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                                                  Union Calendar No. 25
107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 182

                          [Report No. 107-36]

 To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the 
 Eight Mile River in the State of Connecticut for study for potential 
 addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2001

 Mr. Simmons (for himself, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. Shays, Mr. 
  Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Maloney of Connecticut, and Ms. DeLauro) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                               Resources

                             April 3, 2001

Reported with amendments, 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]

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the 
 Eight Mile River in the State of Connecticut for study for potential 
 addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Eight Mile River Wild and 
Scenic River Study Act of 2001''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. FINDINGS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Congress finds that--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the Eight Mile River in the State of 
        Connecticut possesses important resource values, including 
        wildlife, ecological, and scenic values, and historic sites and 
        a cultural past important to America's heritage;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) there is strong support among State and local 
        officials, area residents, and river users for a cooperative 
        wild and scenic river study of the area; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) there is a longstanding interest among State 
        and local officials, area residents, and river users in 
        undertaking a concerted cooperative effort to manage the river 
        in a productive and meaningful way.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. DESIGNATION FOR STUDY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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 new 
paragraph:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(138) Eight Mile River, Connecticut.--The segment from 
its headwaters downstream to its confluence with the Connecticut 
River.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(18) The study of the Eight Mile River, Connecticut, 
named in paragraph (138) of subsection (a) shall be completed by the 
Secretary of the Interior and the report thereon submitted to Congress 
not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this 
paragraph.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary to carry out this Act.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Eightmile River Wild and Scenic 
River Study Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) the Eightmile River in the State of Connecticut 
        possesses important resource values, including wildlife, 
        ecological, and scenic values, and historic sites and a 
        cultural past important to America's heritage;
            (2) there is strong support among State and local 
        officials, area residents, and river users for a cooperative 
        wild and scenic river study of the area; and
            (3) there is a longstanding interest among State and local 
        officials, area residents, and river users in undertaking a 
        concerted cooperative effort to manage the river in a 
        productive and meaningful way.

SEC. 3. 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 new paragraph:
    ``(138) Eightmile River, Connecticut.--The segment from its 
headwaters downstream to its confluence with the Connecticut River.''.

SEC. 4. 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 new paragraph:
    ``(18) The study of the Eightmile River, Connecticut, named in 
paragraph (138) of subsection (a) shall be completed by the Secretary 
of the Interior and the report thereon submitted to Congress not later 
than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this paragraph.''.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this Act.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``To amend the Wild and 
        Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Eightmile River 
        in the State of Connecticut for study for potential addition to 
        the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other 
        purposes.''.




                                                  Union Calendar No. 25

107th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 182

                          [Report No. 107-36]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the 
 Eight Mile River in the State of Connecticut for study for potential 
 addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other 
                               purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             April 3, 2001

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

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