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate 
a segment of the Beaver, Chipuxet, Queen, Wood, and 
Pawcatuck Rivers in the States of Connecticut and 
Rhode Island for study for potential addition to the 
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other 
purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Wood-Pawcatuck Water-
shed Protection Act’’. 
SEC. 
2. 
BEAVER, 
CHIPUXET, 
QUEEN, 
WOOD, 
AND 
PAWCATUCK RIVERS STUDY. 
(a) 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 following: 
‘‘(ll) BEAVER, CHIPUXET, QUEEN, WOOD, AND 
PAWCATUCK
RIVERS, 
RHODE
ISLAND
AND
CON-
NECTICUT.—The approximately 10-mile segment of 
the Beaver River from its headwaters in Exeter, 
Rhode Island, to its confluence with the Pawcatuck 
River; the approximately 5-mile segment of the 
Chipuxet River from Hundred Acre Pond to its outlet 
into Worden Pond; the approximately 10-mile seg-
ment of the upper Queen River from its headwaters 
to the Usquepaugh Dam in South Kingstown, Rhode 
Island, and including all its tributaries; the approxi-
mately 
5-mile 
segment 
of 
the 
lower 
Queen 
(Usquepaugh) River from the Usquepaugh Dam to its 
confluence with the Pawcatuck River; the approxi-
mately 11-mile segment of the upper Wood River from 
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its headwaters to Skunk Hill Road in Richmond and 
Hopkinton, Rhode Island, and including all its tribu-
taries; the approximately 10-mile segment of the lower 
Wood River from Skunk Hill Road to its confluence 
with the Pawcatuck River; the approximately 28-mile 
segment of the Pawcatuck River from Worden Pond 
to Nooseneck Hill Road (RI Rte 3) in Hopkinton and 
Westerly, Rhode Island; and the approximately 7-mile 
segment of the lower Pawcatuck River from Nooseneck 
Hill Road to Pawcatuck Rock, Stonington, Con-
necticut, and Westerly, Rhode Island.’’. 
(b) 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 following: 
‘‘(ll) BEAVER, CHIPUXET, QUEEN, WOOD, AND 
PAWCATUCK
RIVERS, 
RHODE
ISLAND
AND
CON-
NECTICUT.—Not later than 3 years after the date on 
which funds are made available to carry out this 
paragraph, the Secretary of the Interior shall— 
‘‘(A) complete the study of the Beaver, 
Chipuxet, Queen, Wood, and Pawcatuck Rivers, 
Rhode Island and Connecticut, described in sub-
section (a)(ll); 
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‘‘(B) submit a report describing the results 
of that study to the appropriate committees of 
Congress; 
‘‘(C) include in the report under subpara-
graph (B) the effect of the designation under this 
Act on— 
‘‘(i) existing commercial and rec-
reational activities, such as hunting, fish-
ing, trapping, recreational shooting, motor 
boat use, or bridge construction; 
‘‘(ii) the authorization, construction, 
operation, maintenance, or improvement of 
energy production and transmission infra-
structure; and 
‘‘(iii) the authority of State and local 
governments to manage those activities en-
compassed in clauses (i) and (ii); and 
‘‘(D) identify— 
‘‘(i) all authorities that will authorize 
or require the Secretary to influence local 
land use decisions (such as zoning) or place 
restrictions on non-Federal land if the area 
studied is designated under this paragraph; 
‘‘(ii) all authorities that the Secretary 
may use to condemn property if the area 
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studied is designated under this paragraph; 
and 
‘‘(iii) all private property located in 
the area studied under this provision.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 49 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 723 
[Report No. 113–73] 
A BILL 
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to des-
ignate a segment of the Beaver, Chipuxet, 
Queen, Wood, and Pawcatuck Rivers in the 
States of Connecticut and Rhode Island for study 
for potential addition to the National Wild and 
Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes. 
MAY 17, 2013 
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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