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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 10016 

To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to designate as a component of the National Heritage Area 

System the Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area in the State 

of Kentucky. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 18, 2024 

Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to designate as a component 

of the National Heritage Area System the Kentucky 

Wildlands National Heritage Area in the State of Kentucky. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Kentucky Wildlands 

5 National Heritage Area Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF KENTUCKY WILDLANDS NA2 TIONAL HERITAGE AREA. 

3 (a) DESIGNATION.—Section 6001(a) of the John D. 

4 Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation 

5 Act (Public Law 116–9; 133 Stat. 768; 136 Stat. 6163) 

6 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(14) KENTUCKY WILDLANDS NATIONAL HER8 ITAGE AREA.— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There is established 

10 as a component of the National Heritage Area 

11 System the Kentucky Wildlands National Herit12 age Area in the State of Kentucky, consisting 

13 of Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, El14 liott, Estill, Floyd, Harlan, Jackson, Johnson, 

15 Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, 

16 Letcher, Madison, Magoffin, Martin, McCreary, 

17 Menifee, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Powell, 

18 Pulaski, Rockcastle, Rowan, Wayne, Whitley, 

19 and Wolfe Counties, Kentucky. 

20 ‘‘(B) LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY.— 

21 Eastern Kentucky PRIDE, a nonprofit organi22 zation established under the laws of the State 

23 of Kentucky, shall be the local coordinating en24 tity for the National Heritage Area designated 

25 by subparagraph (A).’’. 


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1 (b) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—For the purposes of sec2 tion 6001(c) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, 

3 Management, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116–9; 133 

4 Stat. 772; 136 Stat. 6173), the local coordinating entity 

5 for the Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area des6 ignated under the amendment made by subsection (a) 

7 shall submit to the Secretary of the Interior for approval 

8 a proposed management plan for the Kentucky Wildlands 

9 National Heritage Area not later than 3 years after the 

10 date of enactment of this Act. 

11 (c) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—For the purposes 

12 of subsection (g)(4) of section 6001 of the John D. Din13 gell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act 

14 (Public Law 116–9; 133 Stat. 776), the authority of the 

15 Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance under that 

16 section for the Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage 

17 Area designated under the amendment made by subsection 

18 (a) shall terminate on the date that is 15 years after the 

19 date of enactment of this Act. 

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