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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 817 

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 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Areas and National Heritage Corridors Technical Correc6 tions Act of 2007’’. 


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

2 HERITAGE AREA. 

3 Section 403(b) of the Steel Industry American Herit4 age Area Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 

5 104–333) is amended by inserting ‘‘Butler,’’ before ‘‘Fay6 ette’’. 

7 SEC. 3. OHIO & ERIE NATIONAL HERITAGE CANALWAY 

8 TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 

9 The Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor 

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

11 is amended— 

12 (1) by striking ‘‘Canal National Heritage Cor13 ridor’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘National 

14 Heritage Canalway’’; 

15 (2) in section 803— 

16 (A) by striking paragraph (2); 

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

18 (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), 

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

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

21 subparagraph (B)), by striking ‘‘808’’ and in22 serting ‘‘806’’; and 

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

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

25 inserting ‘‘805(a)’’; 


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

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

3 (4) by striking sections 805 and 806; 

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

5 810, 811, and 812 as sections 805, 806, 807, 808, 

6 809, and 810, respectively; 

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

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

9 ‘‘806’’; 

10 (7) in section 806 (as redesignated by para11 graph (5))— 

12 (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘Com13 mittee’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’; 

14 (B) in subsection (a)(3)— 

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

16 ‘‘from the Committee’’; and 

17 (ii) in the first sentence of subpara18 graph (B), by striking ‘‘Committee’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘management entity’’; 

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

21 ‘‘807(d)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘805(d)(1)’’; and 

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

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

24 (8) in section 808 (as redesignated by para25 graph (5))— 


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1 (A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Com2 mittee or’’; and 

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

4 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Committee’’ and in5 serting ‘‘management entity’’. 

6 SEC. 4. DELAWARE AND LEHIGH NATIONAL HERITAGE COR7 RIDOR LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY. 

8 The Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Cor9 ridor Act of 1988 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 100– 

10 692) is amended— 

11 (1) in section 9, by adding at the end the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(c) CORPORATION AS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ENTI14 TY.—Beginning on the date of enactment of this sub15 section, the Corporation shall be the local coordinating en16 tity for the Corridor. 

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

18 The Corporation shall assume the duties of the Commis19 sion for the implementation of the Plan. 

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

21 Federal funds made available under this Act— 

22 ‘‘(1) to make grants to, and enter into coopera23 tive agreements with, the Federal Government, the 

24 Commonwealth, political subdivisions of the Com25 monwealth, nonprofit organizations, and individuals; 


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

2 ‘‘(3) to enter into contracts for goods and serv3 ices. 

4 ‘‘(f) RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS.—The Cor5 poration may not use Federal funds made available under 

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

7 (2) in section 10— 

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

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

10 inserting ‘‘shall, on the request of the Corpora11 tion, assist’’; 

12 (B) in subsection (d)— 

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

14 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Corpora15 tion’’; 

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

17 inserting the following: 

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

19 (iii) by adding at the end the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Sec22 retary may enter into cooperative agreements with 

23 the Corporation and other public or private entities 

24 for the purpose of providing technical assistance and 

25 grants under paragraph (1). 


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

2 Corporation under paragraph (1), the Secretary 

3 shall give priority to activities that assist in— 

4 ‘‘(A) conserving the significant natural, 

5 historic, cultural, and scenic resources of the 

6 Corridor; and 

7 ‘‘(B) providing educational, interpretive, 

8 and recreational opportunities consistent with 

9 the purposes of the Corridor.’’; and 

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

11 ‘‘(e) TRANSITION MEMORANDUM OF UNDER12 STANDING.—The Secretary shall enter into a memo13 randum of understanding with the Corporation to en14 sure— 

15 ‘‘(1) appropriate transition of the local manage16 ment to the Corporation; and 

17 ‘‘(2) coordination with the Corporation regard18 ing the implementation of the Plan.’’; 

19 (3) in section 12— 

20 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Com21 mission’’ each place it appears and inserting 

22 ‘‘Corporation’’; 

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

24 ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’; and 

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


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

2 of the Secretary to provide assistance under this Act ter3 minates on the date that is 5 years after the date of enact4 ment of this subsection.’’; and 

5 (4) in section 14— 

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

7 and (6) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respec8 tively; and 

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

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(4) the term ‘Corporation’ means the Dela12 ware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, Incor13 porated, an organization described in section 

14 501(c)(3), and exempt from Federal tax under sec15 tion 501(a), of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;’’. 

16 SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 

17 FOR CERTAIN NATIONAL HERITAGE AREAS 

18 AND NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDORS. 

19 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Division 

20 II of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management 

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

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

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

24 ‘‘$10,000,000’’ each place it appears and inserting 

25 ‘‘$15,000,000’’. 


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1 (b) EVALUATIONS.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years be3 fore the date on which authority for Federal funding 

4 terminates for each of the Ohio & Erie Canal Na5 tional Heritage Corridor, the Rivers Of Steel Na6 tional Heritage Area, the Essex National Heritage 

7 Area, and the South Carolina National Heritage 

8 Corridor, the Secretary of the Interior shall conduct 

9 an evaluation of, and prepare a report on, the ac10 complishments of the applicable national heritage 

11 area. 

12 (2) COMPONENTS.—An evaluation prepared 

13 under paragraph (1) shall— 

14 (A) assess the progress of the management 

15 entity with respect to— 

16 (i) accomplishing the purposes of the 

17 authorizing legislation for the national her18 itage area; and 

19 (ii) achieving the goals and objectives 

20 of the approved management plan or herit21 age plan for the national heritage area; 

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

23 private investments in the national heritage 

24 area to determine the leverage and impact of 

25 the investments; 


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1 (C) review the management structure, 

2 partnership relationships, and funding of the 

3 national heritage area for purposes of identi4 fying the critical components for the sustain5 ability of the national heritage area; and 

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

7 the National Park Service should be with re8 spect to the national heritage area. 

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

10 under paragraph (1) recommends that Federal fund11 ing for the national heritage area be reauthorized, 

12 the report shall include an analysis of— 

13 (A) ways in which Federal funding for the 

14 national heritage area may be reduced or elimi15 nated; and 

16 (B) the appropriate time period necessary 

17 to achieve the recommended reduction or elimi18 nation. 

19 (4) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—On completion 

20 of a report under this subsection, the Secretary of 

21 the Interior shall submit the report to— 

22 (A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 

23 Resources of the Senate; and 


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1 (B) the Committee on Natural Resources 

2 of the House of Representatives. 

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