datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
the State’s plan approved under part A (as such 
plan was in effect on June 1, 1995)’’. 
(b) REDUCTION IN FEDERAL MATCHING RATE TO 
EXPAND ELIGIBILITY.—Section 474(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 
674(a)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘65 percent of’’ before 
‘‘the Federal’’. 
(c) GUARANTEED FOSTER CARE MAINTENANCE PAY-
MENT LEVELS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 474 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 674) is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘, 
subject to subsection (g)’’ before the semicolon; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) GUARANTEED FOSTER CARE MAINTENANCE 
PAYMENT LEVELS.—
‘‘(1) FOSTER
CARE
MAINTENANCE
PAYMENT 
LEVELS.—The amount described in this paragraph 
is—
‘‘(A) $1,836,000,000 in the case of fiscal 
year 2005; 
‘‘(B) $1,882,000,000 in the case of fiscal 
year 2006, increased by the total of the 
amounts (if any) by which the levels set by
paragraph (3)(A) for the fiscal year are in-
creased by reason of paragraph (3)(A)(ii); 
‘‘(C) $1,927,000,000 in the case of fiscal 
year 2007, increased by the total of the 
amounts (if any) by which the levels set by 
paragraph (3)(A) for the fiscal year are in-
creased by reason of paragraph (3)(A)(ii); 
‘‘(D) $1,971,000,000 in the case of fiscal 
year 2008, increased by the total of the 
amounts (if any) by which the levels set by 
paragraph (3)(A) for the fiscal year are in-
creased by reason of paragraph (3)(A)(ii); 
‘‘(E) $2,014,000,000 in the case of fiscal 
year 2009, increased by the total of the 
amounts (if any) by which the levels set by 
paragraph (3)(A) for the fiscal year are in-
creased by reason of paragraph (3)(A)(ii); 
‘‘(F) $2,056,000,000 in the case of fiscal 
year 2010, increased by the total of the 
amounts (if any) by which the levels set by 
paragraph (3)(A) for the fiscal year are in-
creased by reason of paragraph (3)(A)(ii); 
‘‘(G) $2,097,000,000 in the case of fiscal 
year 2011, increased by the total of the 
amounts (if any) by which the levels set by
HR 5011 IH 
(7) Regulation of these securities and life insur-
ance products and their sale on military bases has 
been clearly inadequate and will require further Con-
gressional legislation to address. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON FUTURE SALES OF PERIODIC PAY-
MENT PLANS. 
Section 27 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 
(15 U.S.C. 80a–27) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(j) TERMINATION OF SALES.— 
‘‘(1) TERMINATION.—On and after 30 days 
after the date of enactment of the Military Per-
sonnel Financial Services Protection Act, it shall be 
unlawful— 
‘‘(A) for any registered investment com-
pany to issue any periodic payment plan certifi-
cate; or 
‘‘(B) for such company, or any depositor of 
or underwriter for any such certificate, or any 
other person, to sell such a certificate. 
‘‘(2) NO INVALIDATION OF EXISTING CERTIFI-
CATES.—Paragraph (1) shall not be construed to 
alter, invalidate, or otherwise affect any rights or ob-
ligations, including rights of redemption, under any
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The United States courthouse located at 501 West
10th Street in Fort Worth, Texas, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘Eldon B. Mahon United States Court-
house’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the United
States courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be deemed
to be a reference to the ‘‘Eldon B. Mahon United States
Courthouse’’.
Passed the House of Representatives May 21, 2001.
Attest:
Clerk.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1801
To designate the United States courthouse located at 501 West 10th Street
in Fort Worth, Texas, as the ‘‘Eldon B. Mahon United States Courthouse’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 10, 2001
Ms. GRANGER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To designate the United States courthouse located at 501
West 10th Street in Fort Worth, Texas, as the ‘‘Eldon
B. Mahon United States Courthouse’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The United States courthouse located at 501 West
10th Street in Fort Worth, Texas, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘Eldon B. Mahon United States Court-
house’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the United
States courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be deemed
to be a reference to the ‘‘Eldon B. Mahon United States
Courthouse’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1801
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 22, 2001
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and
Public Works
AN ACT
To designate the United States courthouse located at 501
West 10th Street in Fort Worth, Texas, as the ‘‘Eldon
B. Mahon United States Courthouse’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The United States courthouse located at 501 West
10th Street in Fort Worth, Texas, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘Eldon B. Mahon United States Court-
house’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the United
States courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be deemed
to be a reference to the ‘‘Eldon B. Mahon United States
Courthouse’’.
Passed the House of Representatives May 21, 2001.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1802
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the depreciation
of property used in the generation of electricity.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 10, 2001
Mr. HERGER (for himself, Mr. JEFFERSON, and Mr. ENGLISH) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify
the depreciation of property used in the generation of
electricity.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DEPRECIATION OF PROPERTY USED IN THE
GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY.
(a) DEPRECIATION
OF PROPERTY USED
IN
THE
GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (C) of section
168(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (re-
lating to 7-year property) is amended by striking
‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (i), by redesignating
clause (ii) as clause (iii), and by inserting after
clause (i) the following new clause:
‘‘(ii) any property used in the genera-
tion of electricity, and’’.
(2) 10-YEAR CLASS LIFE.—The table contained
in section 168(g)(3)(B) of such Code is amended by
inserting below the item relating to subparagraph
(C)(i) the following new item:
‘‘(C)(ii) .......................................................................................
10’’.
(b) DEFINITION OF PROPERTY USED IN THE GEN-
ERATION OF ELECTRICITY.—Subsection (i) of section 168
of such Code is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(15) PROPERTY USED IN THE GENERATION OF
ELECTRICITY.—The term ‘property used in the gen-
eration of electricity’ means property used in nuclear
power production of electricity for sale, property
used in hydraulic power production of electricity for
sale, property used in steam power production of
electricity for sale, and property used in combustion
turbine production of electricity for sale. Such term
shall not include any property which, without regard
to this paragraph, has a class life of less than 10
years.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to property placed in service after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1805
To provide small businesses certain protections from litigation excesses and
to limit the product liability of nonmanufacturer product sellers.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 10, 2001
Mr. HUTCHINSON (for himself, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. BURR of North Carolina,
Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. CHABOT, and Mr. DOOLEY of California) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce,
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
A BILL
To provide small businesses certain protections from litiga-
tion excesses and to limit the product liability of non-
manufacturer product sellers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Small Business Liability Reform Act of 2001’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
this Act is as follows:
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1808
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide housing loan benefits
for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 10, 2001
Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself and Mr. QUINN) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide housing
loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative
apartment units.
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 ‘‘Veterans Housing
Fairness Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. RESIDENTIAL COOPERATIVE HOUSING UNITS.
(a) HOUSING BENEFITS FOR COOPERATIVE APART-
MENT UNITS.—Section 3710(a) of title 38, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(12) To purchase stock or membership in a
development, project or structure of a cooperative
housing corporation in accordance with subsection
(h).’’.
(b) CONDITIONS OF HOUSING BENEFITS FOR COOP-
ERATIVE APARTMENT UNITS.—Section 3710 of such title
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(h)(1) A loan may not be guaranteed under sub-
section (a)(12) unless the following conditions are met:
‘‘(A) The development, project or structure of
the cooperative housing corporation complies with
such criteria as the Secretary prescribes in regula-
tions.
‘‘(B) The dwelling unit, that the purchase of
stock or membership in the development, project or
structure of the cooperative housing corporation en-
titles the purchaser to occupy, is a one-family resi-
dential unit.
‘‘(2) For the purposes of this subsection, the term
‘cooperative housing corporation’ has the same meaning
given such term by section 216(b)(1) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986.
‘‘(3) For the purposes of applying the term ‘value of
the property’ to a loan guaranteed under subsection
(a)(12), such term means the appraised value of the stock
or membership entitling the purchaser to the permanent
occupancy of the dwelling unit in the development, project
or structure of the cooperative housing corporation.’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1811
To provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 10, 2001
Mr. MCINNIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of
taxes program, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘PILT and Refuge Rev-
enue Sharing Permanent Funding Act’’.
SEC. 2. PERMANENT FUNDING FOR PILT AND REFUGE REV-
ENUE SHARING.
(a) PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES.—Section 6906 of
title 31, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘§ 6901. Authorization of appropriations
‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary to the Secretary of the Interior to
carry out this chapter. Beginning in fiscal year 2002 and
each fiscal year thereafter, amounts authorized under this
chapter shall be made available to the Secretary of the
Interior, out of any other funds in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated and without further appropriation, for
obligation or expenditure in accordance with this chap-
ter.’’.
(b) REFUGE REVENUE SHARING.—Section 401(d) of
the Act of June 15, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 715s(d)), relating
to refuge revenue sharing, is amended by adding at the
end the following: ‘‘Beginning in fiscal year 2002 and each
fiscal year thereafter, such amount shall be made available
to the Secretary, out of any other funds in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated and without further appropria-
tion, for obligation or expenditure in accordance with this
section.’’.
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Union Calendar No. 426
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1811
[Report No. 107–688] 
To provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 10, 2001
Mr. MCINNIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2002
Additional sponsors: Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. PETERSON of Min-
nesota, Mr. WALDEN of Oregon, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. BALDACCI, Mr. 
SIMPSON, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. OTTER, 
Mr. HERGER, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. OSE, 
Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. THUNE, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. FROST, 
Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. STUMP, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. DOOLEY of California, 
Mr. SCHAFFER, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. CANNON, and Mr. WILSON of South 
Carolina 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2002
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
To provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of 
taxes program, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘PILT and Refuge Rev-
enue Sharing Permanent Funding Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PERMANENT FUNDING FOR PILT AND REFUGE REV-
ENUE SHARING. 
(a) PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES.—Section 6906 of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘§ 6901. Authorization of appropriations 
‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to the Secretary of the Interior to 
carry out this chapter. Beginning in fiscal year 2002 and 
each fiscal year thereafter, amounts authorized under this 
chapter shall be made available to the Secretary of the 
Interior, out of any other funds in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated and without further appropriation, for 
obligation or expenditure in accordance with this chap-
ter.’’. 
(b) REFUGE REVENUE SHARING.—Section 401(d) of 
the Act of June 15, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 715s(d)), relating 
to refuge revenue sharing, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: ‘‘Beginning in fiscal year 2002 and each 
fiscal year thereafter, such amount shall be made available
to the Secretary, out of any other funds in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated and without further appropria-
tion, for obligation or expenditure in accordance with this 
section.’’.
Union Calendar No. 426
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1811
[Report No. 107–688] 
A BILL 
To provide permanent funding for the payment in 
lieu of taxes program, and for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2002
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
by the amendment made by section 2 to Congress not later
than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Amend the long title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend
the National Trails System Act to designate the
Metacomet-Monadnock-Mattabesett 
Trail 
extending
through western Massachusetts and central Connecticut
for study for potential addition to the National Trails
System.’’.
TITLE IV—MODEL PROGRAM
AND CLEARINGHOUSE
SEC. 401. MODEL PROGRAM.
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Education, in consulta-
tion with the Attorney General, shall develop a model vio-
lence prevention program to be made available to local
educational agencies.
SEC. 402. CLEARINGHOUSE.
The Secretary of Education shall establish and main-
tain a national clearinghouse to provide technical assist-
ance regarding the establishment and operation of alter-
native violence prevention programs. The national clear-
inghouse shall make information regarding alternative vio-
lence prevention programs available to local educational
agencies.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1813
To amend title 10, United States Code, to revise the rules under the military
Survivor Benefit Plan for termination of an annuity paid to a surviving
spouse upon remarriage before age 55.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 10, 2001
Mr. MORAN of Kansas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to revise the rules
under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for termination
of an annuity paid to a surviving spouse upon remarriage
before age 55.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REVISION TO SPOUSE ANNUITY TERMINATION
PROVISIONS 
UNDER 
MILITARY 
SURVIVOR
BENEFIT PLAN.
(a) LIMITATION
ON TERMINATION
OF ANNUITY
UPON REMARRIAGE BEFORE AGE 55.—Section 1450(b)
of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by adding at the end of paragraph (2) the
following: ‘‘However, the annuity of a surviving
spouse shall not be terminated if the surviving
spouse and the person to whom section 1448 of this
title applies were married for a period of not less
than 10 years during which that person performed
service on active duty or, in the case of a person
providing a reserve-component annuity, for not less
than 10 years that were credited for purposes of re-
serve-component retired pay.’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘If’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘remarries’’ and inserting ‘‘If
an annuity of a surviving spouse or former spouse
is terminated under paragraph (2) by reason of re-
marriage’’.
(b) APPLICABILITY TO PRIOR TERMINATIONS.—In
the case of an annuity paid to a surviving spouse under
subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 10, United States
Code, that was terminated before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act by reason of the remarriage of the sur-
viving spouse before age 55, the annuity shall be resumed
if that annuity would not have been so terminated had
the provisions of section 1450(b)(2) of title 10, United
States Code, as amended by subsection (a)(1), been in ef-
fect at the time of such remarriage. Any such annuity
shall be resumed effective as of the first day of the first
month after the date of the enactment of this Act and
in the amount that would have been in effect if the annuity
had not been so terminated.
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paragraph (3)(A) for the fiscal year are in-
creased by reason of paragraph (3)(A)(ii); 
‘‘(H) $2,136,000,000 in the case of fiscal 
year 2012, increased by the total of the 
amounts (if any) by which the levels set by 
paragraph (3)(A) for the fiscal year are in-
creased by reason of paragraph (3)(A)(ii); 
‘‘(I) $2,173,000,000 in the case of fiscal 
year 2013, increased by the total of the 
amounts (if any) by which the levels set by 
paragraph (3)(A) for the fiscal year are in-
creased by reason of paragraph (3)(A)(ii); and 
‘‘(J) $2,210,000,000 in the case of fiscal 
year 2014, increased by the total of the 
amounts (if any) by which the levels set by 
paragraph (3)(A) for the fiscal year are in-
creased by reason of paragraph (3)(A)(ii). 
‘‘(2) RESERVATION OF FUNDS FOR THE TERRI-
TORIES AND INDIAN TRIBES.—For each fiscal year, 
from the dollar amount specified in paragraph (1) of 
this subsection for the fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall reserve for payments under this part—
‘‘(A) for Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern 
Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the 
United States Virgin Islands, a total sum equal
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5011 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 6, 2004 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs 
AN ACT 
To prevent the sale of abusive insurance and investment 
products to military personnel. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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 ‘‘Metacomet-Monad-
nock-Mattabesett Trail Study Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 
2. 
DESIGNATION 
OF 
METACOMET-MONADNOCK-
MATTABESETT TRAIL FOR STUDY FOR PO-
TENTIAL 
ADDITION 
TO 
THE 
NATIONAL
TRAILS SYSTEM.
Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16
U.S.C. 1244(c)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(ll) 
METACOMET-MONADNOCK-MATTABESETT
TRAIL.—The Metacomet-Monadnock-Mattabesett Trail, a
system of trails and potential trails extending southward
approximately 180 miles through western Massachusetts
on the Metacomet-Monadnock Trail, across central Con-
necticut on the Metacomet Trail and the Mattabesett
Trail, and ending at Long Island Sound.’’.
SEC. 3. EXPEDITED REPORT TO CONGRESS.
Notwithstanding the fourth sentence of section 5(b)
of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(b)),
the Secretary of the Interior shall submit the study re-
quired by the amendment made by section 2 to Congress
not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
Passed the House of Representatives October 23,
2001.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 1814
One Hundred Seventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two
An Act
To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Metacomet-Monadnock-
Mattabesett Trail extending through western Massachusetts and central Con-
necticut for study for potential addition to the National Trails System.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Metacomet-Monadnock-
Mattabesett Trail Study Act of 2002’’.
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF METACOMET-MONADNOCK-MATTABESETT
TRAIL FOR STUDY FOR POTENTIAL ADDITION TO THE
NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM.
Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C.
1244(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(ll) 
METACOMET-MONADNOCK-MATTABESETT
TRAIL.—The
Metacomet-Monadnock-Mattabesett Trail, a system of trails and
potential trails extending southward approximately 180 miles
through western Massachusetts on the Metacomet-Monadnock
Trail, across central Connecticut on the Metacomet Trail and the
Mattabesett Trail, and ending at Long Island Sound.’’.
SEC. 3. EXPEDITED REPORT TO CONGRESS.
Notwithstanding the fourth sentence of section 5(b) of the
National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(b)), the Secretary of
the Interior shall submit the study required by the amendment
H. R. 1814—2
made by section 2 to Congress not later than 2 years after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.