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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1187 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to direct the Secretary of the |
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| 6 | 6 | | Interior to conduct a study of the Deerfield River for potential addition |
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| 7 | 7 | | to the national wild and scenic rivers system, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH27, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. M |
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| 11 | 11 | | ARKEY(for himself, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. WARREN, and Mr. WELCH) in- |
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| 12 | 12 | | troduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- |
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| 13 | 13 | | mittee on Energy and Natural Resources |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to direct the |
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| 16 | 16 | | Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the Deer- |
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| 17 | 17 | | field River for potential addition to the national wild |
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| 18 | 18 | | and scenic rivers system, and for other purposes. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Deerfield River Wild 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | and Scenic River Study Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SEC. 2. DESIGNATION FOR STUDY; REPORT. 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 5 of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | U.S.C. 1276) is amended— 8 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •S 1187 IS |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | following: 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘(147) D |
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| 33 | 33 | | EERFIELD RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | AND VERMONT.—The entire river, including— 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘(A) the North, South, East, and West 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Branches of the Deerfield River; and 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(B) the major tributaries of the Deerfield 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | River, including the Green River, North River, 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | South River, Clesson Brook, Chickley River, 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Cold River, Gulf Brook, Bog Brook, and Dun-10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | bar Brook.’’; and 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | following: 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(24) D |
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| 45 | 45 | | EERFIELD RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS AND 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | VERMONT.—Not later than 3 years after the date on 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | which funds are made available to carry out this 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | paragraph, the Secretary of the Interior shall— 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ‘‘(A) complete the study described in sub-18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | section (a)(147); and 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(B) submit to the appropriate committees 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | of Congress a report describing the results of 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | such study.’’. 22 |
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