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tion for 60 days after receipt, the plan shall be
considered approved.
(b) PRIORITIES.—The management entity shall give
priority to the implementation of actions, goals, and poli-
cies set forth in the management plan for the corridor,
including—
(1) assisting units of government, regional plan-
ning organizations, and nonprofit organizations—
(A) in conserving the corridor;
(B) in establishing and maintaining inter-
pretive exhibits in the corridor;
(C) in developing recreational opportunities
in the corridor;
(D) in increasing public awareness of and
appreciation for the natural, historical, and cul-
tural resources of the corridor;
(E) in the restoration of historic buildings
that are located within the boundaries of the
corridor and relate to the themes of the cor-
ridor; and
(F) in ensuring that clear, consistent, and
environmentally appropriate signs identifying
access points and sites of interest are put in
place throughout the corridor; and
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(2) consistent with the goals of the manage-
ment plan, encouraging economic viability in the af-
fected communities by appropriate means.
(c) CONSIDERATION
OF
INTERESTS
OF
LOCAL
GROUPS.—The management entity shall, in preparing and
implementing the management plan for the corridor, con-
sider the interest of diverse units of government, busi-
nesses, private property owners, and nonprofit groups
within the geographic area.
(d) PUBLIC MEETINGS.—The management entity
shall conduct public meetings at least quarterly regarding
the implementation of the Corridor Management Plan.
(e) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The management entity
shall, for any fiscal year in which it receives Federal funds
under this title or in which a loan made by the entity with
Federal funds under section 807(d)(1) is outstanding,
submit an annual report to the Secretary setting forth its
accomplishments, its expenses and income, and the enti-
ties to which it made any loans and grants during the year
for which the report is made.
(f) COOPERATION WITH AUDITS.—The management
entity shall, for any fiscal year in which its receives Fed-
eral funds under this title or in which a loan made by
the entity with Federal funds under section 807(d)(1) is
outstanding, make available for audit by the Congress, the
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Secretary, and appropriate units of government all records
and other information pertaining to the expenditure of
such funds and any matching funds, and require, for all
agreements authorizing expenditure of Federal funds by
other organizations, that the receiving organizations make
available for such audit all records and other information
pertaining to the expenditure of such funds.
SEC. 809. DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES OF FEDERAL AGEN-
CIES.
(a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND GRANTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide
technical assistance and grants to units of govern-
ment, nonprofit organizations, and other persons,
upon request of the management entity of the cor-
ridor, and to the management entity, regarding the
management plan and its implementation.
(2) 
PROHIBITION
OF
CERTAIN
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—The Secretary may not, as a condition of
the award of technical assistance or grants under
this section, require any recipient of such technical
assistance or grant to enact or modify land use re-
strictions.
(3) 
DETERMINATIONS
REGARDING
ASSIST-
ANCE.—The Secretary shall decide if the corridor
shall be awarded technical assistance or grants and
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the amount of that assistance. Such decisions shall
be based on the relative degree to which the corridor
effectively fulfills the objectives contained in the Cor-
ridor Management Plan and achieves the purposes
of this title. Such decisions shall give consideration
to projects which provide a greater leverage of Fed-
eral funds.
(b) PROVISION
OF INFORMATION.—In cooperation
with other Federal agencies, the Secretary shall provide
the general public with information regarding the location
and character of the corridor.
(c) OTHER ASSISTANCE.—Upon request, the Super-
intendent of Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area
may provide to public and private organizations within the
corridor (including the management entity for the cor-
ridor) such operational assistance as appropriate to sup-
port the implementation of the Corridor Management
Plan, subject to the availability of appropriated funds. The
Secretary is authorized to enter into cooperative agree-
ments with public and private organizations for the pur-
poses of implementing this subsection.
(d) DUTIES OF OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Any
Federal entity conducting any activity directly affecting
the corridor shall consider the potential effect of the activ-
ity on the Corridor Management Plan and shall consult
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with the management entity of the corridor with respect
to the activity to minimize the adverse effects of the activ-
ity on the corridor.
SEC. 810. LACK OF EFFECT ON LAND USE REGULATION
AND PRIVATE PROPERTY.
(a) LACK OF EFFECT ON AUTHORITY OF GOVERN-
MENTS.—Nothing in this title shall be construed to mod-
ify, enlarge, or diminish any authority of Federal, State,
or local governments to regulate any use of land as pro-
vided for by law or regulation.
(b) LACK OF ZONING OR LAND USE POWERS.—
Nothing in this title shall be construed to grant powers
of zoning or land use control to the Committee or manage-
ment entity of the corridor.
(c) LOCAL AUTHORITY
AND PRIVATE PROPERTY
NOT AFFECTED.—Nothing in this title shall be construed
to affect or to authorize the Committee to interfere with—
(1) the rights of any person with respect to pri-
vate property; or
(2) any local zoning ordinance or land use plan
of the State of Ohio or a political subdivision there-
of.
SEC. 811. SUNSET.
The Secretary may not make any grant or provide
any assistance under this title after September 30, 2012.
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SEC. 812. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated under this title not more than $1,000,000 for any
fiscal year. Not more than a total of $10,000,000 may
be appropriated for the corridor under this title.
(b) 50 PERCENT MATCH.—Federal funding provided
under this title, after the designation of this corridor, may
not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of any assistance
or grant provided or authorized under this title.
TITLE IX—HUDSON RIVER VAL-
LEY 
NATIONAL 
HERITAGE
AREA
SEC. 901. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Hudson River Valley
National Heritage Area Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 902. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The Hudson River Valley between Yonkers,
New York, and Troy, New York, possesses impor-
tant historical, cultural, and natural resources, rep-
resenting themes of settlement and migration, trans-
portation, and commerce.
(2) The Hudson River Valley played an impor-
tant role in the military history of the American
Revolution.
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(3) The Hudson River Valley gave birth to im-
portant movements in American art and architecture
through the work of Andrew Jackson Downing, Al-
exander Jackson Davis, Thomas Cole, and their as-
sociates, and played a central role in the recognition
of the esthetic value of the landscape and the devel-
opment of an American esthetic ideal.
(4) The Hudson River Valley played an impor-
tant role in the development of the iron, textile, and
collar and cuff industries in the 19th century, exem-
plified in surviving structures such as the Harmony
Mills complex at Cohoes, and in the development of
early men’s and women’s labor and cooperative orga-
nizations, and is the home of the first women’s labor
union and the first women’s secondary school.
(5) The Hudson River Valley, in its cities and
towns and in its rural landscapes—
(A) displays exceptional surviving physical
resources illustrating these themes and the so-
cial, industrial, and cultural history of the 19th
and early 20th centuries; and
(B) includes many National Historic Sites
and Landmarks.
(6) The Hudson River Valley is the home of
traditions associated with Dutch and Huguenot set-
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tlements dating to the 17th and 18th centuries, was
the locus of characteristic American stories such as
‘‘Rip Van Winkle’’ and the ‘‘Legend of Sleepy Hol-
low’’, and retains physical, social, and cultural evi-
dence of these traditions and the traditions of other
more recent ethnic and social groups.
(7) New York State has established a structure
for the Hudson River Valley communities to join to-
gether to preserve, conserve, and manage these re-
sources, and to link them through trails and other
means, in the Hudson River Greenway Communities
Council and the Greenway Conservancy.
SEC. 903. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this title are the following:
(1) To recognize the importance of the history
and the resources of the Hudson River Valley to the
Nation.
(2) To assist the State of New York and the
communities of the Hudson River Valley in preserv-
ing, protecting, and interpreting these resources for
the benefit of the Nation.
(3) To authorize Federal financial and technical
assistance to serve these purposes.
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SEC. 904. HUDSON RIVER VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE
AREA.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established a
Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area (in this title
referred to as the ‘‘Heritage Area’’).
(b) BOUNDARIES.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in paragraph (2), the Heritage Area shall be
comprised of the counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Co-
lumbia, Greene, Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam,
Westchester, and Rockland, New York, and the Vil-
lage of Waterford in Saratoga County, New York.
(2) AREAS
EXCLUDED.—The Heritage Area
shall not include any of the following:
(A) The counties of Greene and Columbia.
(B) Those portions of the counties of
Rensselaer and Dutchess located entirely within
the 22d Congressional District of New York (as
such district exists on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act).
(c) MANAGEMENT ENTITIES.—The management en-
tities for the Heritage Area shall be the Hudson River Val-
ley Greenway Communities Council and the Greenway
Conservancy (agencies established by the State of New
York in its Hudson River Greenway Act of 1991, in this
title referred to as the ‘‘management entities’’). The man-
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agement entities shall jointly establish a Heritage Area
Committee to manage the Heritage Area.
SEC. 905. COMPACT.
To carry out the purposes of this title, the Secretary
of the Interior (in this title referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’)
shall enter into a compact with the management entities.
The compact shall include information relating to the ob-
jectives and management of the area, including the follow-
ing:
(1) A discussion of the goals and objectives of
the Heritage Area, including an explanation of a
proposed approach to conservation and interpreta-
tion, and a general outline of the protection meas-
ures committed to by the parties to the compact.
(2) A description of the respective roles of the
management entities.
(3) A list of the initial partners to be involved
in developing and implementing a management plan
for the Heritage Area, and a statement of the finan-
cial commitment of such partners.
(4) A description of the role of the State of
New York.
SEC. 906. MANAGEMENT PLAN.
The management entities shall develop a manage-
ment plan for the Heritage Area that presents comprehen-
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sive recommendations for the Heritage Area’s conserva-
tion, funding, management and development. Such plan
shall take into consideration existing State, county, and
local plans and involve residents, public agencies, and pri-
vate organizations working in the Heritage Area. It shall
include actions to be undertaken by units of government
and private organizations to protect the resources of the
Heritage Area. It shall specify the existing and potential
sources of funding to protect, manage, and develop the
Heritage Area. Such plan shall include specifically as ap-
propriate the following:
(1) An inventory of the resources contained in
the Heritage Area, including a list of any property
in the Heritage Area that is related to the themes
of the Heritage Area and that should be preserved,
restored, managed, developed, or maintained because
of its natural, cultural, historic, recreational, or sce-
nic significance.
(2) A recommendation of policies of resource
management which consider and detail application of
appropriate land and water management techniques,
including but not limited to, the development of
intergovernmental cooperative agreements to protect
the Heritage Area’s historical, cultural, recreational,
and natural resources in a manner consistent with
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supporting appropriate and compatible economic via-
bility.
(3) A program for implementation of the man-
agement plan by the management entities, including
plans for restoration and construction, and specific
commitments of the identified partners for the first
5 years of operation.
(4) An analysis of ways in which local, State,
and Federal programs may best be coordinated to
promote the purposes of this title.
(5) An interpretation plan for the Heritage
Area.
SEC. 907. AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES OF MANAGEMENT EN-
TITIES.
(a) AUTHORITIES
OF
THE MANAGEMENT ENTI-
TIES.—The management entities may, for purposes of pre-
paring and implementing the management plan under sec-
tion 906, use Federal funds made available through this
title—
(1) to make loans and grants to, and enter into
cooperative agreements with, States and their politi-
cal subdivisions, private organizations, or any per-
son; and
(2) to hire and compensate staff.
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(b) DUTIES OF THE MANAGEMENT ENTITIES.—The
management entities shall—
(1) develop and submit to the Secretary for ap-
proval a management plan as described in section
906 within 5 years after the date of the enactment
of this title.
(2) give priority to implementing actions as set
forth in the compact and the management plan, in-
cluding taking steps to—
(A) assist units of government, regional
planning organizations, and nonprofit organiza-
tions in preserving the Heritage Area;
(B) assist units of government, regional
planning organizations, and nonprofit organiza-
tions in establishing, and maintaining interpre-
tive exhibits in the Heritage Area;
(C) assist units of government, regional
planning organizations, and nonprofit organiza-
tions in developing recreational resources in the
Heritage Area;
(D) assist units of government, regional
planning organizations, and nonprofit organiza-
tions in increasing public awareness of an ap-
preciation for the natural, historical and archi-
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(5) submit substantial changes (including any
increase of more than 20 percent in the cost esti-
mates for implementation) to the management plan
to the Secretary for the Secretary’s approval;
(6) for any year in which Federal funds have
been received under this title, submit an annual re-
port to the Secretary setting forth its accomplish-
ments, its expenses and income, and the entities to
which any loans and grants were made during the
year for which the report is made; and
(7) for any year in which Federal funds have
been received under this title, make available for
audit all records pertaining to the expenditure of
such funds and any matching funds, and require, for
all agreements authorizing expenditure of Federal
funds by other organizations, that the receiving or-
ganizations make available for audit all records per-
taining to the expenditure of such funds.
If a management plan is not submitted to the Secretary
as required under paragraph (1) within the specified time,
the Heritage Area shall no longer qualify for Federal
funding.
(c) PROHIBITION ON THE ACQUISITION OF REAL
PROPERTY.— The management entities may not use Fed-
eral funds received under this title to acquire real property
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or an interest in real property. Nothing in this title shall
preclude any management entity from using Federal funds
from other sources for their permitted purposes.
(d) ELIGIBILITY FOR RECEIVING FINANCIAL ASSIST-
ANCE.—
(1) ELIGIBILITY.—The management entities
shall be eligible to receive funds appropriated
through this title for a period of 10 years after the
day on which the compact under section 905 is
signed by the Secretary and the management enti-
ties, except as provided in paragraph (2).
(2) EXCEPTION.—The management entities’ eli-
gibility for funding under this title may be extended
for a period of not more than 5 additional years if—
(A) the management entities determine
such extension is necessary in order to carry
out the purposes of this title and notify the Sec-
retary not later than 180 days prior to the ter-
mination date;
(B) the management entities, not later
than 180 days prior to the termination date,
present to the Secretary a plan of their activi-
ties for the period of the extension, including
provisions for becoming independent of the
funds made available through this title; and
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(C) the Secretary, with the advice of the
Governor of New York, approves such extension
of funding.
SEC. 908. DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES OF FEDERAL AGEN-
CIES.
(a) DUTIES
AND
AUTHORITIES
OF
THE
SEC-
RETARY.—
(1) TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may,
upon request of the management entities, pro-
vide technical and financial assistance to the
Heritage Area to develop and implement the
management plan. In assisting the Heritage
Area, the Secretary shall give priority to actions
that in general assist in—
(i) conserving the significant natural
historic, and cultural resources which sup-
port its themes; and
(ii) providing educational, interpretive,
and recreational opportunities consistent
with its resources and associated values.
(B) 
SPENDING
FOR
NON-FEDERALLY
OWNED PROPERTY.—The Secretary may spend
Federal funds directly on nonfederally owned
property to further the purposes of this title,
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especially in assisting units of government in
appropriate treatment of districts, sites, build-
ings, structures, and objects listed or eligible
for listing on the National Register of Historic
Places.
(2) APPROVAL AND DISAPPROVAL OF COMPACTS
AND MANAGEMENT PLANS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Governor of New York, shall
approve or disapprove a compact or manage-
ment plan submitted under this title not later
than 90 days after receiving such compact or
management plan.
(B) ACTION FOLLOWING DISAPPROVAL.—
If the Secretary disapproves a submitted com-
pact or management plan, the Secretary shall
advise the management entities in writing of
the reasons therefor and shall make rec-
ommendations for revisions in the compact or
plan. The Secretary shall approve or disapprove
a proposed revision within 90 days after the
date it is submitted.
(3) APPROVING AMENDMENTS.—The Secretary
shall review substantial amendments to the manage-
ment plan for the Heritage Area. Funds appro-
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priated pursuant to this title may not be expended
to implement the changes until the Secretary ap-
proves the amendments.
(4) PROMULGATING REGULATIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall promulgate such regulations as are nec-
essary to carry out the purposes of this title.
(b) DUTIES OF FEDERAL ENTITIES.—Any Federal
entity conducting or supporting activities directly affecting
the Heritage Area, and any unit of government acting pur-
suant to a grant of Federal funds or a Federal permit
or agreement conducting or supporting such activities,
shall to the maximum extent practicable—
(1) consult with the Secretary and the manage-
ment entities with respect to such activities;
(2) cooperate with the Secretary and the man-
agement entities in carrying out their duties under
this title and coordinate such activities with the car-
rying out of such duties; and
(3) conduct or support such activities in a man-
ner consistent with the management plan unless the
Federal entity, after consultation with the manage-
ment entities, determines there is no practicable al-
ternative.
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SEC. 909. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) COMPACTS AND MANAGEMENT PLAN.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary, for grants
for developing a compact under section 905 and providing
assistance for a management plan under section 906, not
more than $300,000, to remain available until expended,
subject to the following conditions:
(1) No grant for a compact or management
plan may exceed 75 percent of the grantee’s cost for
such study or plan.
(2) The total amount of Federal funding for the
compact for the Heritage Area may not exceed
$150,000.
(3) The total amount of Federal funding for a
management plan for the Heritage Area may not ex-
ceed $150,000.
(b) MANAGEMENT ENTITY OPERATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for the
management entities, amounts as follows:
(1) For the operating costs of each manage-
ment entity, pursuant to section 907, not more than
$250,000 annually.
(2) For technical assistance pursuant to section
908, not more than $50,000 annually.
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The Federal contribution to the operations of the manage-
ment entities shall not exceed 50 percent of the annual
operating costs of the entities.
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Secretary, for grants (and the adminis-
tration thereof) for the implementation of the manage-
ment plans for the Heritage Area pursuant to section 908,
not more than $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, subject to the following conditions:
(1) No grant for implementation may exceed 50
percent of the grantee’s cost of implementation.
(2) Any payment made shall be subject to an
agreement that conversion, use, or disposal of the
project so assisted for purposes contrary to the pur-
poses of this title, as determined by the Secretary,
shall result in a right of the United States of reim-
bursement of all funds made available to such
project or the proportion of the increased value of
the project attributable to such funds as determined
at the time of such conversion, use, or disposal,
whichever is greater.