[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 415 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 415

 To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the 
 Taunton River in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a component of 
              the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 11, 2007

 Mr. Frank of Massachusetts (for himself and Mr. McGovern) 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 segments of the 
 Taunton River in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a component of 
              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. TAUNTON RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS.

    Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(___). Taunton river, massachusetts.--The segment 
        downstream from the headwaters, from the confluence of the Town 
        River and the Matfield River in Bridgewater to the Mount Hope 
        Bay in the city of Fall River, Massachusetts.''.
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