[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3139 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3139

  To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate the Perquimans 
  River and its tributaries in Perquimans County, North Carolina, 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

                             July 24, 2007

Mr. Butterfield (for himself, Mr. Shuler, Mr. Miller of North Carolina, 
  Mr. Price of North Carolina, and Mr. Watt) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate the Perquimans 
  River and its tributaries in Perquimans County, North Carolina, 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,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Perquimans River Wild and Scenic 
River Study Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF PERQUIMANS RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES IN 
              PERQUIMANS COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FOR STUDY FOR 
              POTENTIAL ADDITION TO NATIONAL WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS 
              SYSTEM.

    (a) Designation.--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:
    ``(139) Perquimans River, North Carolina.--The Perquimans River and 
its tributaries in Perquimans County, North Carolina.''.
    (b) Time for Submission.--Not later than three years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
submit to Congress a report containing the results of the study 
required by the amendment made by subsection (b).
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