United States · Bill · S
S. 1387 (109th)
John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Reauthorization Act of 2005
Introduced
13 July 2005
Last action
22 June 2006 · Committee
Status
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-663.
Sponsors
Sen. Chafee, Lincoln [R-RI], Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA], John Reed
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
24 March 2026
Summary
John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Reauthorization Act of 2005 - Requires the John. H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission to update the Cultural Heritage and Land Management Plan for the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor. Terminates the Commission ten years after this Act's enactment. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of sites and associated landscape features within the boundaries of the Corridor that contribute to the understanding of the Corridor as the birthplace of the industrial revolution in the United States, and evaluate the possibility of: (1) designating one or more site or landscape feature as a unit of the National Park System; and (2) coordinating and complementing actions by the Commission, local governments, and state and federal agencies in the preservation and interpretation of significant resources within the Corridor.
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Timeline
13 July 2005
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Source: IntroReferral
13 July 2005
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
22 June 2006
Committee
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-663.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 13 July 2005 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 13 July 2005
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 13 July 2005
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 13 July 2005
Sponsors
- Sen. Chafee, Lincoln [R-RI] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- John Reed · D · Sponsor
- · sseg00 · Standing
Related records
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/1387
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1387
- us · 109-s-1387 · source updated 24 March 2026