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[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1828 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1828

To amend the Illinois and Michigan Canal Heritage Corridor Act of 1984 
 to authorize appropriations for capital improvement projects, and for 
                            other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 22, 1993

  Mr. Lipinski (for himself, Mr. Rush, Mr. Reynolds, Mrs. Collins of 
 Illinois, Mr. Sangmeister, Mr. Fawell, Mr. Porter, Mr. Costello, Mr. 
 Evans, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Gutierrez) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL

 
To amend the Illinois and Michigan Canal Heritage Corridor Act of 1984 
 to authorize appropriations for capital improvement projects, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

    (a) Authorization.--Section 116 of the Illinois and Michigan Canal 
National Heritage Corridor Act of 1984 (98 Stat. 1456; 16 U.S.C. 461 
note) is amended by adding the following at the end thereof:
    ``(c) Funding for Cooperative Agreements for Capital 
Improvements.--For the 5 fiscal years which commence after September 
30, 1993, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary not 
more than $100,000,000 to carry out section 108(i)(2).''.
    (b) Cooperative Agreements.--Section 108(i) of such Act is 
amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``Cooperative Agreements.--
        ''; and
            (2) by adding the following at the end thereof:
    ``(2) The Secretary is authorized to provide funds to the State, to 
any political subdivision of the State, or to any person to assist in 
the development of capital improvement projects necessary or 
appropriate to implement the plan. Such funds may not be used to cover 
more than 50 percent of the aggregate costs of such projects. The 
remaining share of such costs shall be funded with non-Federal moneys. 
Federal funds may only be provided under this paragraph pursuant to a 
cooperative agreement entered into between the Secretary, acting in 
consultation with the Commission, and the recipient of such funds.''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF BOUNDARIES.

    Section 104(b)(1) of the Illinois and Michigan Canal National 
Heritage Corridor Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 461 note) is amended to read 
as follows:
    ``(1) The corridor shall consist of the areas depicted on--
            ``(A) the map entitled `Illinois and Michigan Canal 
        National Heritage Corridor', dated May 1983 and numbered IMC-
        80,000;
            ``(B) the map entitled `Illinois and Michigan Canal 
        National Heritage Corridor--Boundary Definition for portions of 
        the Corridor East of Harlem Avenue', dated -------- and 
        numbered --------; and
            ``(C) the map entitled `Illinois and Michigan Canal 
        National Heritage Corridor--Boundary Definition for the Lake 
        Renwick Zone', dated ------- and numbered --------,
which maps shall be on file and available for public inspection in the 
offices of the Commission and in the offices of the National Park 
Service.''.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF COMMISSION.

    Section 111(a) of the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage 
Corridor Act of 1984 (98 Stat. 1456; 16 U.S.C. 461 note) is amended by 
striking out ``ten'' and inserting ``20''.

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