[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3423 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3423

 To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the 
 Beaver, Chipuxet, Queen, Wood, and Pawcatuck Rivers in the States of 
 Connecticut and Rhode Island 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

                             July 23, 2012

 Mr. Reed (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, and Mr. Whitehouse) 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 a segment of the 
 Beaver, Chipuxet, Queen, Wood, and Pawcatuck Rivers in the States of 
 Connecticut and Rhode Island 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 ``Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Protection 
Act''.

SEC. 2. BEAVER, CHIPUXET, QUEEN, WOOD, AND PAWCATUCK RIVERS STUDY.

    (a) 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:
            ``(141) Beaver, chipuxet, queen, wood, and pawcatuck 
        rivers, rhode island and connecticut.--The following segments:
                    ``(A) The approximately 10-mile segment of the 
                Beaver River from the headwaters in Exeter, Rhode 
                Island, to the confluence with the Pawcatuck River.
                    ``(B) The approximately 5-mile segment of the 
                Chipuxet River from Hundred Acre Pond to the outlet 
                into Worden Pond.
                    ``(C) The approximately 10-mile segment of the 
                upper Queen River from the headwaters to the Usquepaugh 
                Dam in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, including all 
                tributaries of the upper Queen River.
                    ``(D) The approximately 5-mile segment of the lower 
                Queen (Usquepaugh) River from the Usquepaugh Dam to the 
                confluence with the Pawcatuck River.
                    ``(E) The approximately 11-mile segment of the 
                upper Wood River from the headwaters to Skunk Hill Road 
                in Richmond and Hopkinton, Rhode Island, including all 
                tributaries of the upper Wood River.
                    ``(F) The approximately 10-mile segment of the 
                lower Wood River from Skunk Hill Road to the confluence 
                with the Pawcatuck River.
                    ``(G) The approximately 28-mile segment of the 
                Pawcatuck River from Worden Pond to Nooseneck Hill Road 
                (Rhode Island Rte 3) in Hopkinton and Westerly, Rhode 
                Island.
                    ``(H) The approximately 7-mile segment of the lower 
                Pawcatuck River from Nooseneck Hill Road to Pawcatuck 
                Rock, Stonington, Connecticut, and Westerly, Rhode 
                Island.''.
    (b) 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:
            ``(20) Beaver, chipuxet, queen, wood, and pawcatuck rivers, 
        rhode island and connecticut.--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--
                    ``(A) complete the study of the Beaver, Chipuxet, 
                Queen, Wood, and Pawcatuck Rivers, Rhode Island and 
                Connecticut, described in subsection (a)(141); and
                    ``(B) submit to the appropriate committees of 
                Congress a report that describes the results of the 
                study.''.
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