[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1225 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  1st Session
                                S. 1225

  To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an inventory of 
 historic sites, buildings, and artifacts in the Champlain Valley and 
the upper Hudson River Valley, including the Lake George area, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            September 8 (legislative day, September 5), 1995

 Mr. Jeffords introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an inventory of 
 historic sites, buildings, and artifacts in the Champlain Valley and 
the upper Hudson River Valley, including the Lake George area, and for 
                            other purposes.
    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 ``Champlain Valley Heritage Corridor 
Inventory Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDING.

    Congress finds that certain sites located in the Champlain Valley 
and the upper Hudson River Valley, including the Lake George area, are 
key elements in the history of 250 years of conflict in the region and 
are appropriate for consideration as elements of a potential national 
heritage corridor.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Heritage corridor.--The term ``heritage corridor'' 
        means a coherent and identifiable region comprising natural and 
        cultural resources the integrity of which is integral to local 
        interests and worthy of national recognition.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 4. CHAMPLAIN VALLEY HERITAGE CORRIDOR INVENTORY.

    (a) Inventory.--
            (1) Scope.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct an 
                inventory of historic and cultural resources associated 
                with sites described in subparagraph (B), including a 
                detailed description of specific historic events, in 
                specific geographic contexts, related to the sites.
                    (B) Sites.--The sites referred to in subparagraphs 
                (A) and (C) are the battlefields, forts, historic 
                sites, and associated structures and properties 
                (including artifacts), that--
                            (i) are located in the area around the 
                        upper Hudson River, Lake Champlain, and Lake 
                        George; and
                            (ii) are thematically linked to the 
                        important conflicts that occurred between the 
                        European discovery of Lake Champlain in 1609 
                        and the end of the Civil War.
                    (C) Management options.--As part of the inventory, 
                the Secretary shall assess the suitability and 
                feasibility of designating sites described in 
                subparagraph (B) as part of a national heritage 
                corridor, which sites shall be administered 
                individually, as a unit, or through a combination of 
                administration individually and as a unit, by public 
                and private entities acting jointly.
                    (D) Economic impact analysis.--The inventory shall 
                include an analysis of any effects that the designation 
                of the sites as described in subparagraph (C) would 
                have on the economy of the region in which the sites 
                are located.
            (2) Consultation.--
                    (A) In general.--In conducting the inventory, the 
                Secretary shall consult with officials of State and 
                local governments, local historians and archaeologists, 
                owners of historic sites, Native Americans, local and 
                regional planning commissions, local and regional 
                chambers of commerce, interstate organizations, and 
                other interested parties.
                    (B) Consultation with canadian governments.--The 
                Secretary shall consult with officials of the 
                governments of Canada and the Province of Quebec to 
                determine means of linking historic sites along the 
                Richelieu River with related historic sites in the 
                United States in a heritage corridor.
            (3) Public hearings.--As part of the inventory, the 
        Secretary shall hold, at a minimum, 1 public hearing in the 
        State of Vermont and 1 public hearing in the State of New York. 
        With respect to each public hearing, the Secretary shall--
                    (A) notify any person known to the Secretary that 
                has previously expressed interest in the inventory; and
                    (B) publish notice in local newspapers.
    (b) Submission to Congress.--Not later than 2 years after the date 
on which funds are made available for the inventory required under this 
section, the Secretary shall submit a report describing the results of 
the inventory to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated $250,000 to carry out this 
Act.
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