[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1312 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1312

To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to direct the Secretary of the 
   Interior to conduct a study of the Deerfield River for potential 
 addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 1, 2023

  Mr. McGovern (for himself, Mr. Neal, and Ms. Balint) 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 direct the Secretary of the 
   Interior to conduct a study of the Deerfield River 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 ``Deerfield River Wild and Scenic 
River Study Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION FOR STUDY; REPORT.

    Section 5 of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1276) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(145) Deerfield river, massachusetts and vermont.--The 
        entire river, including--
                    ``(A) the North, South, East, and West Branches of 
                the Deerfield River; and
                    ``(B) the major tributaries of the Deerfield River, 
                including the Green River, North River, South River, 
                Clesson Brook, Chickley River, Cold River, Gulf Brook, 
                Bog Brook, and Dunbar Brook.''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(22) Deerfield river, massachusetts and vermont.--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 described in subsection 
                (a)(145); and
                    ``(B) submit to the appropriate committees of 
                Congress a report describing the results of such 
                study.''.
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