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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2260

To establish America’s Agricultural Heritage Partnership in Iowa, and for

other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 6, 1995

Mr. NUSSLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for

a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for

consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To establish America’s Agricultural Heritage Partnership in

Iowa, 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. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

4 (a) The Congress finds that—

5 (1) the city of Waterloo, Iowa, and northeast

6 Iowa of the State possess many important elements

7 of the nationally significant story of American agri8 culture, including Native American agriculture, agri9 cultural mechanization, seed hybridization, farm co-
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1 operative movements, rural electrification, farm-to2 market systems, rural to urban migration, veterinary

3 practice, food processing and preservation, national

4 farm organizations, international hunger relief, and

5 the development of national and international agri6 business;

7 (2) these resources offer outstanding and

8 unique opportunities to acknowledge and appreciate

9 the development of American agriculture;

10 (3) the National Park Service has determined

11 that the story of American agriculture is nationally

12 significant, that northeast Iowa is an ideal place to

13 tell that story, and that this story could be divided

14 into 4 principal topics for interpretation in northeast

15 Iowa: the Amazing Science of Agriculture, Agri16 culture as a Way of Life, Organizing for Survival,

17 and Crops from Field to Table;

18 (4) the responsibility for interpreting, retaining,

19 enhancing, and promoting the resources, values, and

20 amenities of Waterloo, Iowa and northeast Iowa re21 sides with volunteer associations, private businesses,

22 political subdivisions of the State, and the State of

23 Iowa; and

24 (5) despite the efforts by volunteer associations,

25 private businesses, political subdivisions of the State,
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1 and the State of Iowa, the cultural and historical re2 sources of the area have not realized full potential

3 and may be lost without some assistance from the

4 Federal Government.

5 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are—

6 (1) to interpret, retain, enhance, and promote

7 the unique and significant contributions to national

8 and international agriculture of certain natural, his9 toric, and cultural resources within Waterloo, Iowa,

10 and northeast Iowa;

11 (2) to provide a partnership management

12 framework to assist volunteer associations, private

13 businesses, political subdivisions of the State, and

14 the State of Iowa in developing and implementing

15 Management Plan policies and programs that will

16 assist in the interpretation, retention, enhancement,

17 and promotion of the cultural, natural, and rec18 reational resources of northeast Iowa;

19 (3) to allow for local, State, and Federal con20 tributions through limited grants and technical as21 sistance to create America’s Agricultural Heritage

22 Partnership through cooperative agreements among

23 volunteer associations, private businesses, political

24 subdivisions of the State, the State of Iowa, and

25 residents of the area; and
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1 (4) to provide for an economically self-sustain2 ing Partnership for the educational and inspirational

3 benefit of current and future generations concerning

4 the story of American agriculture.

5 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

6 As used in this Act:

7 (1) PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘Partnership’’

8 means the America’s Agricultural Heritage Partner9 ship as established by section 3(a).

10 (2) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The term ‘‘man11 agement entity’’ means the management entity as

12 established by section 4(a).

13 (3) POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.—The term ‘‘politi14 cal subdivision’’ means a political subdivision of the

15 State of Iowa, any part of which is located in or ad16 jacent to the area in which the Partnership’s Activi17 ties occur, including a county, city, or town.

18 (4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State

19 of Iowa.

20 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

21 the Secretary of Agriculture.

22 (6) PARTNERSHIP MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The

23 term ‘‘Partnership Management Plan’’ means the

24 plan as established in section 5(a).
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1 (7) ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘‘activities’’ means

2 the activities limited in section 3(b).

3 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AMERICA’S AGRICUL4 TURAL HERITAGE PARTNERSHIP.

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—To carry out this Act, there

6 is established in the State of Iowa the America’s Agricul7 tural Heritage Partnership upon publication by the Sec8 retary in the Federal Register of notice that a Partnership

9 Management Plan has been approved by the Secretary.

10 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The Partnership’s activities shall

11 be limited to the counties of northeast Iowa that are gen12 erally depicted in ‘‘Alternatives #2 and #3’’ described in

13 the 1995 National Park Service ‘‘Special Resource Study,

14 Cedar Valley, Iowa.’’.

15 (c) PARTICIPATION.—Nothing in this Act shall re16 quire any resident located in the area in which the Part17 nership’s activities occur to participate in or be associated

18 with the Partnership or the Partnership’s activities.

19 (d) AFFILIATIONS.—Nothing in this Act shall pro20 hibit future affiliations or designations of the Partnership

21 or Partnership Management Entity.

22 (e) GRANTS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND COOPER23 ATIVE AGREEMENTS.—

24 (1) GRANTS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—

25 The Secretary may make grants and provide tech-
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1 nical assistance to America’s Agricultural Heritage

2 Partnership to assist it in carrying out its purposes.

3 (2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Sec4 retary is authorized to enter into cooperative agree5 ments with private entities, the State of Iowa, or

6 any political subdivision thereof, and other Federal

7 entities, to further the purposes of this Act, the

8 Partnership, or the Partnership Management Entity.

9 SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AMERICA’S AGRICUL10 TURAL HERITAGE PARTNERSHIP MANAGE11 MENT ENTITY.

12 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a man13 agement entity for the Partnership based on the ‘‘Manage14 ment Option #5’’ outlined in the 1995 National Park

15 Service ‘‘Special Resource Study, Cedar Valley, Iowa’’ and

16 subject to the approval of the Secretary.

17 (b) PARTNERSHIP MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The Part18 nership management entity shall be established in the

19 Partnership Management Plan as established in section

20 5(a).

21 (c) COMPOSITION.—The membership of the manage22 ment entity may include persons affiliated with the follow23 ing entities: the American Association of Museums, Amer24 ican Farm Bureau, American Farmland Trust, Effigy

25 Mounds National Monument and Herbert Hoover Na-
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1 tional Historic Site, Iowa Department of Agriculture and

2 Land Stewardship, Iowa Department of Corrections, Iowa

3 Department of Cultural Affairs, Iowa Department of Eco4 nomic Development, National Trust for Historic Preserva5 tion, Smithsonian Institution, the State Historic Preserva6 tion Office of the State of Iowa, United States Depart7 ment of Agriculture, United States Department of Trans8 portation and the America’s Agricultural/Industrial Herit9 age Landscape, Inc.

10 SEC. 5. PARTNERSHIP MANAGEMENT PLAN.

11 (a) PREPARATION OF PARTNERSHIP MANAGEMENT

12 PLAN.—A Partnership Management Plan shall be submit13 ted to the Secretary for approval no later than one year

14 after the date of the enactment of this Act.

15 (b) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may provide tech16 nical assistance in the preparation of the Partnership

17 Management Plan.

18 SEC. 6. LAND USE REGULATION AND PRIVATE PROPERTY

19 PROTECTION.

20 (a) REGULATION.—Nothing in this Act shall be con21 strued to modify, enlarge, or diminish any authority of

22 Federal, State, and local governments to regulate any use

23 of privately owned land than that provided by current law

24 or regulation.
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1 (b) LAND USE.—Nothing in this Act shall be con2 strued to grant the powers of zoning, land use or con3 demnation to the Partnership Management Entity, the

4 Secretary or any other Federal, State, or local government

5 entity.

6 SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro8 priated not more than $400,000 annually for grants and

9 technical assistance under sections 3(e)(1) and 5(b).

10 (b) PERCENT OF COST.—Federal funding under sec11 tions 3(e)(1) and 5(b) shall not exceed 50 percent of the

12 total cost of the grant or technical assistance provided

13 under such section.

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