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effect on any liability under any other law, of any private 
property owner with respect to any persons injured on 
such private property. 
‘‘(c) RECOGNITION
OF AUTHORITY
TO CONTROL 
LAND USE.—Nothing in this title shall be construed to 
modify the authority of Federal, State, or local govern-
ments to regulate land use. 
‘‘(d) PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY OWN-
ERS IN CORRIDOR.—Nothing in this title shall be con-
strued to require the owner of any private property located 
within the boundaries of the corridor to participate in or 
be associated with the corridor. 
‘‘(e) EFFECT OF ESTABLISHMENT.—The boundaries 
designated for the corridor represent the area within 
which Federal funds appropriated for the purpose of this 
title may be expended. The establishment of the corridor 
and its boundaries shall not be construed to provide any 
nonexisting regulatory authority on land use within the 
corridor or its viewshed by the Secretary, the National 
Park Service, or the Association.’’. 
SEC. 504. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 
Section 116 of Illinois and Michigan Canal National 
Heritage Corridor Act of 1984 is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (b); and 
(2) in subsection (a)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘(a)’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘For each’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) For 
each’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Commission’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Association’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘Commission’s’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Association’s’’; 
(D) by redesignating paragraph (2) as sub-
section (b); and 
(E) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively. 
TITLE VI—OIL REGION 
NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA 
SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE; DEFINITIONS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the 
‘‘Oil Region National Heritage Area Act’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this title, the 
following definitions shall apply: 
(1) HERITAGE
AREA.—The term ‘‘Heritage 
Area’’ means the Oil Region National Heritage Area 
established in section 603(a). 
(2) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The term ‘‘man-
agement entity’’ means the Oil Heritage Region, 
Inc., or its successor entity.
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(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 602. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Oil Region of Northwestern Pennsyl-
vania, with numerous sites and districts listed on the 
National Register of Historic Places, and designated 
by the Governor of Pennsylvania as one of the State 
Heritage Park Areas, is a region with tremendous 
physical and natural resources and possesses a story 
of State, national, and international significance. 
(2) The single event of Colonel Edwin Drake’s 
drilling of the world’s first successful oil well in 
1859 has affected the industrial, natural, social, and 
political structures of the modern world. 
(3) Six national historic districts are located 
within the State Heritage Park boundary, in 
Emlenton, Franklin, Oil City, and Titusville, as well 
as 17 separate National Register sites. 
(4) The Allegheny River, which was designated 
as a component of the national wild and scenic riv-
ers system in 1992 by Public Law 102–271, tra-
verses the Oil Region and connects several of its 
major sites, as do some of the river’s tributaries 
such as Oil Creek, French Creek, and Sandy Creek.
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(5) The unspoiled rural character of the Oil Re-
gion provides many natural and recreational re-
sources, scenic vistas, and excellent water quality for 
people throughout the United States to enjoy. 
(6) Remnants of the oil industry, visible on the 
landscape to this day, provide a direct link to the 
past for visitors, as do the historic valley settle-
ments, riverbed settlements, plateau developments, 
farmlands, and industrial landscapes. 
(7) The Oil Region also represents a cross sec-
tion of American history associated with Native 
Americans, frontier settlements, the French and In-
dian War, African Americans and the Underground 
Railroad, and immigration of Swedish and Polish in-
dividuals, among others. 
(8) Involvement by the Federal Government 
shall serve to enhance the efforts of the Common-
wealth of Pennsylvania, local subdivisions of the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, volunteer organiza-
tions, and private businesses, to promote the cul-
tural, national, and recreational resources of the re-
gion in order to fulfill their full potential. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this title is to en-
hance a cooperative management framework to assist the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, its units of local govern-
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ment, and area citizens in conserving, enhancing, and in-
terpreting the significant features of the lands, water, and 
structures of the Oil Region, in a manner consistent with 
compatible economic development for the benefit and in-
spiration of present and future generations in the Com-
monwealth of Pennsylvania and the United States. 
SEC. 603. OIL REGION NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established 
the Oil Region National Heritage Area. 
(b) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the Heritage 
Area shall include all of those lands depicted on a map 
entitled ‘‘Oil Region National Heritage Area’’, numbered 
OIRE/20,000 and dated October, 2000. The map shall be 
on file in the appropriate offices of the National Park 
Service. The Secretary of the Interior shall publish in the 
Federal Register, as soon as practical after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, a detailed description and map 
of the boundaries established under this subsection. 
(c) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The management entity 
for the Heritage Area shall be the Oil Heritage Region, 
Inc., the locally based private, nonprofit management cor-
poration which shall oversee the development of a manage-
ment plan in accordance with section 605(b).
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(1) presents comprehensive strategies and rec-
ommendations for conservation, funding, manage-
ment, and development of the Heritage Area; 
(2) takes into consideration existing State, 
county, and local plans and involves residents, public 
agencies, and private organizations working in the 
Heritage Area; 
(3) includes a description of actions that units 
of government and private organizations have agreed 
to take to protect the resources of the Heritage 
Area; 
(4) specifies the existing and potential sources 
of funding to protect, manage, and develop the Her-
itage Area; 
(5) includes an inventory of the resources con-
tained 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 pre-
served, restored, managed, developed, or maintained 
because of its natural, cultural, historic, recreational, 
or scenic significance; 
(6) describes a program for implementation of 
the management plan by the management entity, in-
cluding plans for restoration and construction, and 
specific commitments for that implementation that
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have been made by the management entity and any 
other persons for the first 5 years of implementa-
tion; 
(7) lists any revisions to the boundaries of the 
Heritage Area proposed by the management entity 
and requested by the affected local government; and 
(8) includes an interpretation plan for the Her-
itage Area. 
(c) DEADLINE; TERMINATION OF FUNDING.—
(1) DEADLINE.—The management entity shall 
submit the management plan to the Secretary within 
2 years after the funds are made available for this 
title. 
(2) TERMINATION OF FUNDING.—If a manage-
ment plan is not submitted to the Secretary in ac-
cordance with this subsection, the management enti-
ty shall not qualify for Federal assistance under this 
title. 
(d) DUTIES OF MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The man-
agement entity shall—
(1) give priority to implementing actions set 
forth in the compact and management plan; 
(2) assist units of government, regional plan-
ning organizations, and nonprofit organizations in—
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(A) establishing and maintaining interpre-
tive exhibits in the Heritage Area; 
(B) developing recreational resources in 
the Heritage Area; 
(C) increasing public awareness of and ap-
preciation for the natural, historical, and archi-
tectural resources and sites in the Heritage 
Area; 
(D) the restoration of any historic building 
relating to the themes of the Heritage Area; 
(E) ensuring that clear signs identifying 
access points and sites of interest are put in 
place throughout the Heritage Area; and 
(F) carrying out other actions that the 
management entity determines to be advisable 
to fulfill the purposes of this title; 
(3) encourage by appropriate means economic 
viability in the Heritage Area consistent with the 
goals of the management plan; 
(4) consider the interests of diverse govern-
mental, business, and nonprofit groups within the 
Heritage Area; and 
(5) for any year in which Federal funds have 
been provided to implement the management plan 
under subsection (b)—
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(A) conduct public meetings at least annu-
ally regarding the implementation of the man-
agement plan; 
(B) submit an annual report to the Sec-
retary setting forth accomplishments, expenses 
and income, and each person to which any 
grant was made by the management entity in 
the year for which the report is made; and 
(C) require, for all agreements entered into 
by the management entity authorizing expendi-
ture of Federal funds by any other person, that 
the person making the expenditure make avail-
able to the management entity for audit all 
records pertaining to the expenditure of such 
funds. 
(e) PROHIBITION ON THE ACQUISITION OF REAL 
PROPERTY.—The management entity may not use Fed-
eral funds received under this title to acquire real property 
or an interest in real property. 
SEC. 606. DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES OF THE SECRETARY. 
(a) TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—
(A) OVERALL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 
may, upon the request of the management enti-
ty, and subject to the availability of appropria-
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tions, provide technical and financial assistance 
to the management entity to carry out its du-
ties under this title, including updating and im-
plementing a management plan that is sub-
mitted under section 605(b) and approved by 
the Secretary and, prior to such approval, pro-
viding assistance for initiatives. 
(B) OTHER ASSISTANCE.—If the Secretary 
has the resources available to provide technical 
assistance to the management entity to carry 
out its duties under this title (including updat-
ing and implementing a management plan that 
is submitted under section 605(b) and approved 
by the Secretary and, prior to such approval, 
providing assistance for initiatives), upon the 
request of the management entity the Secretary 
shall provide such assistance on a reimbursable 
basis. This subparagraph does not preclude the 
Secretary from providing nonreimbursable as-
sistance under subparagraph (A). 
(2) PRIORITY.—In assisting the management 
entity, the Secretary shall give priority to actions 
that assist in the—
(A) implementation of the management 
plan;