119-s1187

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1187 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1187

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 March 27, 2025

 Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Warren, and Mr. Welch) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and 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 2025''.

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:
 ``

    (147) Deerfield river, massachusetts and vermont.--The 
 entire river, including--
 ``
        (A) the North, South, East, and West Branches of 
 the Deerfield River; and
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        (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:
 ``

    (24) 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--
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        (A) complete the study described in subsection

    (a)

    (147) ; and
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        (B) submit to the appropriate committees of 
 Congress a report describing the results of such 
 study.''.
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