I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2998 
To establish the Ocmulgee National Heritage Corridor in the State of Georgia, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 11, 2007 
Mr. MARSHALL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To establish the Ocmulgee National Heritage Corridor in 
the State of Georgia, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ocmulgee National 
Heritage Corridor Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Ocmulgee Heritage Corridor is centered 
on the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, a crossroads 
of history and geography, which divides two geo-
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graphic regions and creates two distinct ecosystems, 
the Piedmont Plateau and the Eastern Coastal 
Plain. The intersection of land and water transpor-
tation routes has fostered a continuum of human 
settlement that has endured more than 12,000 
years. 
(2) Macon, Georgia, has more acreage listed in 
the National Register than any other city in Geor-
gia, including fifty-four individual properties, ten 
National Register historic districts with more than 
5,500 contributing properties, and two National His-
toric Landmarks. 
(3) The Ocmulgee National Monument protects 
the remains of Native American settlements over a 
12,000-year period and has features and artifacts 
representing a long cultural continuum from early 
hunter-gatherers through the Civil War. 
(4) The Ocmulgee Old Fields, which consist of 
the Ocmulgee National Monument, Bond Swamp 
National Wildlife Refuge, Central City Park, and 
other private lands in the Ocmulgee floodplain have 
been determined eligible for listing in the National 
Register of Historic Places as a Traditional Cultural 
Property. The Traditional Cultural Property deter-
mination is based on the area’s cultural and histor-
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ical significance in Native American heritage and its 
potential for yielding important information about 
the history of the Macon Plateau and Ocmulgee 
River. 
(5) The Ocmulgee National Heritage Corridor 
has been proposed in order to heighten appreciation 
of the region, preserve its natural and historical re-
sources, and improve the quality of life and economy 
of the area. 
(6) Macon, Georgia has been designated as one 
of Georgia’s Preserve America Communities and one 
of the National Trust’s Dozen Distinctive Destina-
tions of 2004. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are as fol-
lows: 
(1) To establish the Ocmulgee National Herit-
age Corridor in the State of Georgia. 
(2) To implement the national heritage corridor 
alternative as described in the document entitled 
‘‘Ocmulgee National Heritage Corridor Feasibility 
Study, September 2004’’. 
(3) To provide a management framework to 
foster a close working relationship among all levels 
of government, the private sector, and the local com-
munities in the Ocmulgee Heritage Corridor and to 
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conserve the region’s heritage while continuing to 
pursue compatible economic opportunities. 
(4) To assist communities, organizations, and 
citizens in the State of Georgia in identifying, pre-
serving, interpreting, and developing the historical, 
cultural, scenic, and natural resources of the region 
for the educational and inspirational benefit of cur-
rent and future generations. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) HERITAGE CORRIDOR.—The term ‘‘Herit-
age Corridor’’ means the Ocmulgee National Herit-
age Corridor, established in section 4. 
(2) LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY.—The term 
‘‘Local Coordinating Entity’’ means the local coordi-
nating entity for the Heritage Corridor designated 
by section 4(d). 
(3) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘manage-
ment plan’’ means the management plan for the 
Heritage Corridor specified in section 6. 
(4) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map ti-
tled ‘‘Boundary Map Ocmulgee National Heritage 
Corridor-Alternative B’’ and dated September 2004. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
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(6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Georgia. 
SEC. 4. OCMULGEE NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the 
Ocmulgee National Heritage Corridor. 
(b) BOUNDARIES.—The Heritage Corridor shall be 
comprised of the land and water within the boundaries of 
the Heritage Corridor, as depicted on the map, includ-
ing— 
(1) the City of Macon, Georgia; 
(2) Ocmulgee National Monument; and 
(3) the Ocmulgee River Corridor from Water 
Works to the Bond Swamp. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate of-
fices of the National Park Service, Department of the In-
terior. 
(d) LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY.—The Ocmulgee 
Heritage L.L.C. shall be the local coordinating entity for 
the Heritage Corridor. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES OF THE LOCAL COORDI-
NATING ENTITY. 
(a) DUTIES OF THE LOCAL COORDINATING ENTI-
TY.—To further the purposes of the Heritage Corridor, 
the local coordinating entity shall— 
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