1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Nashua River Wild and Scenic River Act . 2. Nashua wild and scenic rivers, Massachusetts and New Hampshire (a) Designation of wild and scenic river segments Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1274(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (214) Nashua, Squannacook, and Nissitissit wild and scenic rivers, Massachusetts and New Hampshire (A) In general The following segments in the States of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior as a scenic river: (i) The approximately 27-mile segment of the mainstem of the Nashua River from the confluence of the North and South Nashua Rivers in Lancaster, Massachusetts, and extending north to the border between the States of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, except as provided in subparagraph (B). (ii) The approximately 16.3-mile segment of the Squannacook River from its headwaters in Ash Swamp, Townsend, Massachusetts, extending downstream to the confluence of the river with the Nashua River in Shirley and Ayer, Massachusetts, except as provided in subparagraph (B). (iii) The approximately 9.5-mile segment of the Nissitissit River from its headwaters in Brookline, New Hampshire, to the confluence of the river with the Nashua River in Pepperell, Massachusetts. (B) Excluded areas The designation of the river segments by subparagraph (A) shall not include— (i) with respect to the Ice House hydroelectric project (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Project P–12769), the area from 700 feet upstream from the crest of the dam to 500 feet downstream from the crest of the dam; (ii) with respect to the Pepperell hydroelectric project (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Project P–12721), the area from 9,240 feet upstream from the crest of the dam to 1,000 feet downstream from the crest of the dam