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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1738 
To establish the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 27, 2017 
Mr. GARAMENDI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To establish the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National 
Heritage Area. 
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 ‘‘Sacramento-San Joa-
quin Delta National Heritage Area Establishment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) HERITAGE
AREA.—The term ‘‘Heritage 
Area’’ means the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta 
Heritage Area established by section 3(a). 
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(2) HERITAGE AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The 
term ‘‘Heritage Area management plan’’ means the 
plan developed and adopted by the local coordinating 
entity under this Act. 
(3) LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY.—The term 
‘‘local coordinating entity’’ means the local coordi-
nating entity for the Heritage Area designated by 
section 3(d). 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of California. 
SEC. 3. SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA HERITAGE 
AREA. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the 
‘‘Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Heritage Area’’ in the 
State. 
(b) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the Heritage 
Area shall be in the counties of Contra Costa, Sacramento, 
San Joaquin, Solano, and Yolo in the State of California, 
as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Sacramento- 
San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area Proposed 
Boundary’’, numbered T27/105,030, and dated October 
2012. 
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(c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map described in 
subsection (b) shall be on file and available for public in-
spection in the appropriate offices of the National Park 
Service and the Delta Protection Commission. 
(d) LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY.—The local co-
ordinating entity for the Heritage Area shall be the Delta 
Protection Commission established by section 29735 of 
the California Public Resources Code. 
(e) ADMINISTRATION.— 
(1) AUTHORITIES.—For purposes of carrying 
out the Heritage Area management plan, the Sec-
retary, acting through the local coordinating entity, 
may use amounts made available under this Act 
to— 
(A) make grants to the State or a political 
subdivision of the State, nonprofit organiza-
tions, and other persons; 
(B) enter into cooperative agreements 
with, or provide technical assistance to, the 
State or a political subdivision of the State, 
nonprofit organizations, and other interested 
parties; 
(C) hire and compensate staff, which shall 
include individuals with expertise in natural, 
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cultural, and historical resources protection, 
and heritage programming; 
(D) obtain money or services from any 
source including any that are provided under 
any other Federal law or program; 
(E) contract for goods or services; and 
(F) undertake to be a catalyst for any 
other activity that furthers the Heritage Area 
and is consistent with the approved Heritage 
Area management plan. 
(2) DUTIES.—The local coordinating entity 
shall— 
(A) in accordance with subsection (f), pre-
pare and submit a Heritage Area management 
plan to the Secretary; 
(B) assist units of local government, re-
gional planning organizations, and nonprofit or-
ganizations in carrying out the approved Herit-
age Area management plan by— 
(i) carrying out programs and projects 
that recognize, protect, and enhance im-
portant resource values in the Heritage 
Area; 
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(ii) establishing and maintaining in-
terpretive exhibits and programs in the 
Heritage Area; 
(iii) developing recreational and edu-
cational opportunities in the Heritage 
Area; 
(iv) increasing public awareness of, 
and appreciation for, natural, historical, 
scenic, and cultural resources of the Herit-
age Area; 
(v) protecting and restoring historic 
sites and buildings in the Heritage Area 
that are consistent with Heritage Area 
themes; 
(vi) ensuring that clear, consistent, 
and appropriate signs identifying points of 
public access, and sites of interest are 
posted throughout the Heritage Area; and 
(vii) promoting a wide range of part-
nerships among governments, organiza-
tions, and individuals to further the Herit-
age Area; 
(C) consider the interests of diverse units 
of government, businesses, organizations, and 
individuals in the Heritage Area in the prepara-
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tion and implementation of the Heritage Area 
management plan; 
(D) conduct meetings open to the public at 
least semiannually regarding the development 
and implementation of the Heritage Area man-
agement plan; 
(E) for any year that Federal funds have 
been received under this Act— 
(i) submit an annual report to the 
Secretary that describes the activities, ex-
penses, and income of the local coordi-
nating entity (including grants to any 
other entities during the year that the re-
port is made); 
(ii) make available to the Secretary 
for audit all records relating to the expend-
iture of the funds and any matching funds; 
and 
(iii) require, with respect to all agree-
ments authorizing expenditure of Federal 
funds by other organizations, that the or-
ganizations receiving the funds make avail-
able to the Secretary for audit all records 
concerning the expenditure of the funds; 
and 
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(F) encourage by appropriate means eco-
nomic viability that is consistent with the Herit-
age Area. 
(3) PROHIBITION
ON
THE
ACQUISITION
OF 
REAL
PROPERTY.—The local coordinating entity 
shall not use Federal funds made available under 
this Act to acquire real property or any interest in 
real property. 
(4) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.—The Fed-
eral share of the cost of any activity carried out 
using any assistance made available under this Act 
shall be 50 percent. 
(f) HERITAGE AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the local coordi-
nating entity shall submit to the Secretary for ap-
proval a proposed Heritage Area management plan. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The Heritage Area man-
agement plan shall— 
(A) incorporate an integrated and coopera-
tive approach to agricultural resources and ac-
tivities, flood protection facilities, and other 
public infrastructure; 
(B) emphasize the importance of the re-
sources described in subparagraph (A); 
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(C) take into consideration State and local 
plans; 
(D) include— 
(i) an inventory of— 
(I) the resources located in the 
core area described in subsection (b); 
and 
(II) any other property in the 
core area that— 
(aa) is related to the themes 
of the Heritage Area; and 
(bb) should be preserved, re-
stored, managed, or maintained 
because of the significance of the 
property; 
(ii) comprehensive policies, strategies 
and recommendations for conservation, 
funding, management, and development of 
the Heritage Area; 
(iii) a description of actions that gov-
ernments, private organizations, and indi-
viduals have agreed to take to protect the 
natural, historical and cultural resources of 
the Heritage Area; 
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(iv) a program of implementation for 
the Heritage Area management plan by 
the local coordinating entity that includes 
a description of— 
(I) actions to facilitate ongoing 
collaboration among partners to pro-
mote plans for resource protection, 
restoration, and construction; and 
(II) specific commitments for im-
plementation that have been made by 
the local coordinating entity or any 
government, organization, or indi-
vidual for the first 5 years of oper-
ation; 
(v) the identification of sources of 
funding for carrying out the Heritage Area 
management plan; 
(vi) analysis and recommendations for 
means by which local, State, and Federal 
programs, including the role of the Na-
tional Park Service in the Heritage Area, 
may best be coordinated to carry out this 
Act; and 
(vii) an interpretive plan for the Her-
itage Area; and 
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