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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 825 

To establish the Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage 

Area in the State of New Jersey, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 18, 2005 

Mr. CORZINE (for himself and Mr. LAUTENBERG) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 

Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To establish the Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area in the State of New Jersey, 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 ‘‘Crossroads of the 

5 American Revolution National Heritage Area Act of 

6 2005’’. 

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 

8 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
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1 (1) the State of New Jersey was critically im2 portant during the American Revolution because of 

3 the strategic location of the State between the Brit4 ish armies headquartered in New York City, New 

5 York, and the Continental Congress in the city of 

6 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 

7 (2) General George Washington spent almost 

8 half of the period of the American Revolution per9 sonally commanding troops of the Continental Army 

10 in the State of New Jersey, including 2 severe win11 ters spent in encampments in the area that is now 

12 Morristown National Historical Park, a unit of the 

13 National Park System; 

14 (3) it was during the 10 crucial days of the 

15 American Revolution between December 25, 1776, 

16 and January 3, 1777, that General Washington, 

17 after retreating across the State of New Jersey from 

18 the State of New York to the State of Pennsylvania 

19 in the face of total defeat, recrossed the Delaware 

20 River on the night of December 25, 1776, and went 

21 on to win crucial battles at Trenton and Princeton 

22 in the State of New Jersey; 

23 (4) Thomas Paine, who accompanied the troops 

24 during the retreat, described the events during those 

25 days as ‘‘the times that try men’s souls’’; 
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1 (5) the sites of 296 military engagements are 

2 located in the State of New Jersey, including— 

3 (A) several important battles of the Amer4 ican Revolution that were significant to— 

5 (i) the outcome of the American Revo6 lution; and 

7 (ii) the history of the United States; 

8 and 

9 (B) several national historic landmarks, in10 cluding Washington’s Crossing, the Old Tren11 ton Barracks, and Princeton, Monmouth, and 

12 Red Bank Battlefields; 

13 (6) additional national historic landmarks in 

14 the State of New Jersey include the homes of— 

15 (A) Richard Stockton, Joseph Hewes, John 

16 Witherspoon, and Francis Hopkinson, signers 

17 of the Declaration of Independence; 

18 (B) Elias Boudinout, President of the Con19 tinental Congress; and 

20 (C) William Livingston, patriot and Gov21 ernor of the State of New Jersey from 1776 to 

22 1790; 

23 (7) portions of the landscapes important to the 

24 strategies of the British and Continental armies, in-
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1 cluding waterways, mountains, farms, wetlands, vil2 lages, and roadways— 

3 (A) retain the integrity of the period of the 

4 American Revolution; and 

5 (B) offer outstanding opportunities for 

6 conservation, education, and recreation; 

7 (8) the National Register of Historic Places 

8 lists 251 buildings and sites in the National Park 

9 Service study area for the Crossroads of the Amer10 ican Revolution that are associated with the period 

11 of the American Revolution; 

12 (9) civilian populations residing in the State of 

13 New Jersey during the American Revolution suffered 

14 extreme hardships because of— 

15 (A) the continuous conflict in the State; 

16 (B) foraging armies; and 

17 (C) marauding contingents of loyalist To18 ries and rebel sympathizers; 

19 (10) because of the important role that the 

20 State of New Jersey played in the successful out21 come of the American Revolution, there is a Federal 

22 interest in developing a regional framework to assist 

23 the State of New Jersey, local governments and or24 ganizations, and private citizens in— 
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1 (A) preserving and protecting cultural, his2 toric, and natural resources of the period; and 

3 (B) bringing recognition to those resources 

4 for the educational and recreational benefit of 

5 the present and future generations of citizens of 

6 the United States; and 

7 (11) the National Park Service has conducted a 

8 national heritage area feasibility study in the State 

9 of New Jersey that demonstrates that there is a suf10 ficient assemblage of nationally distinctive cultural, 

11 historic, and natural resources necessary to establish 

12 the Crossroads of the American Revolution National 

13 Heritage Area. 

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

15 (1) to assist communities, organizations, and 

16 citizens in the State of New Jersey in preserving— 

17 (A) the special historic identity of the 

18 State; and 

19 (B) the importance of the State to the 

20 United States; 

21 (2) to foster a close working relationship among 

22 all levels of government, the private sector, and local 

23 communities in the State; 

24 (3) to provide for the management, preserva25 tion, protection, and interpretation of the cultural, 
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1 historic, and natural resources of the State for the 

2 educational and inspirational benefit of future gen3 erations; 

4 (4) to strengthen the value of Morristown Na5 tional Historical Park as an asset to the State by— 

6 (A) establishing a network of related his7 toric resources, protected landscapes, edu8 cational opportunities, and events depicting the 

9 landscape of the State of New Jersey during 

10 the American Revolution; and 

11 (B) establishing partnerships between Mor12 ristown National Historical Park and other 

13 public and privately owned resources in the 

14 Heritage Area that represent the strategic ful15 crum of the American Revolution; and 

16 (5) to authorize Federal financial and technical 

17 assistance for the purposes described in paragraphs 

18 (1) through (4). 

19 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

20 In this Act: 

21 (1) ASSOCIATION.—The term ‘‘Association’’ 

22 means the Crossroads of the American Revolution 

23 Association, Inc., a nonprofit corporation in the 

24 State. 
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1 (2) HERITAGE AREA.—The term ‘‘Heritage 

2 Area’’ means the Crossroads of the American Revo3 lution National Heritage Area established by section 

4 4(a). 

5 (3) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The term ‘‘man6 agement entity’’ means the management entity for 

7 the Heritage Area designated by section 4(d). 

8 (4) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘manage9 ment plan’’ means the management plan for the 

10 Heritage Area developed under section 5. 

11 (5) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en12 titled ‘‘Crossroads of the American Revolution Na13 tional Heritage Area’’, numbered CRREL80,000, 

14 and dated April 2002. 

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

16 the Secretary of the Interior. 

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

18 of New Jersey. 

19 SEC. 4. CROSSROADS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION NA20 TIONAL HERITAGE AREA. 

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

22 State the Crossroads of the American Revolution National 

23 Heritage Area. 
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1 (b) BOUNDARIES.—The Heritage Area shall consist 

2 of the land and water within the boundaries of the Herit3 age Area, as depicted on the map. 

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

5 and available for public inspection in the appropriate of6 fices of the National Park Service. 

7 (d) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The Association shall 

8 be the management entity for the Heritage Area. 

9 SEC. 5. MANAGEMENT PLAN. 

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

11 date on which funds are first made available to carry out 

12 this Act, the management entity shall submit to the Sec13 retary for approval a management plan for the Heritage 

14 Area. 

15 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The management plan shall— 

16 (1) include comprehensive policies, strategies, 

17 and recommendations for conservation, funding, 

18 management, and development of the Heritage Area; 

19 (2) take into consideration existing State, coun20 ty, and local plans; 

21 (3) describe actions that units of local govern22 ment, private organizations, and individuals have 

23 agreed to take to protect the cultural, historic, and 

24 natural resources of the Heritage Area; 
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1 (4) identify existing and potential sources of 

2 funding for the protection, management, and devel3 opment of the Heritage Area during the first 5 years 

4 of implementation of the management plan; and 

5 (5) include— 

6 (A) an inventory of the cultural, edu7 cational, historic, natural, recreational, and sce8 nic resources of the Heritage Area relating to 

9 the themes of the Heritage Area that should be 

10 restored, managed, or developed; 

11 (B) recommendations of policies and strat12 egies for resource management that result in— 

13 (i) application of appropriate land and 

14 water management techniques; and 

15 (ii) development of intergovernmental 

16 and interagency cooperative agreements to 

17 protect the cultural, educational, historic, 

18 natural, recreational, and scenic resources 

19 of the Heritage Area; 

20 (C) a program of implementation of the 

21 management plan that includes for the first 5 

22 years of implementation— 

23 (i) plans for resource protection, res24 toration, construction; and 
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1 (ii) specific commitments for imple2 mentation that have been made by the 

3 management entity or any government, or4 ganization, or individual; 

5 (D) an analysis of and recommendations 

6 for ways in which Federal, State, and local pro7 grams, including programs of the National 

8 Park Service, may be best coordinated to pro9 mote the purposes of this Act; and 

10 (E) an interpretive plan for the Heritage 

11 Area. 

12 (c) APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF MANAGEMENT

13 PLAN.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

15 the date of receipt of the management plan under 

16 subsection (a), the Secretary shall approve or dis17 approve the management plan. 

18 (2) CRITERIA.—In determining whether to ap19 prove the management plan, the Secretary shall con20 sider whether— 

21 (A) the Board of Directors of the manage22 ment entity is representative of the diverse in23 terests of the Heritage Area, including— 

24 (i) governments; 
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1 (ii) natural and historic resource pro2 tection organizations; 

3 (iii) educational institutions; 

4 (iv) businesses; and 

5 (v) recreational organizations; 

6 (B) the management entity provided ade7 quate opportunity for public and governmental 

8 involvement in the preparation of the manage9 ment plan, including public hearings; 

10 (C) the resource protection and interpreta11 tion strategies in the management plan would 

12 adequately protect the cultural, historic, and 

13 natural resources of the Heritage Area; and 

14 (D) the Secretary has received adequate 

15 assurances from the appropriate State and local 

16 officials whose support is needed to ensure the 

17 effective implementation of the State and local 

18 aspects of the management plan. 

19 (3) ACTION FOLLOWING DISAPPROVAL.—If the 

20 Secretary disapproves the management plan under 

21 paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— 

22 (A) advise the management entity in writ23 ing of the reasons for the disapproval; 

24 (B) make recommendations for revisions to 

25 the management plan; and 
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1 (C) not later than 60 days after the receipt 

2 of any proposed revision of the management 

3 plan from the management entity, approve or 

4 disapprove the proposed revision. 

5 (d) AMENDMENTS.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall approve 

7 or disapprove each amendment to the management 

8 plan that the Secretary determines may make a sub9 stantial change to the management plan. 

10 (2) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds made available 

11 under this Act shall not be expended by the manage12 ment entity to implement an amendment described 

13 in paragraph (1) until the Secretary approves the 

14 amendment. 

15 (e) IMPLEMENTATION.—On completion of the 3-year 

16 period described in subsection (a), any funding made 

17 available under this Act shall be made available to the 

18 management entity only for implementation of the ap19 proved management plan. 

20 SEC. 6. AUTHORITIES, DUTIES, AND PROHIBITIONS APPLI21 CABLE TO THE MANAGEMENT ENTITY. 

22 (a) AUTHORITIES.—For purposes of preparing and 

23 implementing the management plan, the management en24 tity may use funds made available under this Act to— 
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1 (1) make grants to, provide technical assistance 

2 to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, the 

3 State (including a political subdivision), a nonprofit 

4 organization, or any other person; 

5 (2) hire and compensate staff, including individ6 uals with expertise in— 

7 (A) cultural, historic, or natural resource 

8 protection; or 

9 (B) heritage programming; 

10 (3) obtain funds or services from any source 

11 (including a Federal law or program); 

12 (4) contract for goods or services; and 

13 (5) support any other activity— 

14 (A) that furthers the purposes of the Her15 itage Area; and 

16 (B) that is consistent with the manage17 ment plan. 

18 (b) DUTIES.—In addition to developing the manage19 ment plan, the management entity shall— 

20 (1) assist units of local government, regional 

21 planning organizations, and nonprofit organizations 

22 in implementing the approved management plan 

23 by— 
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1 (A) carrying out programs and projects 

2 that recognize, protect, and enhance important 

3 resource values in the Heritage Area; 

4 (B) establishing and maintaining interpre5 tive exhibits and programs in the Heritage 

6 Area; 

7 (C) developing recreational and educational 

8 opportunities in the Heritage Area; 

9 (D) increasing public awareness of and ap10 preciation for cultural, historic, and natural re11 sources of the Heritage Area; 

12 (E) protecting and restoring historic sites 

13 and buildings that are— 

14 (i) located in the Heritage Area; and 

15 (ii) related to the themes of the Herit16 age Area; 

17 (F) ensuring that clear, consistent, and ap18 propriate signs identifying points of public ac19 cess and sites of interest are installed through20 out the Heritage Area; and 

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

23 individuals to further the purposes of the Herit24 age Area; 
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1 (2) in preparing and implementing the manage2 ment plan, consider the interests of diverse units of 

3 government, businesses, organizations, and individ4 uals in the Heritage Area; 

5 (3) conduct public meetings at least semiannu6 ally regarding the development and implementation 

7 of the management plan; 

8 (4) for any fiscal year for which Federal funds 

9 are received under this Act— 

10 (A) submit to the Secretary a report that 

11 describes for the year— 

12 (i) the accomplishments of the man13 agement entity; 

14 (ii) the expenses and income of the 

15 management entity; and 

16 (iii) each entity to which a grant was 

17 made; 

18 (B) make available for audit all informa19 tion relating to the expenditure of the funds 

20 and any matching funds; and 

21 (C) require, for all agreements authorizing 

22 expenditures of Federal funds by any entity, 

23 that the receiving entity make available for 

24 audit all records and other information relating 

25 to the expenditure of the funds; 
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1 (5) encourage, by appropriate means, economic 

2 viability that is consistent with the purposes of the 

3 Heritage Area; and 

4 (6) maintain headquarters for the management 

5 entity at Morristown National Historical Park and 

6 in Mercer County. 

7 (c) PROHIBITION ON THE ACQUISITION OF REAL

8 PROPERTY.— 

9 (1) FEDERAL FUNDS.—The management entity 

10 shall not use Federal funds made available under 

11 this Act to acquire real property or any interest in 

12 real property. 

13 (2) OTHER FUNDS.—Notwithstanding para14 graph (1), the management entity may acquire real 

15 property or an interest in real property using any 

16 other source of funding, including other Federal 

17 funding. 

18 SEC. 7. TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; OTHER 

19 FEDERAL AGENCIES. 

20 (a) TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—On the request of the man22 agement entity, the Secretary may provide technical 

23 and financial assistance to the Heritage Area for the 

24 development and implementation of the management 

25 plan. 
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1 (2) PRIORITY FOR ASSISTANCE.—In providing 

2 assistance under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 

3 give priority to actions that assist in— 

4 (A) conserving the significant cultural, his5 toric, natural, and scenic resources of the Her6 itage Area; and 

7 (B) providing educational, interpretive, and 

8 recreational opportunities consistent with the 

9 purposes of the Heritage Area. 

10 (3) OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE.—Subject to the 

11 availability of appropriations, the Superintendent of 

12 Morristown National Historical Park may, on re13 quest, provide to public and private organizations in 

14 the Heritage Area, including the management entity, 

15 any operational assistance that is appropriate for the 

16 purpose of supporting the implementation of the 

17 management plan. 

18 (4) PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC PROP19 ERTIES.—To carry out the purposes of this Act, the 

20 Secretary may provide assistance to a State or local 

21 government or nonprofit organization to provide for 

22 the appropriate treatment of— 

23 (A) historic objects; or 
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1 (B) structures that are listed or eligible for 

2 listing on the National Register of Historic 

3 Places. 

4 (5) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Sec5 retary may enter into cooperative agreements with 

6 the management entity and other public or private 

7 entities to carry out this subsection. 

8 (b) OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Any Federal 

9 agency conducting or supporting an activity that directly 

10 affects the Heritage Area shall— 

11 (1) consult with the Secretary and the manage12 ment entity regarding the activity; 

13 (2)(A) cooperate with the Secretary and the 

14 management entity in carrying out the of the Fed15 eral agency under this Act; and 

16 (B) to the maximum extent practicable, coordi17 nate the activity with the carrying out of those du18 ties; and 

19 (3) to the maximum extent practicable, conduct 

20 the activity to avoid adverse effects on the Heritage 

21 Area. 

22 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro24 priated to carry out this Act $10,000,000, of which not 
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1 more than $1,000,000 may be authorized to be appro2 priated for any fiscal year. 

3 (b) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.—The Federal 

4 share of the cost of any activity assisted under this Act 

5 shall be not more than 50 percent. 

6 SEC. 9. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY. 

7 The authority of the Secretary to provide assistance 

8 under this Act terminates on the date that is 15 years 

9 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

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