[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 162 (Friday, December 16, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S13934]
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 LOWER FARMINGTON RIVER AND SALMON BROOK WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS STUDY 
                              ACT OF 2005

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 435) to amend the Wild 
and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Farmington River 
and Salmon Brook in the State of Connecticut for study for potential 
addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other 
purposes, which had been reported from the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources, with an amendment.
  [Strike the part shown in black brackets and insert the part shown in 
italic.]

                                 S. 435

       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 ``Lower Farmington River and 
     Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2005''.

     SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL SEGMENT OF FARMINGTON RIVER 
                   AND SALMON BROOK IN CONNECTICUT FOR STUDY FOR 
                   POTENTIAL ADDITION TO 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:
       ``(139) Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook, 
     Connecticut.--The segment of the Farmington River downstream 
     from the segment designated as a recreational river by 
     section 3(a)(156) to its confluence with the Connecticut 
     River, and the segment of the Salmon Brook including its 
     mainstream and east and west branches.''.
       (b) Time for Submission.--Not later than 3 years after the 
     date [of enactment of] on which funds are made available to 
     carry out 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).
       (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out 
     this Act.

  The committee amendment was agreed to.
  The bill (S. 435), as amended, was read the third time and passed, as 
follows:
  (The bill will be printed in a future edition of the Record.)

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