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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2743 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2743

    To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and 
  Recreation Act to designate as a component of the National Heritage 
Area System the Finger Lakes National Heritage Area in the State of New 
                     York, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 7, 2023

Mrs. Gillibrand introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 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 Finger Lakes National Heritage Area in the State of New 
                     York, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Finger Lakes National Heritage Area 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF FINGER LAKES NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA.

    (a) Designation.--Section 6001(a) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. 
Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116-9; 133 
Stat. 768; 136 Stat. 6163) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(14) Finger lakes national heritage area.--
                    ``(A) In general.--There is established as a 
                component of the National Heritage Area System the 
                Finger Lakes National Heritage Area in the State of New 
                York, consisting of Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, 
                Livingston, Monroe, Onondaga, Ontario, Schuyler, 
                Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Wayne, and Yates 
                Counties, New York.
                    ``(B) Local coordinating entity.--The Finger Lakes 
                Tourism Alliance shall be the local coordinating entity 
                for the National Heritage Area designated by 
                subparagraph (A).''.
    (b) Management Plan.--For the purposes of section 6001(c) of the 
John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act 
(Public Law 116-9; 133 Stat. 772; 136 Stat. 6173), the local 
coordinating entity for the Finger Lakes National Heritage Area 
designated under the amendment made by subsection (a) shall submit to 
the Secretary of the Interior for approval a proposed management plan 
for the Finger Lakes National Heritage Area not later than 3 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (c) Termination of Authority.--For the purposes of subsection 
(g)(4) of section 6001 of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, 
Management, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116-9; 133 Stat. 776), the 
authority of the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance under 
that section for the Finger Lakes National Heritage Area designated 
under the amendment made by subsection (a) shall terminate on the date 
that is 15 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
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