[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 412 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 412

 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

                            January 23, 2013

 Ms. Tsongas 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 
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.
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