PUBLIC LAW 101-356—AUG. 10, 1990 104 STAT. 417 Public Law 101-356 ... 101st Congress An Act To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 by designating a segment of the . ,„.^QQ Merrimack River in the State of New Hampshire for study for potential addition to —— '- the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes. [°- l"46j Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Merrimack ' ^ River Study Act SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. of 1990. This Act may be cited as the "Merrimack River Study Act of note 1990". SEC. 2. STUDY RIVER DESIGNATION. Section 5(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1276(a)), as amended, is further amended by adding the following new paragraph: "(106) MERRIMACK RIVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE. —The segment from its origin at the confluence of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee Rivers in Franklin, New Hampshire, to the backwater impoundment at Hooksett Dam, excluding the Garvins Falls Dam and its impoundment. ". SEC. 3. STUDY AND REPORT. Section 5(b) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 12760))), as amended, is further amended by adding the following new paragraph: "(8) The study of the Merrimack River, New Hampshire, shall be completed and the report thereon submitted not later than three years after the date of enactment of this paragraph.". SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Approved August 10, 1990. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1046: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 101-640 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORTS: No. 101-233 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 136 (1990): Jan. 24, considered and passed Senate. July 30, considered and passed House.
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