[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3667 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 3667


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 11, 2008

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the 
   Missisquoi and Trout Rivers in the State of Vermont for study for 
   potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 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 ``Missisquoi and Trout Rivers Wild and 
Scenic River Study Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. 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:
    ``(__) Missisquoi and Trout Rivers, Vermont.--The approximately 25-
mile segment of the upper Missisquoi from its headwaters in Lowell to 
the Canadian border in North Troy; the approximately 25-mile segment 
from the Canadian border in East Richford to Enosburg Falls; and 
approximately 20 miles of the Trout River from its headwaters to its 
confluence with the Missisquoi River.''.

SEC. 3. 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:
    ``(19) Missisquoi and Trout Rivers, Vermont.--Not later than 3 
years after funds are made available to carry out this paragraph, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall--
            ``(A) analyze any potential impacts on the possession or 
        use of a weapon, trap, or net, including a concealed weapon, on 
        the Missisquoi and Trout Rivers, Vermont, described in 
        subsection (a)(__) or on lands adjacent to that area;
            ``(B) include in the study completed under this paragraph 
        an assessment of any effect a wild and scenic designation in 
        the study area is likely to have on energy production, 
        transmission, or conveyance;
            ``(C) analyze the potential impact of the designation on 
        private lands within the Missisquoi and Trout Rivers, Vermont, 
        described in subsection (a)(__) or adjacent to that area;
            ``(D) complete the study of the Missisquoi and Trout 
        Rivers, Vermont, described in subsection (a)(__); and
            ``(E) submit a report describing the results of that study 
        to the appropriate committees of Congress.''.

SEC. 4. FUNDING.

    Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall be 
construed as authorizing appropriations to


              

 designate or otherwise create a new component of the national wild and 
scenic rivers system.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 10, 2008.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.