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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 920 

To amend the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Act of 

1988 regarding the local coordinating entity of the Delaware and Lehigh 

National Heritage Corridor, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 9, 2009 

Mr. KANJORSKI (for himself, Mr. DENT, and Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of 

Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Act of 1988 regarding the local coordinating entity 

of the Delaware and Lehigh 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. DELAWARE AND LEHIGH NATIONAL HERITAGE 

4 CORRIDOR LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY. 

5 The Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Cor6 ridor Act of 1988 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 100– 

7 692) is amended— 

8 (1) in section 9— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘The Commission’’ and in2 serting the following: 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission’’; and 

4 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(b) CORPORATION AS LOCAL COORDINATING ENTI6 TY.—Beginning on the date of the enactment of this sub7 section, the Corporation shall be the local coordinating en8 tity for the Corridor. 

9 ‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION OF MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

10 The Corporation shall assume the duties of the Commis11 sion for the implementation of the Plan. 

12 ‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—The Corporation may use 

13 Federal funds made available under this Act— 

14 ‘‘(1) to make grants to, and enter into coopera15 tive agreements with, the Federal Government, the 

16 Commonwealth, political subdivisions of the Com17 monwealth, nonprofit organizations, and individuals; 

18 ‘‘(2) to hire, train, and compensate staff; and 

19 ‘‘(3) to enter into contracts for goods and serv20 ices. 

21 ‘‘(e) RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS.—The Cor22 poration may not use Federal funds made available under 

23 this Act to acquire land or any interest in land.’’; 

24 (2) in section 10— 


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1 (A) in the first sentence of subsection (c), 

2 by striking ‘‘shall assist the Commission’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘shall, at the request of the Corpora4 tion, assist’’; 

5 (B) in subsection (d)— 

6 (i) by striking ‘‘Commission’’ each 

7 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Corpora8 tion’’; 

9 (ii) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and 

10 inserting the following: 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 

12 (iii) by adding at the end the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Sec15 retary may enter into cooperative agreements with 

16 the Corporation and other public or private entities 

17 for the purpose of providing technical assistance and 

18 grants under paragraph (1). 

19 ‘‘(3) PRIORITY.—In providing assistance to the 

20 Corporation under paragraph (1), the Secretary 

21 shall give priority to activities that assist in— 

22 ‘‘(A) conserving the significant natural, 

23 historic, cultural, and scenic resources of the 

24 Corridor; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) providing educational, interpretive, 

2 and recreational opportunities consistent with 

3 the purposes of the Corridor.’’; and 

4 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(e) TRANSITION MEMORANDUM OF UNDER6 STANDING.—The Secretary shall enter into a memo7 randum of understanding with the Corporation to en8 sure— 

9 ‘‘(1) appropriate transition of management of 

10 the Corridor to the Corporation; and 

11 ‘‘(2) coordination regarding the implementation 

12 of the Plan.’’; 

13 (3) in section 11, in the matter preceding para14 graph (1), by striking ‘‘directly affecting’’; 

15 (4) in section 12— 

16 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Com17 mission’’ each place it appears and inserting 

18 ‘‘Corporation’’; 

19 (B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking 

20 ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’; and 

21 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(d) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE.—The authority 

23 of the Secretary to provide financial assistance under this 

24 Act terminates on the date that is 5 years after the date 

25 of the enactment of this subsection.’’; and 


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1 (5) in section 14— 

2 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), 

3 and (6) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respec4 tively; and 

5 (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(4) the term ‘Corporation’ means the Dela8 ware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, Incor9 porated, an organization described in section 

10 501(c)(3), and exempt from Federal tax under sec11 tion 501(a), of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;’’. 

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