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[H.R. 5319 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 476
112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5319

                          [Report No. 112-658]

 To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the 
mainstem of the Nashua River and its tributaries in the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts 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

                             April 27, 2012

Ms. Tsongas (for herself and Mr. Olver) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

                           September 10, 2012

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 
                               27, 2012]


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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the 
mainstem of the Nashua River and its tributaries in the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts 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 ``Nashua River Wild and Scenic River 
Study Act''.

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:
            ``(___) Nashua river, massachusetts.--(A) The approximately 
        19-mile segment of the mainstem of the Nashua River from the 
        confluence of the North and South Nashua Rivers in Lancaster, 
        Massachusetts, north to the Massachusetts/New Hampshire State 
        line, and its tributaries, except the approximately 4.8-mile 
        segment of the mainstem of the Nashua River from the Route 119 
        bridge in Groton, Massachusetts downstream to its confluence 
        with the Nissitissit River in Pepperell, Massachusetts.
            ``(B) The 10-mile segment of the Squannacook River from its 
        headwaters at Ash Swamp downstream to its confluence with the 
        Nashua River in Shirley/Ayer, Massachusetts.
            ``(C) The 3.5-mile segment of the Nissitissit River from 
        the Massachusetts/New Hampshire State line downstream to its 
        confluence with the Nashua River in Pepperell, 
        Massachusetts.''.

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:
            ``(__) Study and report.--Not later than 3 years after the 
        date on which funds are made available to carry out this 
        paragraph, the Secretary of the Interior shall complete the 
        study of the Nashua River in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, 
        as described in subsection (a)(___), and submit a report 
        describing the results of that study to the Committee on 
        Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.''.

SEC. 4. REPORT REQUIREMENTS.

     The report required under section 3 of this Act shall--
            (1) include a discussion of the effect of the designation 
        of the area to be studied under this Act under the Wild and 
        Scenic Rivers Act on--
                    (A) existing commercial and recreational 
                activities, such as hunting, fishing, trapping, 
                recreational shooting, motor boat use, or bridge 
                construction;
                    (B) the authorization, construction, operation, 
                maintenance, or improvement of energy production and 
                transmission infrastructure; and
                    (C) the authority of State and local governments to 
                manage those activities encompassed in subparagraphs 
                (A) and (B); and
            (2) identify--
                    (A) all authorities that will authorize or require 
                the Secretary of the Interior to influence local land 
                use decisions (such as zoning) or place restrictions on 
                non-Federal land if the area studied under this Act is 
                designated under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act;
                    (B) all authorities that the Secretary of the 
                Interior may use to condemn property if the area 
                studied under this Act is designated under the Wild and 
                Scenic Rivers Act; and
                    (C) all private property located in the area to be 
                studied under this Act.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 476

112th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 5319

                          [Report No. 112-658]

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                                 A BILL

 To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the 
mainstem of the Nashua River and its tributaries in the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts for study for potential addition to the National Wild and 
             Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes.

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                           September 10, 2012

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed