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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1483 

To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 

to extend the authorization for certain national heritage areas, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 12, 2007 

Mr. REGULA (for himself, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. 

RYAN of Ohio, Mr. HALL of New York, Mr. SPACE, Mr. BROWN of South 

Carolina, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. WAMP, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. 

GORDON of Tennessee, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. MEEHAN, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. 

BRALEY of Iowa, and Mr. WILSON of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend the authorization for certain 

national heritage areas, 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. EXTENSIONS AND TECHNICAL CHANGES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Division II of the Omnibus Parks 

5 and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (Public Law 

6 104–333; 16 U.S.C. 461 note) is amended— 

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1 (1) in each of sections 107, 208, 310, 408, 507, 

2 607, 707, 811, and 910, by striking ‘‘September 30, 

3 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2027’’; and 

4 (2) in each of sections 108(a), 209(a), 311(a), 

5 409(a), 508(a), 608(a), 708(a), 812(a), and 909(c), 

6 by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘$20,000,000’’. 

8 (b) OHIO & ERIE NATIONAL HERITAGE

9 CANALWAY.—Title VIII of Division II of the Omnibus 

10 Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (Public 

11 Law 104–333; 110 Stat. 4267, 114 Stat. 31) is amend12 ed— 

13 (1) by striking ‘‘Canal National Heritage Cor14 ridor’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘National 

15 Heritage Canalway’’; 

16 (2) in section 803— 

17 (A) by striking paragraph paragraph (2); 

18 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), 

19 (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), 

20 (5), and (6), respectively; 

21 (C) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by 

22 subparagraph (B)), by striking ‘‘808’’ and in23 serting ‘‘806’’; and 

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1 (D) in paragraph (6) (as redesignated by 

2 subparagraph (B)), by striking ‘‘807(a)’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘805(a)’’; 

4 (3) in the second sentence of section 804(b)(1), 

5 by striking ‘‘808’’ and inserting ‘‘806’’; 

6 (4) by striking sections 805 and 806; 

7 (5) by redesignating sections 807, 808, 809, 

8 810, 811, and 812 as sections 805, 806, 807, 808, 

9 809, and 810, respectively; 

10 (6) in section 805(c)(2) (as redesignated by 

11 paragraph (5)), by striking ‘‘808’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘806’’; 

13 (7) in section 806 (as redesignated by para14 graph (5))— 

15 (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘Com16 mittee’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’; 

17 (B) in subsection (a)(3)— 

18 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

19 ‘‘from the Committee’’; and 

20 (ii) in the first sentence of subpara21 graph (B), by striking ‘‘Committee’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘management entity’’; 

23 (C) in subsection (e), by striking 

24 ‘‘807(d)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘805(d)(1)’’; and 

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1 (D) in subsection (f), by striking 

2 ‘‘807(d)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘805(d)(1)’’; 

3 (8) in section 808 (as redesignated by para4 graph (5))— 

5 (A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Com6 mittee or’’; and 

7 (B) in subsection (c) in the matter before 

8 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Committee’’ and in9 serting ‘‘management entity’’. 

10 (c) NATIONAL COAL HERITAGE AREA AMEND11 MENTS.—Title I of Division II of the Omnibus Parks and 

12 Public Lands Management Act of 1996 is amended as fol13 lows: 

14 (1) In section 103(b)— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘comprised of the coun16 ties’’ and inserting ‘‘shall be comprised of the 

17 following: 

18 ‘‘(1) The counties’’; and 

19 (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) (as so 

20 designated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) 

21 the following new paragraphs: 

22 ‘‘(2) Lincoln County, West Virginia. 

23 ‘‘(3) Paint Creek and Cabin Creek within 

24 Kanawha County, West Virginia.’’. 

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1 (2) In section 104, by striking ‘‘Governor’’ and 

2 all that follows through ‘‘organizations’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘National Coal Heritage Area Authority, a pub4 lic corporation and government instrumentality es5 tablished by the State of West Virginia, pursuant to 

6 which the Secretary shall assist the National Coal 

7 Heritage Area Authority’’. 

8 (3) In section 105— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (5) 

10 of’’; and 

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

12 ‘‘Resources within Lincoln County, West Vir13 ginia, and Paint Creek and Cabin Creek within 

14 Kanawha County, West Virginia, shall also be 

15 eligible for assistance as determined by the Na16 tional Coal Heritage Area Authority.’’. 

17 (4) In section 106— 

18 (A) by striking ‘‘Governor’’ and all that 

19 follows through ‘‘and Parks’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘National Coal Heritage Area Authority’’; and 

21 (B) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘State 

22 of West Virginia’’ and all that follows through 

23 ‘‘entities’’ and inserting ‘‘National Coal Herit24 age Area Authority’’. 

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1 (d) CONTINUATION OF AGREEMENT.—The contrac2 tual agreement entered into by the Secretary of the Inte3 rior and the Governor of West Virginia prior to the date 

4 of enactment of this Act pursuant to section 104 of title 

5 I of Division II of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands 

6 Management Act of 1996 shall be deemed as continuing 

7 in effect except that such agreement shall be between the 

8 Secretary and the National Coal Heritage Area Authority. 

9 (e) SOUTH CAROLINA HERITAGE AREA AMEND10 MENT.—Section 604(b)(2) of title VI of Division II of the 

11 Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 

12 1996 is amended by adding at the end the following new 

13 subparagraph: 

14 ‘‘(O) Berkeley County.’’. 

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