[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2357 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2357

  To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate the Perquimans 
River and the tributaries of the Perquimans River 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 15, 2007

  Mr. Burr (for himself and Mrs. Dole) 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 amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate the Perquimans 
River and the tributaries of the Perquimans River 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 THE TRIBUTARIES OF THE 
              PERQUIMANS RIVER IN PERQUIMANS COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, 
              FOR STUDY FOR POTENTIAL ADDITION TO THE 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:
    ``(140) Perquimans River, North Carolina.--The Perquimans River and 
the tributaries of the Perquimans River in Perquimans County, North 
Carolina.''.
    (b) Deadline for Submission.--Not later than 3 years after the date 
of 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 (a).
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