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Calendar No. 373 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 817 

[Report No. 110–175] 

To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 

to provide additional authorizations for certain National Heritage Areas, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 8, 2007 

Mr. VOINOVICH (for himself, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. SPECTER, Mr. KERRY, Mr. 

CASEY, Mr. BROWN, and Mr. GRAHAM) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 

Reported by Mr. BINGAMAN, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to provide additional authorizations 

for certain National Heritage Areas, and for other purposes. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Heritage 

3 Areas and National Heritage Corridors Technical Correc4 tions Act of 2007’’. 

5 SEC. 2. BOUNDARIES OF THE RIVERS OF STEEL NATIONAL 

6 HERITAGE AREA. 

7 Section 403(b) of the Steel Industry American Herit8 age Area Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 

9 104–333) is amended by inserting ‘‘Butler,’’ before ‘‘Fay10 ette’’. 

11 SEC. 3. OHIO & ERIE NATIONAL HERITAGE CANALWAY 

12 TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 

13 The Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor 

14 Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 104–333) 

15 is amended— 

16 (1) by striking ‘‘Canal National Heritage Cor17 ridor’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘National 

18 Heritage Canalway’’; 

19 (2) in section 803— 

20 (A) by striking paragraph (2); 

21 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), 

22 (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), 

23 (5), and (6), respectively; 

24 (C) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by 

25 subparagraph (B)), by striking ‘‘808’’ and in26 serting ‘‘806’’; and 


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1 (D) in paragraph (6) (as redesignated by 

2 subparagraph (B)), by striking ‘‘807(a)’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘805(a)’’; 

4 (3) in the second sentence of section 804(b)(1), 

5 by striking ‘‘808’’ and inserting ‘‘806’’; 

6 (4) by striking sections 805 and 806; 

7 (5) by redesignating sections 807, 808, 809, 

8 810, 811, and 812 as sections 805, 806, 807, 808, 

9 809, and 810, respectively; 

10 (6) in section 805(c)(2) (as redesignated by 

11 paragraph (5)), by striking ‘‘808’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘806’’; 

13 (7) in section 806 (as redesignated by para14 graph (5))— 

15 (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘Com16 mittee’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’; 

17 (B) in subsection (a)(3)— 

18 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

19 ‘‘from the Committee’’; and 

20 (ii) in the first sentence of subpara21 graph (B), by striking ‘‘Committee’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘management entity’’; 

23 (C) in subsection (e), by striking 

24 ‘‘807(d)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘805(d)(1)’’; and 


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1 (D) in subsection (f), by striking 

2 ‘‘807(d)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘805(d)(1)’’; and 

3 (8) in section 808 (as redesignated by para4 graph (5))— 

5 (A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Com6 mittee or’’; and 

7 (B) in subsection (c), in the matter before 

8 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Committee’’ and in9 serting ‘‘management entity’’. 

10 SEC. 4. DELAWARE AND LEHIGH NATIONAL HERITAGE COR11 RIDOR LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY. 

12 The Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Cor13 ridor Act of 1988 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 100– 

14 692) is amended— 

15 (1) in section 9, by adding at the end the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(c) CORPORATION AS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ENTI18 TY.—Beginning on the date of enactment of this sub19 section, the Corporation shall be the local coordinating en20 tity for the Corridor. 

21 ‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION OF MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

22 The Corporation shall assume the duties of the Commis23 sion for the implementation of the Plan. 

24 ‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—The Corporation may use 

25 Federal funds made available under this Act— 


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1 ‘‘(1) to make grants to, and enter into coopera2 tive agreements with, the Federal Government, the 

3 Commonwealth, political subdivisions of the Com4 monwealth, nonprofit organizations, and individuals; 

5 ‘‘(2) to hire, train, and compensate staff; and 

6 ‘‘(3) to enter into contracts for goods and serv7 ices. 

8 ‘‘(f) RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS.—The Cor9 poration may not use Federal funds made available under 

10 this Act to acquire land or an interest in land.’’; 

11 (2) in section 10— 

12 (A) in the first sentence of subsection (c), 

13 by striking ‘‘shall assist the Commission’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘shall, on the request of the Corpora15 tion, assist’’; 

16 (B) in subsection (d)— 

17 (i) by striking ‘‘Commission’’ each 

18 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Corpora19 tion’’; 

20 (ii) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and 

21 inserting the following: 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 

23 (iii) by adding at the end the fol24 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Sec2 retary may enter into cooperative agreements with 

3 the Corporation and other public or private entities 

4 for the purpose of providing technical assistance and 

5 grants under paragraph (1). 

6 ‘‘(3) PRIORITY.—In providing assistance to the 

7 Corporation under paragraph (1), the Secretary 

8 shall give priority to activities that assist in— 

9 ‘‘(A) conserving the significant natural, 

10 historic, cultural, and scenic resources of the 

11 Corridor; and 

12 ‘‘(B) providing educational, interpretive, 

13 and recreational opportunities consistent with 

14 the purposes of the Corridor.’’; and 

15 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(e) TRANSITION MEMORANDUM OF UNDER17 STANDING.—The Secretary shall enter into a memo18 randum of understanding with the Corporation to en19 sure— 

20 ‘‘(1) appropriate transition of the local manage21 ment to the Corporation; and 

22 ‘‘(2) coordination with the Corporation regard23 ing the implementation of the Plan.’’; 

24 (3) in section 12— 


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1 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Com2 mission’’ each place it appears and inserting 

3 ‘‘Corporation’’; 

4 (B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking 

5 ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’; and 

6 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(d) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE.—The authority 

8 of the Secretary to provide assistance under this Act ter9 minates on the date that is 5 years after the date of enact10 ment of this subsection.’’; and 

11 (4) in section 14— 

12 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), 

13 and (6) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respec14 tively; and 

15 (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 

16 following: 

17 ‘‘(4) the term ‘Corporation’ means the Dela18 ware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, Incor19 porated, an organization described in section 

20 501(c)(3), and exempt from Federal tax under sec21 tion 501(a), of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;’’. 


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1 SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 

2 FOR CERTAIN NATIONAL HERITAGE AREAS 

3 AND NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDORS. 

4 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Division 

5 II of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management 

6 Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–333; 110 Stat. 4243) is 

7 amended in sections 409(a), 508(a), 608(a), and 810(a) 

8 (as redesignated by section (3)(a)(5)), by striking 

9 ‘‘$10,000,000’’ each place it appears and inserting 

10 ‘‘$15,000,000’’. 

11 (b) EVALUATIONS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years be13 fore the date on which authority for Federal funding 

14 terminates for each of the Ohio & Erie Canal Na15 tional Heritage Corridor, the Rivers Of Steel Na16 tional Heritage Area, the Essex National Heritage 

17 Area, and the South Carolina National Heritage 

18 Corridor, the Secretary of the Interior shall conduct 

19 an evaluation of, and prepare a report on, the ac20 complishments of the applicable national heritage 

21 area. 

22 (2) COMPONENTS.—An evaluation prepared 

23 under paragraph (1) shall— 

24 (A) assess the progress of the management 

25 entity with respect to— 


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1 (i) accomplishing the purposes of the 

2 authorizing legislation for the national her3 itage area; and 

4 (ii) achieving the goals and objectives 

5 of the approved management plan or herit6 age plan for the national heritage area; 

7 (B) analyze the Federal, State, local, and 

8 private investments in the national heritage 

9 area to determine the leverage and impact of 

10 the investments; 

11 (C) review the management structure, 

12 partnership relationships, and funding of the 

13 national heritage area for purposes of identi14 fying the critical components for the sustain15 ability of the national heritage area; and 

16 (D) recommend what the role, if any, of 

17 the National Park Service should be with re18 spect to the national heritage area. 

19 (3) REQUIRED ANALYSIS.—If a report prepared 

20 under paragraph (1) recommends that Federal fund21 ing for the national heritage area be reauthorized, 

22 the report shall include an analysis of— 

23 (A) ways in which Federal funding for the 

24 national heritage area may be reduced or elimi25 nated; and 


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1 (B) the appropriate time period necessary 

2 to achieve the recommended reduction or elimi3 nation. 

4 (4) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—On completion 

5 of a report under this subsection, the Secretary of 

6 the Interior shall submit the report to— 

7 (A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 

8 Resources of the Senate; and 

9 (B) the Committee on Natural Resources 

10 of the House of Representatives. 

11 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

12 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Heritage Areas 

13 and National Heritage Corridors Technical Corrections Act 

14 of 2007’’. 

15 SEC. 2. BOUNDARIES OF THE RIVERS OF STEEL NATIONAL 

16 HERITAGE AREA. 

17 Section 403(b) of the Steel Industry American Herit18 age Area Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 104– 

19 333) is amended by inserting ‘‘Butler,’’ before ‘‘Fayette’’. 

20 SEC. 3. OHIO & ERIE NATIONAL HERITAGE CANALWAY 

21 TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 

22 The Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor 

23 Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 104–333) is 

24 amended— 


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1 (1) by striking ‘‘Canal National Heritage Cor2 ridor’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘National 

3 Heritage Canalway’’; 

4 (2) by striking ‘‘the corridor’’ each place it ap5 pears and inserting ‘‘the Canalway’’; 

6 (3) in section 803— 

7 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The 

8 term ‘corridor’ ’’ and inserting ‘‘The term 

9 ‘Canalway’ ’’ ; 

10 (B) by striking paragraph (2); 

11 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), 

12 (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), 

13 and (6), respectively; 

14 (D) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by 

15 subparagraph (C)), by striking ‘‘808’’ and in16 serting ‘‘806’’; and 

17 (E) in paragraph (6) (as redesignated by 

18 subparagraph (C)), by striking ‘‘807(a)’’ and in19 serting ‘‘805(a)’’; 

20 (4) in section 804— 

21 (A) in the second sentence of subsection 

22 (b)(1), by striking ‘‘808’’ and inserting ‘‘806’’; 

23 and 

24 (B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘The cor25 ridor’’ and inserting ‘‘The Canalway’’; 


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1 (5) by striking sections 805 and 806; 

2 (6) by redesignating sections 807, 808, 809, 810, 

3 811, and 812 as sections 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, and 

4 810, respectively; 

5 (7) in section 805(c)(2) (as redesignated by 

6 paragraph (6)), by striking ‘‘808’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘806’’; 

8 (8) in section 806 (as redesignated by paragraph 

9 (6))— 

10 (A) in subsection (a)(1)— 

11 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘COM12 MITTEE’’ and inserting ‘‘SECRETARY’’; and 

13 (ii) by striking ‘‘Committee’’ and in14 serting ‘‘Secretary’’; 

15 (B) in subsection (a)(3)— 

16 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

17 ‘‘from the Committee.’’ and inserting a 

18 comma; and 

19 (ii) in the first sentence of subpara20 graph (B), by striking ‘‘Committee’’ and in21 serting ‘‘management entity’’; 

22 (C) in subsection (e), by striking 

23 ‘‘807(d)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘805(d)(1)’’; and 

24 (D) in subsection (f), by striking 

25 ‘‘807(d)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘805(d)(1)’’; 


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1 (9) in section 807(c) (as redesignated by para2 graph (6)), by striking ‘‘Cuyahoga Valley National 

3 Recreation Area’’ and inserting ‘‘Cuyahoga Valley 

4 National Park’’; 

5 (10) in section 808 (as redesignated by para6 graph (6))— 

7 (A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Com8 mittee or’’; and 

9 (B) in subsection (c), in the matter before 

10 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Committee’’ and in11 serting ‘‘management entity’’; and 

12 (11) in section 809 (as redesignated by para13 graph (6)), by inserting ‘‘financial’’ before ‘‘assist14 ance’’. 

15 SEC. 4. DELAWARE AND LEHIGH NATIONAL HERITAGE COR16 RIDOR LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY. 

17 The Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor 

18 Act of 1988 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 100–692) is 

19 amended— 

20 (1) in section 9— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘The Commission’’ and in22 serting the following: 

23 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission’’; and 

24 (B) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(b) CORPORATION AS LOCAL COORDINATING ENTI2 TY.—Beginning on the date of enactment of the National 

3 Heritage Areas and National Heritage Corridors Technical 

4 Corrections Act of 2007, the Corporation shall be the local 

5 coordinating entity for the Corridor. 

6 ‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION OF MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The 

7 Corporation shall assume the duties of the Commission for 

8 the implementation of the Plan. 

9 ‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—The Corporation may use Fed10 eral funds made available under this Act— 

11 ‘‘(1) to make grants to, and enter into coopera12 tive agreements with, the Federal Government, the 

13 Commonwealth, political subdivisions of the Common14 wealth, nonprofit organizations, and individuals; 

15 ‘‘(2) to hire, train, and compensate staff; and 

16 ‘‘(3) to enter into contracts for goods and serv17 ices. 

18 ‘‘(e) RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS.—The Corpora19 tion may not use Federal funds made available under this 

20 Act to acquire land or an interest in land.’’; 

21 (2) in section 10— 

22 (A) in the first sentence of subsection (c), by 

23 striking ‘‘shall assist the Commission’’ and in24 serting ‘‘shall, on the request of the Corporation, 

25 assist’’; 


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1 (B) in subsection (d)— 

2 (i) by striking ‘‘Commission’’ each 

3 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Corpora4 tion’’; 

5 (ii) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and 

6 inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 

8 (iii) by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Sec11 retary may enter into cooperative agreements with the 

12 Corporation and other public or private entities for 

13 the purpose of providing technical assistance and 

14 grants under paragraph (1). 

15 ‘‘(3) PRIORITY.—In providing assistance to the 

16 Corporation under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 

17 give priority to activities that assist in— 

18 ‘‘(A) conserving the significant natural, his19 toric, cultural, and scenic resources of the Cor20 ridor; and 

21 ‘‘(B) providing educational, interpretive, 

22 and recreational opportunities consistent with 

23 the purposes of the Corridor.’’; and 

24 (C) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(e) TRANSITION MEMORANDUM OF UNDER2 STANDING.—The Secretary shall enter into a memorandum 

3 of understanding with the Corporation to ensure— 

4 ‘‘(1) appropriate transition of management of 

5 the Corridor from the Commission to the Corporation; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(2) coordination regarding the implementation 

8 of the Plan.’’; 

9 (3) in section 11, in the matter preceding para10 graph (1), by striking ‘‘directly affecting’’; 

11 (4) in section 12— 

12 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Commis13 sion’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Cor14 poration’’; 

15 (B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘2007’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘2012’’; and 

17 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(d) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE.—The authority of 

19 the Secretary to provide financial assistance under this Act 

20 terminates on the date that is 5 years after the date of en21 actment of this subsection.’’; and 

22 (5) in section 14— 

23 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), 

24 and (6) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respec25 tively; and 


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1 (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(4) the term ‘Corporation’ means the Delaware 

4 & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, Incorporated, 

5 an organization described in section 501(c)(3), and 

6 exempt from Federal tax under section 501(a), of the 

7 Internal Revenue Code of 1986;’’. 

8 SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 

9 FOR CERTAIN NATIONAL HERITAGE AREAS 

10 AND NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDORS. 

11 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Division 

12 II of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management 

13 Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–333; 110 Stat. 4243) is 

14 amended in sections 409(a), 508(a), 608(a), and 810(a) (as 

15 redesignated by section (3)(a)(5)), by striking 

16 ‘‘$10,000,000’’ each place it appears and inserting 

17 ‘‘$15,000,000’’. 

18 (b) EVALUATIONS.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years before 

20 the date on which authority for Federal funding ter21 minates for each of the Ohio & Erie Canal National 

22 Heritage Corridor, the Rivers Of Steel National Her23 itage Area, the Essex National Heritage Area, and the 

24 South Carolina National Heritage Corridor, the Sec25 retary of the Interior shall conduct an evaluation of, 


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1 and prepare a report on, the accomplishments of the 

2 applicable national heritage area. 

3 (2) COMPONENTS.—An evaluation prepared 

4 under paragraph (1) shall— 

5 (A) assess the progress of the management 

6 entity with respect to— 

7 (i) accomplishing the purposes of the 

8 authorizing legislation for the national her9 itage area; and 

10 (ii) achieving the goals and objectives 

11 of the approved management plan or herit12 age plan for the national heritage area; 

13 (B) analyze the Federal, State, local, and 

14 private investments in the national heritage area 

15 to determine the leverage and impact of the in16 vestments; and 

17 (C) review the management structure, part18 nership relationships, and funding of the na19 tional heritage area for purposes of identifying 

20 the critical components for the sustainability of 

21 the national heritage area. 

22 (3) RECOMMENDATIONS.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—Based on the evaluation 

24 conducted under paragraph (1), the Secretary 

25 shall include in the report recommendations for 


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1 what role, if any, the National Park Service 

2 should have with respect to the national heritage 

3 area. 

4 (B) REQUIRED ANALYSIS.—If the Secretary 

5 recommends in the report that Federal funding 

6 for national heritage area be reauthorized, the 

7 report shall include an analysis of— 

8 (i) ways in which Federal funding for 

9 the national heritage area may be reduced 

10 or eliminated; and 

11 (ii) the appropriate time period nec12 essary to achieve the recommended reduc13 tion or elimination. 

14 (4) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—On completion 

15 of a report under this subsection, the Secretary of the 

16 Interior shall submit the report to— 

17 (A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 

18 Resources of the Senate; and 

19 (B) the Committee on Natural Resources of 

20 the House of Representatives. 

21 SEC. 6. NATIONAL COAL HERITAGE AREA TECHNICAL COR22 RECTIONS. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—The National Coal Heritage Area 

24 Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 104–333) is 

25 amended— 


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1 (1) in section 103(b)— 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘shall be shall be com3 prised’’ and inserting ‘‘shall be comprised’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘counties; and’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘counties’’; 

6 (2) in section 105— 

7 (A) in the first sentence— 

8 (i) by striking ‘‘The resources’’ and in9 serting the following: 

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The resources’’; 

11 (ii) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2) of’’; 

12 and 

13 (iii) by striking ‘‘include those set forth 

14 in’’ and inserting ‘‘include— 

15 ‘‘(1) resources in Lincoln County, West Virginia, 

16 and Paint Creek and Cabin Creek in Kanawha Coun17 ty, West Virginia, as determined to be appropriate by 

18 the National Coal Heritage Area Authority; and 

19 ‘‘(2) resources described in’’; and 

20 (B) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Pri21 ority consideration’’ and inserting the following: 

22 ‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—Priority consideration’’; and 

23 (3) in section 106— 

24 (A) in subsection (a)— 


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1 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 

2 (1), by striking ‘‘Governor’’ and all that fol3 lows through ‘‘Parks,’’ and inserting ‘‘Na4 tional Coal Heritage Area Authority’’; and 

5 (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking 

6 ‘‘State of West Virginia’’ and all that fol7 lows through ‘‘entities, or’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘National Coal Heritage Area Authority 

9 or’’; and 

10 (B) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘not’’ be11 fore ‘‘meet’’. 

12 (b) CONTINUATION OF AGREEMENT.—The contractual 

13 agreement entered into under section 104 of the National 

14 Coal Heritage Area Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public 

15 Law 104–333), as in effect on the day before the date of 

16 enactment of this Act, shall continue to be in effect, except 

17 that the contractual agreement shall be between the Sec18 retary of the Interior and the National Coal Heritage Area 

19 Authority rather than the Secretary of the Interior and the 

20 Governor of West Virginia. 


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Calendar No. 373 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 817 

[Report No. 110

–175] 

A BILL 

To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands 

Areas, and for other purposes. authorizations for certain National Heritage Management Act of 1996 to provide additional 

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 

Reported with an amendment 


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