visions of section 108, to have been designated an Amer-
ican Heritage Area under section 105(d) on the date on
which the Heritage Area is designated under subsection
(c) of this section.
(f) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—Upon petition, the Sec-
retary is authorized to recognize a coalition consisting of
the following persons as the management entity, for pur-
poses of title I, for the Ohio & Erie Canal American Herit-
age Area:
(1) The Superintendent of the Cuyahoga Valley
National Recreational Area.
(2) 2 individuals submitted by the Governor of
Ohio, who shall be representatives of the Directors
of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and
the Ohio Historical Society.
(3) 8 individuals submitted by the county com-
missioners or county chief executive of the Ohio
counties 
of 
Cuyahoga, 
Summit, 
Stark, 
and
Tuscarawas, including—
(A) from each county, 1 representative of
the planning offices of the county; and
(B) from each county, 1 representative of
a municipality in the county.
(4) 3 individuals submitted by the county or
metropolitan park boards of the Ohio counties of
Cuyahoga, Summit, and Stark.
(5) 1 individual with knowledge and experience
in the field of historic preservation, submitted by the
Director of the National Park Service.
(6) 1 individual with knowledge and experience
in the field of historic preservation, submitted by the
Ohio Historic Preservation Officer.
(7) 1 individual who is a director of a conven-
tion and tourism bureau within the area, submitted
by the Director of the Ohio Department of Travel
and Tourism.
(8) 4 individuals, who shall include 1 represent-
ative of business and industry from each of the
counties 
of 
Cuyahoga, 
Summit, 
Stark, 
and
Tuscarawas, submitted by the Greater Cleveland
Growth Association, the Akron Regional Develop-
ment Board, the Stark Development Board, and the
Tuscarawas County Chamber of Commerce.
(g) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may provide to pub-
lic and private entities within the Heritage Area (including
the management entity for the Heritage Area) technical,
financial, development, and operational assistance. Assist-
ance provided under this subsection shall be provided on
a reimbursable basis through the Cuyahoga Valley Na-
tional Recreation Area.
SEC. 205. SHENANDOAH VALLEY BATTLEFIELDS AMERICAN
HERITAGE AREA.
(a) CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.—The Congress finds
that—
(1) there are situated in the Shenandoah Valley
in the Commonwealth of Virginia the sites of several
key Civil War battles;
(2) certain sites, battlefields, structures, and
districts in the Shenandoah Valley are collectively of
national significance in the history of the Civil War;
(3) in 1990 the Congress enacted legislation di-
recting the Secretary of the Interior to prepare a
comprehensive study of significant sites and struc-
tures associated with Civil War battles in the Shen-
andoah Valley;
(4) the study, which was completed in 1992,
found that many of the sites within the Shenandoah
Valley possess national significance and retain a
high degree of historical integrity;
(5) the preservation and interpretation of these
sites will make an important contribution to the un-
derstanding of the heritage of the United States;
(6) the preservation of Civil War sites within a
regional framework requires cooperation among local
property owners and Federal, State, and local gov-
ernment entities; and
(7) partnerships between Federal, State, and
local governments and their regional entities, and
the private sector, offer the most effective opportuni-
ties for the enhancement and management of the
Civil War battlefields and related sites in the Shen-
andoah Valley.
(b) STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.—The purposes of this
section are—
(1) to preserve, conserve, and interpret the leg-
acy of the Civil War in the Shenandoah Valley;
(2) to recognize and interpret important events
and geographic locations representing key Civil War
battles in the Shenandoah Valley, including those
battlefields associated with the Thomas J. (Stone-
wall) Jackson campaign of 1862 and the decisive
campaigns of 1864;
(3) to recognize and interpret the effect of the
Civil War on the civilian population of the Shen-
andoah Valley during the war and postwar recon-
struction period; and