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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2020

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

other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

AUGUST 2, 1996

Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. HARKIN) introduced the following bill;

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

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. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘America’s Agricultural

5 Heritage Partnership Act of 1996’’.

6 SEC 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

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

9 Iowa, possess many important elements of the na10 tionally significant story of American agriculture, in-
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1 cluding Native American agriculture, agricultural

2 mechanization, seed hybridization, farm cooperative

3 movements, rural electrification, farm-to-market sys4 tems, rural-to-urban migration, veterinary practice,

5 food processing and preservation, national farm or6 ganizations, international hunger relief, and the de7 velopment of national and international agribusiness;

8 (2) these resources offer outstanding and

9 unique opportunities to acknowledge and appreciate

10 the development of American agriculture;

11 (3) the National Park Service has determined

12 that—

13 (A) the story of American agriculture is

14 nationally significant;

15 (B) northeast Iowa is an ideal place to tell

16 the story; and

17 (C) the story could be divided into 4 prin18 cipal topics for interpretation consisting of—

19 (i) the amazing science of agriculture;

20 (ii) agriculture as a way of life;

21 (iii) organizing for survival; and

22 (iv) crops from field to table;

23 (4) the responsibility for interpreting, retaining,

24 enhancing, and promoting the resources, values, and

25 amenities of Waterloo, Iowa, and northeast Iowa re-
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1 sides with volunteer associations, private businesses,

2 political subdivisions of the State, and the State; and

3 (5) despite the efforts by volunteer associations,

4 private businesses, political subdivisions of the State,

5 and the State, the cultural and historical resources

6 of the area have not realized full potential and may

7 be lost without assistance from the Federal Govern8 ment.

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

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

11 the unique and significant contributions to national

12 and international agriculture of certain natural, his13 torical, and cultural resources within Waterloo,

14 Iowa, and northeast Iowa;

15 (2) to provide a partnership management

16 framework to assist volunteer associations, private

17 businesses, political subdivisions of the State, and

18 the State in developing and implementing Plan poli19 cies and programs that will assist in the interpreta20 tion, retention, enhancement, and promotion of the

21 cultural, natural, and recreational resources of

22 northeast Iowa;

23 (3) to allow for local, State, and Federal con24 tributions through limited grants and technical as25 sistance to create America’s Agricultural Heritage
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1 Partnership through cooperative agreements among

2 volunteer associations, private businesses, political

3 subdivisions of the State, the State, and residents

4 of the area; and

5 (4) to provide for an economically self-sustain6 ing Partnership for the educational and inspirational

7 benefit of current and future generations concerning

8 the story of American agriculture.

9 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

10 In this Act:

11 (1) ACTIVITY.—The term ‘‘activity’’ means an

12 activity described in section 4(b).

13 (2) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The term ‘‘man14 agement entity’’ means the management entity es15 tablished under section 5(a).

16 (3) PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘Partnership’’

17 means the America’s Agricultural Heritage Partner18 ship established under section 4(a).

19 (4) PLAN.—The term ‘‘Plan’’ means the Part20 nership Management Plan established under section

21 6(a).

22 (5) POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.—The term ‘‘politi23 cal subdivision’’ means a political subdivision of the

24 State (including a county, city, or town), any part

25 of which is located in or adjacent to the area in
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1 which the activities of the Partnership are carried

2 out.

3 (6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

4 the Secretary of Agriculture.

5 (7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State

6 of Iowa.

7 SEC. 4. AMERICA’S AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE PARTNER8 SHIP.

9 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—On publication by the Sec10 retary in the Federal Register of notice that a Plan has

11 been approved by the Secretary, there is established in the

12 State the America’s Agricultural Heritage Partnership to

13 carry out this Act.

14 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The Partnership shall carry out

15 such activities as the Partnership determines are necesary

16 to carry out this Act, except that the activities shall be

17 carried out only in the counties of northeast Iowa that

18 are generally depicted in Alternatives 2 and 3 of the Spe19 cial Resource Study, Cedar Valley, Iowa, of the National

20 Park Service conducted during 1995.

21 (c) PARTICIPATION.—

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act requires

23 any owner of private property located in an area in

24 which the Partnership’s activities are carried out, or

25 resident in the area, to participate in or be associ-
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1 ated with the Partnership or the Partnership’s ac2 tivities.

3 (2) REMOVAL OF PROPERTY.—On providing

4 written notice to the Secretary, an owner of private

5 property may remove the property from participation

6 in, or association with, the Partnership or the Part7 nership’s activities.

8 (d) GRANTS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND COOPER9 ATIVE AGREEMENTS.—

10 (1) GRANTS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—

11 The Secretary may provide the Federal share speci12 fied in section 9(b) of the cost of making grants and

13 providing technical assistance to the Partnership to

14 carry out this Act.

15 (2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Sec16 retary may enter into a cooperative agreement with

17 a private entity, the State, a political subdivision of

18 the State, a Federal agency, the Partnership, or the

19 management entity to carry out this Act.

20 SEC. 5. MANAGEMENT ENTITY.

21 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to the approval of the

22 Secretary, there is established a management entity for

23 the Partnership that shall be based on Management Op24 tion 5 of the Special Resource Study, Cedar Valley, Iowa,

25 of the National Park Service conducted during 1995.
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1 (b) PLAN.—Subject to subsection (a), the structure

2 and operation of the management entity shall be estab3 lished in the Plan.

4 (c) COMPOSITION.—The management entity may in5 clude individuals affiliated with—

6 (1) the American Association of Museums;

7 (2) the American Farm Bureau;

8 (3) the American Farmland Trust;

9 (4) the Effigy Mounds National Monument and

10 the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site;

11 (5) the Iowa Department of Agriculture and

12 Land Stewardship;

13 (6) the Iowa Department of Corrections;

14 (7) the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs;

15 (8) the Iowa Department of Economic Develop16 ment;

17 (9) the National Trust for Historic Preserva18 tion;

19 (10) the Smithsonian Institution;

20 (11) the State Historic Preservation Office of

21 the State;

22 (12) the United States Department of Agri23 culture;

24 (13) the United States Department of Trans25 portation; and
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1 (14) the America’s Agricultural/Industrial Her2 itage Landscape, Inc.

3 SEC. 6. PARTNERSHIP MANAGEMENT PLAN.

4 (a) PREPARATION.—Not later than 1 year after the

5 date of enactment of this Act, the Partnership shall sub6 mit a Partnership Management Plan to the Secretary for

7 approval.

8 (b) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may provide the

9 Federal share specified in section 9(b) of the cost of pro10 viding technical assistance to the Partnership for the prep11 aration of the Plan.

12 SEC. 7. PRIVATE PROPERTY PROTECTION.

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act—

14 (1) modifies, enlarges, or diminishes the author15 ity of a Federal, State, or local government agency

16 to regulate any use of private property;

17 (2) requires any private property owner to per18 mit public access (or Federal, State, or local govern19 ment access) to private property;

20 (3) modifies or affects any provision of Federal,

21 State, or local law with regard to public access to or

22 use of private property; or

23 (4) creates any liability, or has any effect on

24 any liability (under any other law), of any private
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1 property owner with respect to any person injured

2 on private property.

3 (b) LAND USE.—Nothing in this Act—

4 (1) grants a power of zoning, land use, or con5 demnation to the Partnership, the management en6 tity, the Secretary, or any other Federal, State, or

7 local government agency; or

8 (2) modifies any authority of a Federal, State,

9 or local government agency to regulate land use.

10 SEC. 8. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER AUTHORITY.

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act imposes any

12 environmental, occupational, safety, or other rule, regula13 tion, standard, or permit process that is different from

14 those that would be applicable had the Partnership or

15 management entity not been established.

16 (b) WATER AND WATER RIGHTS.—Nothing in this

17 Act authorizes or implies the reservation or appropriation

18 of water or water rights.

19 (c) FISH AND WILDLIFE.—Nothing in this Act di20 minishes the authority of the State in the management

21 of fish and wildlife, including the regulation of fishing and

22 hunting.
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1 SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; FEDERAL

2 SHARE.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro4 priated to carry out this Act $400,000 for each fiscal year.

5 (b) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of provid6 ing grants and technical assistance under this Act shall

7 be 50 percent.

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