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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1286 

To establish in the States of North Carolina and South Carolina the Southern 

Campaign of the Revolution National Heritage Corridor, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 24, 2021 

Mr. CLYBURN (for himself, Ms. MACE, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. 

DUNCAN, Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr. 

BUTTERFIELD, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. BISHOP of North 

Carolina, and Ms. ADAMS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To establish in the States of North Carolina and South 

Carolina the Southern Campaign of the Revolution National Heritage Corridor, 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 ‘‘Southern Campaign 

5 of the Revolution National Heritage Corridor Act of 

6 2021’’. 

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 

8 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 


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1 (1) in accordance with the Study, the Southern 

2 Campaign of the Revolution National Heritage Cor3 ridor, an 8-mile-wide corridor, provides operational 

4 efficiency in connecting the greatest concentration of 

5 the Carolinas’ Revolutionary War sites including 

6 battlefields, historic communities, farmsteads, and 

7 landscapes that reflect the cultural and natural envi8 ronments of North Carolina and South Carolina in 

9 the latter half of the 18th century; 

10 (2) there is a national interest in protecting, 

11 conserving, restoring, promoting, and interpreting 

12 the benefits of the Corridor for the residents of, and 

13 visitors to, the Corridor; 

14 (3) a primary responsibility for conserving, pre15 serving, protecting, and promoting the benefits re16 sides with the Managing Entity having jurisdiction 

17 over the Corridor; and 

18 (4) in view of the longstanding Federal practice 

19 of assisting States in creating, protecting, con20 serving, preserving, and interpreting areas of signifi21 cant natural and cultural importance, and in view of 

22 the national significance of the Corridor, the Federal 

23 Government has an interest in assisting the States 

24 and the Managing Entity in fulfilling the respon25 sibilities described in paragraph (3). 


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

2 (1) to protect, preserve, conserve, restore, pro3 mote, interpret, and make available for the benefit 

4 of the public the historic, cultural, and natural re5 sources of the Corridor; 

6 (2) to encourage and support, through financial 

7 and technical assistance, the Managing Entity in the 

8 development of a Management Action Plan for the 

9 Corridor to ensure coordinated public and private 

10 action in the Corridor in a manner consistent with 

11 subsection (a); 

12 (3) to provide, during the development of an in13 tegrated Corridor Management Action Plan, Federal 

14 financial and technical assistance for the protection, 

15 preservation, and conservation of land and water 

16 areas in the Corridor that are in danger of being ad17 versely affected or destroyed; 

18 (4) to encourage and assist Managing Entity to 

19 identify the full range of public and private technical 

20 and financial assistance programs and services avail21 able to implement the Corridor Management Action 

22 Plan; and 

23 (5) to encourage adequate coordination of all 

24 government programs affecting the historic, cultural, 

25 and natural resources of the Corridor. 


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1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) CORRIDOR.—The term ‘‘Corridor’’ means 

4 the Southern Campaign of the Revolution National 

5 Heritage Corridor established by section 4(a). 

6 (2) CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT ACTION PLAN.— 

7 The term ‘‘Corridor Management Action Plan’’ 

8 means the management action plan developed under 

9 section 6. 

10 (3) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The term ‘‘Man11 agement Entity’’ means the University of South 

12 Carolina as established under section 4. 

13 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

14 the Secretary of the Interior. 

15 (5) STATES.—The term ‘‘States’’ mean the 

16 States of North Carolina and South Carolina. 

17 (6) STUDY.—The term ‘‘Study’’ means the De18 partment of the Interior, National Park Service 

19 (NPS)’s July 2015 Southern Campaign of the Revo20 lution National Heritage Area Suitability/Feasibility 

21 Study. 

22 (7) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map 

23 provided in the Study: Appendix C: Corridor Maps, 

24 page 93, ‘‘Map 1: Proposed National Heritage Area 

25 Corridor’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN OF THE REVOLUTION NA2 TIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR. 

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

4 States the Southern Campaign of the Revolution National 

5 Heritage Corridor. 

6 (b) BOUNDARIES.—The Corridor shall consist of the 

7 area depicted on the map. The Corridor shall be specified 

8 in detail in the Corridor Management Action Plan. 

9 (c) MAP.—A map of the Corridor shall be on file and 

10 available for public inspection in the appropriate offices 

11 of— 

12 (1) the National Park Service; and 

13 (2) the Management Entity. 

14 (d) ADDITION.—Additional areas of the States out15 side the Corridor boundaries may be added to the Corridor 

16 by the Secretary at the request of the Management Entity. 

17 (e) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The Management Enti18 ty for the Corridor shall be The University of South Caro19 lina, a public research university. 

20 SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION. 

21 (a) AUTHORITIES.—To carry out the management 

22 plan, the Secretary, acting through the management enti23 ty, may use amounts made available under this section 

24 to— 


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1 (1) make grants to the States or a political sub2 division of the States, nonprofit organizations, and 

3 other persons; 

4 (2) enter into cooperative agreements with, or 

5 provide technical assistance to, the States or a polit6 ical subdivision of the States, nonprofit organiza7 tions, and other interested parties; 

8 (3) hire and compensate staff, which shall in9 clude individuals with expertise in natural, cultural, 

10 and historical resources protection, and heritage pro11 gramming; 

12 (4) obtain money or services from any source 

13 including any that are provided under any other 

14 Federal law or program; 

15 (5) contract for goods or services; and 

16 (6) undertake to be a catalyst for any other ac17 tivity that furthers the Corridor and is consistent 

18 with the approved Corridor Management Action 

19 Plan. 

20 (b) DUTIES.—The management entity shall— 

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

22 submit a Corridor Management Action Plan for the 

23 Corridor to the Secretary; 


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1 (2) assist units of local government, regional 

2 planning organizations, and nonprofit organizations 

3 in carrying out the approved management plan by— 

4 (A) carrying out programs and projects 

5 that recognize, protect, and enhance important 

6 resource values in the Corridor; 

7 (B) establishing and maintaining interpre8 tive exhibits and programs in the Corridor; 

9 (C) developing recreational and educational 

10 opportunities in the Corridor; 

11 (D) increasing public awareness of, and 

12 appreciation for, natural, historical, scenic, and 

13 cultural resources of the Corridor; 

14 (E) protecting and restoring historic sites 

15 and buildings in the Corridor that are con16 sistent with Corridor themes; 

17 (F) ensuring that clear, consistent, and ap18 propriate signs identifying points of public ac19 cess, and sites of interest are posted throughout 

20 the Corridor; and 

21 (G) promoting a wide range of partner22 ships among governments, organizations, and 

23 individuals to further the Corridor; 

24 (3) consider the interests of diverse units of 

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1 uals in the Corridor in the preparation and imple2 mentation of the Corridor Management Action Plan; 

3 (4) conduct meetings open to the public at least 

4 semiannually regarding the development and imple5 mentation of the Corridor Management Plan; 

6 (5) for any year that Federal funds have been 

7 received under this section— 

8 (A) submit an annual report to the Sec9 retary that describes the activities, expenses, 

10 and income of the management entity (includ11 ing grants to any other entities during the year 

12 that the report is made); 

13 (B) make available to the Secretary for 

14 audit all records relating to the expenditure of 

15 the funds and any matching funds; and 

16 (C) require, with respect to all agreements 

17 authorizing expenditure of Federal funds by 

18 other organizations, that the organizations re19 ceiving the funds make available to the Sec20 retary for audit all records concerning the ex21 penditure of the funds; and 

22 (6) encourage by appropriate means economic 

23 viability that is consistent with the Corridor. 

24 (c) PROHIBITION ON THE ACQUISITION OF REAL

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1 eral funds made available under this section to acquire 

2 real property or any interest in real property. 

3 SEC. 6. CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT ACTION PLAN. 

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

5 date of enactment of this Act, the Management Entity 

6 shall submit to the Secretary for approval a proposed Cor7 ridor Management Action Plan for the Corridor. 

8 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Corridor Management Ac9 tion Plan shall— 

10 (1) determine the boundaries of the Corridor 

11 adherent to section 4(b); 

12 (2) incorporate an integrated and cooperative 

13 approach for the protection, enhancement, and inter14 pretation of the natural, cultural, historic, scenic, 

15 and recreational resources of the Corridor; 

16 (3) take into consideration Federal, State, local, 

17 and Tribal plans and treaty rights; 

18 (4) include— 

19 (A) an inventory of— 

20 (i) the resources located in the Cor21 ridor; and 

22 (ii) any other property in the Corridor 

23 that— 

24 (I) is related to the themes of the 

25 Corridor; and 


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1 (II) should be preserved, re2 stored, managed, or maintained be3 cause of the significations of the prop4 erty; 

5 (B) comprehensive policies, strategies, and 

6 recommendations for conservation, funding, 

7 management, and development of the Corridor; 

8 (C) a description of the actions that the 

9 Federal Government, State, Tribal, and local 

10 governments, private organizations, and individ11 uals have agreed to take to protect the natural, 

12 historical, cultural, scenic, and recreational re13 sources of the Corridor; 

14 (D) a program of implementation for the 

15 Corridor Management Action Plan by the man16 agement entity that includes a description of— 

17 (i) actions to facilitate ongoing col18 laboration among partners to promote 

19 plans for resource protection, restoration, 

20 and construction; and 

21 (ii) specific commitments for imple22 mentation that have been made by the 

23 management entity or any government, or24 ganization, or individual for the first 5 

25 years of operation; 


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1 (E) the identification of sources of funding 

2 for carrying out the management plan; 

3 (F) analysis and recommendations for 

4 means by which Federal, State, local, and Trib5 al programs, including the role of the National 

6 Park Service in the Corridor, may best be co7 ordinated to carry out this subsection; and 

8 (G) an interpretative plan for the Corridor; 

9 and 

10 (5) recommend policies and strategies for re11 source management that consider and detail the ap12 plication of appropriate land and water management 

13 techniques, including the development of intergov14 ernmental and interagency cooperative agreements 

15 to protect the natural, historical, cultural, edu16 cational, scenic, and recreational resources of the 

17 Corridor. 

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

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

20 after the date of enactment of this Act, the management 

21 entity shall be ineligible to receive additional funding 

22 under this section until the date that the Secretary re23 ceives and approves the management plan. 

24 (d) APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF MANAGEMENT

25 PLAN.— 


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

2 after the date of receipt of the management plan the 

3 Secretary, in consultation with State and Tribal gov4 ernments, shall approve or disapprove the manage5 ment plan. 

6 (2) CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL.—In determining 

7 whether to approve the management plan, the Sec8 retary shall consider whether— 

9 (A) the management entity is representa10 tive of the diverse interests of the Corridor, in11 cluding Federal, State, Tribal, and local govern12 ments, natural and historic resources protection 

13 organizations, educational institutions, busi14 nesses, recreational organizations; 

15 (B) the management entity has afforded 

16 adequate opportunity, including public hearings, 

17 for public and governmental involvement in the 

18 preparation of the management plan; 

19 (C) the resource preservation and interpre20 tation strategies contained in the management 

21 plan would adequately protect the natural, his22 torical, and cultural resources of the Corridor; 

23 and 

24 (D) the Secretary has received adequate 

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1 ficials whose support is needed to ensure the ef2 fective implementation of the State and local 

3 aspects of the plan. 

4 (3) ACTION FOLLOWING DISAPPROVAL.—If the 

5 Secretary disapproves the management plan, the 

6 Secretary shall— 

7 (A) advise the management entity in writ8 ing of the reasons for the disapproval; 

9 (B) make recommendations for revisions to 

10 the management plan; and 

11 (C) not later than 180 days after the re12 ceipt of any proposed revision of the manage13 ment plan from the management entity, ap14 prove or disapprove the proposed revision. 

15 (4) AMENDMENTS.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ap17 prove or disapprove each amendment to the 

18 management plan that the Secretary determines 

19 make a substantial change to the management 

20 plan. 

21 (B) USE OF FUNDS.—The management 

22 entity shall not use Federal funds authorized by 

23 this subtitle to carry out any amendments to 

24 the management plan until the Secretary has 

25 approved the amendments. 


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1 SEC. 7. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this section affects the 

3 authority of a Federal agency to provide technical or fi4 nancial assistance under any other law. 

5 (b) CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION.—The head 

6 of any Federal agency planning to conduct activities that 

7 may have an impact on the Heritage Area is encouraged 

8 to consult and coordinate the activities with the Secretary 

9 and the management entity to the maximum extent prac10 ticable. 

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

12 section— 

13 (1) modifies, alters, or amends any law or regu14 lation authorizing a Federal agency to manage Fed15 eral land under the jurisdiction of the Federal agen16 cy; 

17 (2) limits the discretion of a Federal land man18 ager to implement an approved land use plan within 

19 the boundaries of the Heritage Area; or 

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

21 use of Federal land under the jurisdiction of a Fed22 eral agency. 

23 SEC. 8. PRIVATE PROPERTY AND REGULATORY PROTEC24 TIONS. 

25 Nothing in this Act— 


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1 (1) abridges the rights of any property owner 

2 (whether public or private), including the right to re3 frain from participating in any plan, project, pro4 gram, or activity conducted within the Heritage 

5 Area; 

6 (2) requires any property owner to permit pub7 lic access (including access by Federal, State, or 

8 local agencies) to the property of the property 

9 owner, or to modify public access or use of property 

10 of the property owner under any other Federal, 

11 State, or local law; 

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

13 approved land use plan, or other regulatory author14 ity of any Federal, State, or local agency, or conveys 

15 any land use or other regulatory authority to the 

16 management entity; 

17 (4) authorizes or implies the reservation or ap18 propriation of water or water rights; 

19 (5) diminishes the authority of the State to 

20 manage fish and wildlife, including the regulation of 

21 fishing and hunting within the Heritage Area; or 

22 (6) creates any liability, or affects any liability 

23 under any other law, of any private property owner 

24 with respect to any person injured on the private 

25 property. 


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1 SEC. 9. EVALUATION; REPORT. 

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

3 date on which authority for Federal funding terminates 

4 for the Corridor, the Secretary shall— 

5 (1) conduct an evaluation of the accomplish6 ments of the Corridor; and 

7 (2) prepare a report in accordance with sub8 section (c). 

9 (b) EVALUATION.—An evaluation conducted under 

10 subsection (a) shall— 

11 (1) assess the progress of the management enti12 ty with respect to— 

13 (A) accomplishing the purposes of this sec14 tion for the Corridor; and 

15 (B) achieving the goals and objectives of 

16 the approved management plan for the Cor17 ridor; 

18 (2) analyze the Federal, State, Tribal, local, 

19 and private investments in the Corridor to determine 

20 the leverage and impact of the investments; and 

21 (3) review the management structure, partner22 ship relationships, and funding of the Corridor for 

23 purposes of identifying the critical components for 

24 sustainability of the Corridor. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Based on the evaluation con2 ducted under subsection (b), the Secretary shall pre3 pare a report that includes recommendations for the 

4 future role of the National Park Service, if any, with 

5 respect to the Corridor. 

6 (2) REQUIRED ANALYSIS.—If the report pre7 pared under subsection (a) recommends that Federal 

8 funding for the Heritage Area be reauthorized, the 

9 report shall include an analysis of— 

10 (A) ways in which Federal funding for the 

11 Corridor may be reduced or eliminated; and 

12 (B) the appropriate time period necessary 

13 to achieve the recommended reduction or elimi14 nation. 

15 (3) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—On completion 

16 of the report, the Secretary shall submit the report 

17 to— 

18 (A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 

19 Resources of the Senate; and 

20 (B) the Committee on Natural Resources 

21 of the House of Representatives. 

22 SEC. 10. FUNDING. 

23 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

24 this section $10,000,000, of which not more than 

25 $1,000,000 may be made available in any fiscal year. 


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1 SEC. 11. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY. 

2 The authority of the Secretary to provide assistance 

3 under this section terminates on the date that is 15 years 

4 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

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