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[S. 1225 Reported in Senate (RS)]





                                                       Calendar No. 472

104th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1225

                          [Report No. 104-297]

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                                 A BILL

  To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an inventory of 
history 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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                             June 27, 1996

        Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the title
                                                       Calendar No. 472
104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1225

                          [Report No. 104-297]

  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

                             June 27, 1996

 Reported by Mr. Murkowski, with an amendment and an amendment to the 
                                 title
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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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,

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

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Champlain Valley Heritage 
Corridor Inventory Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. FINDING.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    In this Act:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the 
        Secretary of the Interior.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. CHAMPLAIN VALLEY HERITAGE CORRIDOR 
              INVENTORY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Inventory.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Scope.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) are located in the area around 
                        the upper Hudson River, Lake Champlain, and 
                        Lake George; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Consultation.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) notify any person known to the 
                Secretary that has previously expressed interest in the 
                inventory; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) publish notice in local 
                newspapers.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>

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

<DELETED>    There are authorized to be appropriated $250,000 to carry 
out this Act.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``American Heritage Corridor Study Act 
of 1996''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Corridor.--The term ``Corridor'' means the area of the 
        Champlain Valley, upper Hudson River Valley, and Lake George in 
        Vermont and New York.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (3) State and local partners.--The term ``State and local 
        partners'' means a cooperative working group comprised of 
        officials of the States of Vermont and New York, local 
        government officials, 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 persons.

SEC. 3. STUDY.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary may provide technical and financial 
assistance to the State and local partners in development and 
conducting a study of the Corridor to--
            (1) determine the important conflicts that occurred in the 
        Corridor between 1609 and 1865;
            (2) identify the cultural and natural resources associated 
        with these conflicts;
            (3) determine which cultural and natural resources best 
        illustrate the conflicts of the Corridor;
            (4) assess the suitability and feasibility for 
        incorporation of those resources into the Corridor;
            (5) conduct an economic analysis of the effects that 
        incorporation into the Corridor would have on the immediate 
        area that contains the resources; and
            (6) identify potential management entities to coordinate 
        resources included in the Corridor.
    (b) Consultation.--The Secretary shall facilitate consultation 
between and among the Secretary, the State and local partners, and 
officials of the government of Canada and the Province of Quebec to 
determine means of linking historic sites along the Richelieu River and 
related sites in the United States in the Corridor.

SEC. 4. GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.

    After completion of the study under section 3, the Secretary may 
provide technical and financial assistance to the State and local 
partners in preparation of a general management plan for the Corridor 
that is based on the findings of the study.

SEC. 5. DESIGNATION.

    After completion of the study under section 3, the Secretary shall 
make a recommendation to Congress on the area or areas within the 
Corridor that should be included in a congressionally designated 
American Heritage Corridor.

SEC. 6. PERMISSION FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS.

    The Secretary may not include private property in the 
recommendation to Congress under section 5 without consent from the 
owner of the property.

SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated $250,000 to carry out this 
section.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to study and 
        recognize the historical significance of the Champlain Valley, 
        the upper Hudson River Valley, and the Lake George area, and 
        for other purposes.''.