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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2058 

To establish the Steel Valley National Heritage Area in the States of 

Pennsylvania and Ohio, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 18, 2021 

Mr. RYAN (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mr. CARTWRIGHT) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To establish the Steel Valley National Heritage Area in 

the States of Pennsylvania and Ohio, 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 ‘‘Steel Valley National 

5 Heritage Area Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds as follows: 

8 (1) Until the late 1970s, the Mahoning Valley 

9 Steelmaking District was one of the five largest 

10 steelmaking areas in the world, at times even larger 


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1 than Pittsburgh, and its mills produced the steel 

2 that built America’s cities, supported its infrastruc3 ture, and strengthened its war efforts. 

4 (2) Jobs in the steel industry attracted immi5 grants from Europe, Latin America, and the Middle 

6 East, as well as thousands of African Americans 

7 moving North as part of the Great Migration. While 

8 these groups have interacted, become neighbors, and 

9 intermarried over the decades, ethnic identities re10 main strong in this area. This has produced both a 

11 strong sense of community and divisions that reflect 

12 national patterns of conflict over class, race, eth13 nicity, and religion. 

14 (3) The cultural legacy of the steel industry re15 mains long after many of the local mills shut down 

16 in the institutions created by both working people 

17 and civic and business leaders, ranging from ethnic 

18 churches to adult education programs aimed at help19 ing immigrants learn English and gain citizenship to 

20 the Butler Institute of America Art, the Youngstown 

21 Symphony, several museums focused on the history 

22 of the region, and a large city park that offers pro23 gramming in the arts, history, and outdoor activi24 ties. 


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1 (4) The Mahoning Valley Steelmaking District 

2 has a long history of labor and community activ3 ism— 

4 (A) helping to create the United Steel5 workers of America, which enabled many work6 ers to achieve middle-class lives; 

7 (B) organizing a significant community8 wide effort to keep the steel mills open after 

9 shutdowns were announced in the late 1970s; 

10 and 

11 (C) developing a nationally and inter12 nationally recognized model for community13 based planning in response to the economic and 

14 social challenges of deindustrialization, includ15 ing the Youngstown 2010 Plan and several on16 going grassroots neighborhood organizations 

17 that have led important efforts to revitalize the 

18 community. 

19 (5) While many aspects of this community’s 

20 history reflect the unique mix of the people who 

21 came here and the history of industries in this Val22 ley, the story of the Mahoning Valley Steelmaking 

23 District also reflects national patterns of industrial 

24 growth and change, migration and immigration, and 

25 cultural, civic, and labor organizing. 


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1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY.—The term 

4 ‘‘local coordinating entity’’ means the Steel Valley 

5 National Heritage Area Commission established by 

6 section 5(a). 

7 (2) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘manage8 ment plan’’ means the management plan for the Na9 tional Heritage Area required under section 6. 

10 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en11 titled ‘‘Steel Valley National Heritage Area’’ created 

12 by the Congressional Research Service. 

13 (4) NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA.—The term 

14 ‘‘National Heritage Area’’ means the Steel Valley 

15 National Heritage Area established by section 4(a). 

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

17 the Secretary of the Interior. 

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

19 of Ohio or the State of Pennsylvania, as appropriate. 

20 SEC. 4. STEEL VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA. 

21 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

22 State the Steel Valley National Heritage Area. 

23 (b) BOUNDARIES.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—The National Heritage Area 

25 shall consist of land located in the Counties of 

26 Trumbull and Mahoning in Ohio, and Mercer and 


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1 Lawrence Counties in Pennsylvania, as generally de2 picted on the map. 

3 (2) REVISION.—The boundaries of the National 

4 Heritage Area established under paragraph (1) may 

5 be revised if the revision is— 

6 (A) proposed in the management plan; 

7 (B) approved by the Secretary in accord8 ance with section 6; and 

9 (C) placed on file in accordance with sub10 section (c). 

11 (c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be on file 

12 and available for public inspection in the appropriate of13 fices of— 

14 (1) the National Park Service; and 

15 (2) the local coordinating entity. 

16 (d) LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY.—The Steel Val17 ley National Heritage Area Commission shall be the local 

18 coordinating entity for the National Heritage Area. 

19 SEC. 5. STEEL VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA COM20 MISSION. 

21 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Steel 

22 Valley National Heritage Area Commission. The purpose 

23 of the local coordinating entity shall be— 


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1 (1) to work with Federal, State, and local au2 thorities to develop and implement the management 

3 plan; and 

4 (2) to foster and enhance the integration of in5 dustrial steel and manufacturing-related historical, 

6 cultural, educational, natural, scenic, and rec7 reational initiatives within the National Heritage 

8 Area. 

9 (b) AUTHORITIES.—For purposes of implementing 

10 the management plan, the Secretary, acting through the 

11 local coordinating entity, may use amounts made available 

12 under section 10 to— 

13 (1) make grants to the State or a political sub14 division of the State, nonprofit organizations, and 

15 other persons; 

16 (2) assist others in developing educational, in17 formational, and interpretive programs and facilities; 

18 (3) enter into cooperative agreements with, or 

19 provide technical assistance to, the State or a polit20 ical subdivision of the State, nonprofit organizations, 

21 and other interested parties; 

22 (4) hire and compensate staff, which shall in23 clude individuals with expertise in historic preserva24 tion and restoration, cultural and natural resource 

25 management, interpretive planning and museum 


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1 services, heritage and education programming, eco2 nomic and community development, labor and work3 ing-class studies, and tourism; 

4 (5) establish such advisory groups as deemed 

5 necessary; 

6 (6) obtain money or services from any source, 

7 including any money or services that are provided 

8 under any other Federal law or program; 

9 (7) contract for goods or services; and 

10 (8) undertake to be a catalyst for any other ac11 tivity that— 

12 (A) furthers the purposes of the National 

13 Heritage Area; and 

14 (B) is consistent with the approved man15 agement plan. 

16 (c) DUTIES.—The local coordinating entity shall— 

17 (1) in accordance with section 6, prepare and 

18 submit a management plan to the Secretary; 

19 (2) assist units of local government, regional 

20 planning organizations, and nonprofit organizations 

21 in carrying out the approved management plan by— 

22 (A) carrying out programs and projects 

23 that recognize, preserve, and enhance the re24 maining elements of the original Mahoning Val25 ley Steel District; 


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1 (B) establishing and maintaining visitor 

2 centers, museums, and other interpretive exhib3 its and programs in the National Heritage 

4 Area; 

5 (C) developing recreational and educational 

6 opportunities in the National Heritage Area; 

7 (D) increasing public awareness of indus8 trial steel and manufacturing-related historical, 

9 cultural, educational, natural, scenic, and rec10 reational resources and sites within the Na11 tional Heritage Area; 

12 (E) identifying and restoring any historic 

13 building, site, or district consistent with Na14 tional Heritage Area themes; 

15 (F) ensuring that clear, consistent, and en16 vironmentally appropriate signs identifying 

17 points of access and sites of interest are posted 

18 throughout the National Heritage Area; and 

19 (G) promoting a wide range of partner20 ships among governments, organizations, com21 munities, and individuals to further the Na22 tional Heritage Area; 

23 (3) consider the interests and perspectives of di24 verse units of government, businesses, organizations, 

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1 age Area in the preparation and implementation of 

2 the management plan; and 

3 (4) encourage, by appropriate means, economic 

4 viability that is consistent with the National Herit5 age Area. 

6 (d) PROHIBITION ON THE ACQUISITION OF REAL

7 PROPERTY.—The local coordinating entity shall not use 

8 Federal funds made available under section 10 to acquire 

9 real property or any interest in real property. 

10 (e) MEMBERSHIP.—The local coordinating entity 

11 shall be composed of 23 members, as follows: 

12 (1) The Secretary of the Interior, ex officio, or 

13 the Secretary’s designee. 

14 (2) Ten members, appointed by the Secretary 

15 after consideration of recommendations submitted by 

16 the Governor of the State and other appropriate offi17 cials, with knowledge and experience of the following 

18 agencies or those agencies’ successors: the Ohio Arts 

19 Council, the Ohio Development Services Agency, 

20 Ohio Department of Natural Resources, the Ohio 

21 Office of Tourism, and the Ohio State Historic Pres22 ervation Office, the Pennsylvania Council on the 

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1 vania Department of Conservation and Natural Re2 sources. 

3 (3) The remaining 12 members who reside 

4 within the National Heritage Area and are geo5 graphically dispersed throughout the National Herit6 age Area shall be from government, institutions of 

7 higher education, and public or private entities and 

8 organizations with knowledge of historic preservation 

9 and restoration, cultural and natural resource man10 agement, interpretive planning and museum services, 

11 heritage and education programming, economic and 

12 community development, labor and working-class 

13 studies, and tourism. These members will be ap14 pointed by the Secretary as follows: 

15 (A) Four members based on a rec16 ommendation from each Senator from the State 

17 of Ohio and the State of Pennsylvania. 

18 (B) Four members based on a rec19 ommendation from each Member of the House 

20 of Representatives whose district shall encom21 pass the National Heritage Area. 

22 (C) Four members who shall be residents 

23 of any county constituting the National Herit24 age Area. 


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1 (f) APPOINTMENTS AND VACANCIES.—Members of 

2 the local coordinating entity other than ex officio members 

3 shall be appointed for terms of 3 years. Of the original 

4 appointments, 5 shall be for a term of 1 year, 5 shall be 

5 for a term of 2 years, and 5 shall be for a term of 3 years. 

6 Any member of the local coordinating entity appointed for 

7 a definite term may serve after expiration of the term until 

8 the successor of the member is appointed. Any member 

9 appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder 

10 of the term for which the predecessor was appointed. Any 

11 vacancy on the local coordinating entity shall be filled in 

12 the same manner in which the original appointment was 

13 made. 

14 (g) COMPENSATION.—Members of the local coordi15 nating entity shall receive no compensation for their serv16 ice on the local coordinating entity. Members of the local 

17 coordinating entity, other than employees of the State, 

18 while away from their homes or regular places of business 

19 to perform services for the local coordinating entity, shall 

20 be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 

21 subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed 

22 intermittently in Government service are allowed under 

23 section 5703 of title 5, United States Code. 

24 (h) ELECTION OF OFFICES.—The local coordinating 

25 entity shall elect the chairperson and the vice chairperson 


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1 on an annual basis. The vice chairperson shall serve as 

2 the chairperson in the absence of the chairperson. 

3 (i) MEETINGS.—The local coordinating entity shall 

4 conduct meetings open to the public at least semiannually 

5 regarding the development and implementation of the 

6 management plan. The local coordinating entity shall meet 

7 at the call of the chairperson or 12 of its members. Notice 

8 of meetings and agendas for the meeting shall be pub9 lished throughout the National Heritage Area. 

10 (j) QUORUM AND VOTING.—Eleven members of the 

11 local coordinating entity shall constitute a quorum but a 

12 lesser number may hold hearings. Any member of the local 

13 coordinating entity may vote by means of a signed proxy 

14 exercised by another member of the local coordinating en15 tity, however, any member voting by proxy shall not be 

16 considered present for purposes of establishing a quorum. 

17 For the transaction of any business or the exercise of any 

18 power of the local coordinating entity, the local coordi19 nating entity shall have the power to act by a majority 

20 vote of the members present at any meeting at which a 

21 quorum is in attendance. 

22 (k) ANNUAL REPORTS AND AUDITS.—For any year 

23 for which Federal funds have been received under this sec24 tion, the local coordinating entity shall— 


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1 (1) submit to the Secretary an annual report 

2 that describes the activities, expenses, and income of 

3 the local coordinating entity (including grants from 

4 the local coordinating entity to any other entities 

5 during the year that the report is made); 

6 (2) make available to the Secretary for audit all 

7 records relating to the expenditure of the funds and 

8 any matching funds; and 

9 (3) require, with respect to all agreements au10 thorizing the expenditure of Federal funds by other 

11 organizations, that the organizations receiving the 

12 funds make available to the Secretary for audit all 

13 records concerning the expenditure of the funds. 

14 (l) TERMINATION.—The local coordinating entity 

15 shall terminate on the day occurring 10 years after the 

16 date of enactment of this title. 

17 SEC. 6. MANAGEMENT PLAN. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the 

19 date of enactment of this Act, the local coordinating entity 

20 shall submit to the Secretary for approval a proposed 

21 management plan for the National Heritage Area. 

22 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The management plan shall 

23 include— 

24 (1) an inventory of historic properties and re25 sources within the National Heritage Area that— 


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1 (A) are related to the themes of the Na2 tional Heritage Area; and 

3 (B) should be preserved, restored, man4 aged, developed, or maintained because of their 

5 historical, cultural, educational, natural, scenic, 

6 or recreational significance; 

7 (2) comprehensive policies, strategies, and rec8 ommendations for the preservation, funding, man9 agement, and development of the National Heritage 

10 Area; 

11 (3) a program of implementation for the man12 agement plan by the local coordinating entity that 

13 includes a description of— 

14 (A) actions to facilitate ongoing collabora15 tion among identified partners to promote plans 

16 for site and resource protection, restoration, en17 hancement, and construction; and 

18 (B) specific commitments that have been 

19 made by the local coordinating entity or any 

20 government, organization, or individual for the 

21 first 5 years of operation of the National Herit22 age Area; 

23 (4) the identification of sources of funding for 

24 carrying out the management plan; 


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1 (5) analysis and recommendations for means by 

2 which Federal, State, and local programs may best 

3 be integrated and coordinated to carry out this sec4 tion, including a description of the role of the Na5 tional Park Service in the National Heritage Area; 

6 (6) an interpretive plan that identifies, devel7 ops, supports, and enhances education programs 

8 within the National Heritage Area that includes— 

9 (A) documentation of and methods to sup10 port the perpetuation of music, art, poetry, lit11 erature, folklore, and culture associated with 

12 the steel mills and blast furnaces; and 

13 (B) research related to— 

14 (i) the construction and history of the 

15 steel mills and blast furnaces; 

16 (ii) the cultural traditions of steel 

17 workers, their families, and communities; 

18 (iii) the role and influence of orga19 nized labor; 

20 (iv) the role and influence of orga21 nized crime; 

22 (v) the history of racial, ethnic, and 

23 religious conflict; 

24 (vi) the social and economic impacts 

25 of deindustrialization; and 


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1 (vii) the diaspora of urban industrial 

2 cities; and 

3 (7) recommended policies and strategies for re4 source management that consider and detail the ap5 plication of appropriate land and water management 

6 techniques, including the development of intergov7 ernmental and interagency cooperative agreements 

8 to protect the historical, cultural, educational, nat9 ural, scenic, and recreational resources of the Na10 tional Heritage Area. 

11 (c) DEADLINE.—If a proposed management plan is 

12 not submitted to the Secretary by the date that is 3 years 

13 after the date of enactment of this Act, the local coordi14 nating entity shall be ineligible to receive additional fund15 ing under this Act until the date on which the Secretary 

16 receives and approves the management plan. 

17 (d) APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF MANAGEMENT

18 PLAN.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

20 after the date of receipt of the management plan 

21 under subsection (a), the Secretary, in consultation 

22 with the State, shall approve or disapprove the man23 agement plan. 


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1 (2) CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL.—In determining 

2 whether to approve the management plan, the Sec3 retary shall consider whether— 

4 (A) the local coordinating entity is rep5 resentative of the diverse interests and perspec6 tives of the National Heritage Area, including 

7 governments, historical and cultural organiza8 tions, educational and civic institutions, orga9 nized labor, and businesses; 

10 (B) the local coordinating entity has af11 forded adequate opportunities, including public 

12 hearings and comment periods, for public and 

13 governmental involvement in the preparation of 

14 the management plan; and 

15 (C) the resource protection and interpreta16 tion strategies contained in the management 

17 plan, if implemented, would adequately preserve 

18 the historical, cultural, and natural resources of 

19 the National Heritage Area. 

20 (3) ACTION FOLLOWING DISAPPROVAL.—If the 

21 Secretary disapproves the management plan under 

22 paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— 

23 (A) advise the local coordinating entity in 

24 writing of the reasons for the disapproval; 


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1 (B) make recommendations for revisions to 

2 the management plan; and 

3 (C) not later than 180 days after the re4 ceipt of any proposed revision of the manage5 ment plan from the local coordinating entity, 

6 approve or disapprove the proposed revision. 

7 (4) AMENDMENTS.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ap9 prove or disapprove each amendment to the 

10 management plan that makes a substantial 

11 change to the management plan, as determined 

12 by the Secretary. 

13 (B) USE OF FUNDS.—The local coordi14 nating entity shall not use Federal funds au15 thorized by this section to carry out any amend16 ments to the management plan until the date 

17 on which the Secretary has approved the 

18 amendments. 

19 SEC. 7. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act affects the au21 thority of a Federal agency to provide technical or finan22 cial assistance under any other law. 

23 (b) CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION.—The head 

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1 couraged to consult and coordinate the activities with the 

2 Secretary and the local coordinating entity, to the max3 imum extent practicable. 

4 (c) OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Nothing in this 

5 Act— 

6 (1) modifies, alters, or amends any law or regu7 lation authorizing a Federal agency to manage Fed8 eral land under the jurisdiction of the Federal agen9 cy; 

10 (2) limits the discretion of a Federal land man11 ager to implement an approved land use plan within 

12 the boundaries of the National Heritage Area; or 

13 (3) modifies, alters, or amends any authorized 

14 use of Federal land under the jurisdiction of a Fed15 eral agency. 

16 SEC. 8. PRIVATE PROPERTY AND REGULATORY PROTEC17 TIONS. 

18 Nothing in this Act— 

19 (1) abridges the rights of any owner of public 

20 or private property, including the right to refrain 

21 from participating in any plan, project, program, or 

22 activity conducted within the National Heritage 

23 Area; 

24 (2) requires any property owner— 


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1 (A) to permit public access (including ac2 cess by Federal, State, or local agencies) to the 

3 property of the property owner; or 

4 (B) to modify public access or use of prop5 erty of the property owner under any other 

6 Federal, State, or local law; 

7 (3) alters any duly adopted land use regulation, 

8 approved land use plan, or other regulatory author9 ity of any Federal, State, Tribal, or local agency; 

10 (4) conveys any land use or other regulatory 

11 authority to the local coordinating entity; 

12 (5) authorizes or implies the reservation or ap13 propriation of water or water rights; 

14 (6) diminishes the authority of the State to 

15 manage fish and wildlife, including the regulation of 

16 fishing and hunting within the National Heritage 

17 Area; or 

18 (7) creates any liability, or affects any liability 

19 under any other law, of any private property owner 

20 with respect to any person injured on the private 

21 property. 

22 SEC. 9. EVALUATION AND REPORT. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years before the 

24 date on which authority for Federal funding terminates 

25 for the National Heritage Area, the Secretary shall— 


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1 (1) conduct an evaluation of the accomplish2 ments of the National Heritage Area; and 

3 (2) prepare a report in accordance with sub4 section (c). 

5 (b) EVALUATION.—An evaluation conducted under 

6 subsection (a)(1) shall— 

7 (1) assess the progress of the local coordinating 

8 entity with respect to— 

9 (A) accomplishing the purposes of the Na10 tional Heritage Area; and 

11 (B) achieving the goals and objectives of 

12 the management plan; 

13 (2) analyze the investments of Federal, State, 

14 Tribal, and local government and private entities in 

15 the National Heritage Area to determine the impact 

16 of the investments; and 

17 (3) review the management structure, partner18 ship relationships, and funding of the National Her19 itage Area for purposes of identifying the critical 

20 components for sustainability of the National Herit21 age Area. 

22 (c) REPORT.—Based on the evaluation conducted 

23 under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall submit to the 

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1 of Representatives a report that includes recommendations 

2 for the future role of the National Park Service with re3 spect to the National Heritage Area. 

4 SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro6 priated to carry out this Act $10,000,000, of which not 

7 more than $1,000,000 may be made available in any fiscal 

8 year. 

9 (b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made available under 

10 subsection (a) shall remain available until expended. 

11 (c) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the 

13 total cost of any activity carried out under this Act 

14 shall be not more than 50 percent. 

15 (2) FORM.—The non-Federal share of the total 

16 cost of any activity carried out under this Act may 

17 be in the form of in-kind contributions of goods or 

18 services fairly valued. 

19 (d) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority of 

20 the Secretary to provide assistance under this Act termi21 nates on the date that is 15 years after the date of enact22 ment of this Act. 

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