HR 3104 IH
101st CONGRESS
1st Session
 H. R. 3104
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the
Pemigewasset River in the State of New Hampshire for study as a National
Wild and Scenic River.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 3, 1989
Mr. DOUGLAS (for himself and Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Interior and Insular
Affairs
A BILL
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the
Pemigewasset River in the State of New Hampshire for study as a National
Wild and Scenic River.
  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 `Pemigewasset River Study Act of 1989'.
SEC. 2. STUDY OF PEMIGEWASSET RIVER.
  Section 5(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1276(a)) is
  amended by adding the following new paragraph at the end thereof:
  `(  ) PEMIGEWASSET, NEW HAMPSHIRE- The segments from Profile Lake downstream
  to the southern boundary of Franconia Notch State Park and from the northern
  Thornton town line downstream to the Route 104 bridge in New Hampton;
  by the Secretary of the Interior.'.
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 the following new paragraph at the end thereof:
  `(8) The study of the Pemigewasset River, New Hampshire, shall be completed
  and the report thereon submitted not later than 3 years after the enactment
  of the Pemigewasset River Study Act of 1989.'.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
  For the purposes of conducting the study of the river segments named
  in section 2, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may
  be necessary.