(ii) developing recreational resources
along the Heritage Route Planning Area;
(iii) increasing public awareness of
and appreciation for the archaeological,
historical, cultural, natural, scenic, and
recreational resources and sites along the
Heritage Route Planning Area; and
(iv) if requested by the owner, restor-
ing, stabilizing, or rehabilitating any pri-
vate, public, or tribal historical building re-
lating to the themes of the Heritage Route
Planning Area;
(B) encourage economic viability and diver-
sity along the Heritage Route Planning Area in
accordance with the objectives of the manage-
ment plan; and
(C) encourage the installation of clear,
consistent, and environmentally appropriate
signage identifying access points and sites of in-
terest along the Heritage Route;
(2) consider the interests of diverse govern-
mental, business, and nonprofit groups within the
Heritage Route Planning Area;
(3) conduct public meetings within the Heritage
Route Planning Area at least semiannually regard-
ing the implementation of the management plan;
(4) submit substantial amendments (including
any increase of more than 20 percent in the cost es-
timates for implementation) to the management plan
to the Secretary for approval by the Secretary; and
(5) for any year for which Federal funds are re-
ceived under this Act—
(A) submit to the Secretary a report that
describes, for the year—
(i) the accomplishments of the man-
agement entity;
(ii) the expenses and income of the
management entity; and
(iii) each entity to which any loan or
grant was made;
(B) make available for audit all records
pertaining to the expenditure of the funds and
any matching funds; and
(C) require, for all agreements authorizing
the expenditure of Federal funds by any entity,
that the receiving entity make available for
audit all records pertaining to the expenditure
of the funds.
(c) PROHIBITION ON THE ACQUISITION OF REAL
PROPERTY.—The management entity shall not use Fed-
eral funds made available under this Act to acquire real
property or any interest in real property.
(d) PROHIBITION ON THE REGULATION OF LAND
USE.—The management entity shall not regulate land use
within the Heritage Route Planning Area.
SEC. 8. DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.
(a) TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may, on re-
quest of the management entity, provide technical
and financial assistance to develop and implement
the management plan and memorandum of under-
standing.
(2) PRIORITY FOR ASSISTANCE.—In providing
assistance under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall,
on request of the management entity, give priority
to actions that assist in—
(A) conserving the significant archae-
ological, historical, cultural, natural, scenic, and
recreational resources of the Heritage Route
Planning Area; and
(B) providing education, interpretive, and
recreational opportunities, and other uses con-
sistent with those resources.
(b) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the
costs for any project provided assistance under this Act
shall not exceed 50 percent.
(c) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal share
of the cost for a project may be in the form of contribu-
tions, grants, loans, and in-kind services from private par-
ties, State, or local governments or agencies.
(d) APPLICATION OF FEDERAL LAW.—The establish-
ment of the Heritage Route shall have no effect on the
application of any Federal law to any property within the
Heritage Route Planning Area.
SEC. 9. LAND USE REGULATION; APPLICABILITY OF FED-
ERAL LAW.
(a) LAND USE REGULATION.—Nothing in this Act—
(1) modifies, enlarges, or diminishes any au-
thority of the Federal, State, tribal, or local govern-
ment to regulate by law (including by regulation)
any use of land; or
(2) grants any power of zoning or land use to
the management entity.
(b) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL LAW.—Nothing in
this Act—
(1) imposes on the Heritage Route Planning
Area, as a result of the designation of the Heritage
Route, any regulation that is not applicable to the
area within the Heritage Route Planning Area as of
the date of enactment of this Act; or
(2) authorizes any agency to promulgate a reg-
ulation that applies to the Heritage Route Planning
Area solely as a result of the designation of the Her-
itage Route under this Act.
SEC. 10. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.
The Secretary’s authority to provide assistance under
this Act shall terminate 15 years after the date on which
this Act becomes effective.
SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this Act $10,000,000, of which not more than $1,000,000
is authorized to be appropriated for any 1 fiscal year.
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