(c) PLAN IMPLEMENTATION.—From the amounts
made available to carry out the National Historic Preser-
vation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), there is authorized
to be appropriated to the Secretary, for grants and tech-
nical assistance for the implementation of management
plans for designated American Heritage Areas and the ad-
ministration of such grants and assistance, not more than
$14,500,000 annually, to remain available until expended,
with the following conditions:
(1) PERCENT OF COST.—No grant under this
title for implementation of a management plan may
exceed 50 percent of the cost to the grantee of the
implementation.
(2) PERCENT OF FUNDING FOR EACH AREA.—
Not more than 10 percent of the annual appropria-
tion for this subsection shall be made available, in
any 1 year, to each American Heritage Area.
(3) TOTAL
FUNDING
FOR
EACH
AREA.—Not
more than a total of $10,000,000 may be made
available under this subsection to each American
Heritage Area.
(4) AGREEMENTS.—Any payment made under
this subsection shall be subject to an agreement that
conversion, use, or disposal of the project so assisted
for purposes contrary to the purposes of this title,
as determined by the Secretary, shall result in a
right of the United States to the greater of—
(A) reimbursement of all funds made avail-
able for such project; and
(B) the proportion of the increased value
of the project attributable to such funds, as de-
termined at the time of such conversion, use, or
disposal.
(d) LIMITATION ON AMOUNTS FOR TECHNICAL AS-
SISTANCE.—The amount of Federal funding made avail-
able under this section for technical assistance for an
American Heritage Area for a fiscal year may not exceed
$150,000.
SEC. 112. EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITIES.
The authorities contained in this title shall expire on
September 30 of the 25th fiscal year beginning after the
date of the enactment of this title.
SEC. 113. REPORT.
The Secretary shall submit to the Congress, every 5
years while the authorities contained in this title remain
in force, a report on the status and accomplishments of
the American Heritage Areas Partnership Program as a
whole.
SEC. 114. SAVINGS PROVISION.
Nothing in this title shall be construed to expand or
diminish any authorities contained in any law designating
an individual National Heritage Area or Corridor before
the date of the enactment of this title.
SEC. 115. FISHING AND HUNTING SAVINGS CLAUSE.
(a) NO DIMINISHMENT OF STATE AUTHORITY.—The
designation of an American Heritage Area shall not dimin-
ish the authority of the affected State or States to manage
fish and wildlife, including the regulation of fishing and
hunting within such Area.
(b) NO CONDITIONING OF APPROVAL AND ASSIST-
ANCE.—Limitations on fishing, hunting, or trapping may
not be made a condition for the approval of a compact
or management plan, the provision of assistance for early
actions pursuant to section 106(a)(4), the determination
of eligibility for Federal funds, or the receipt, in connec-
tion with the American Heritage Area status of an area,
of any other form of assistance from the Secretary or
other Federal agencies.
TITLE II—DESIGNATION OF
AMERICAN HERITAGE AREAS
SEC. 201. AMERICAN COAL HERITAGE AREA.
(a) CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.—The Congress finds
that—
(1) the rise of American industry in the late
19th and 20th centuries led to tremendous growth
in the Appalachian coal fields, creating an area of
national historic significance in terms of its con-
tributions to the industrial revolution, architecture,
culture, and diversity;
(2) within the Appalachian coal belt, the coal
mined in southern West Virginia and in southwest-
ern Virginia produced some of the purest and most
sought-after coal in the Nation, and the region asso-
ciated with this coal contains a rich cultural herit-
age;
(3) the influx of labor needed to mine coal in
this region created a diverse community of African
Americans from the south, recent immigrants from
southern and southeastern Europe, Americans from
northern mining areas, and native Appalachians;
(4) it is in the national interest to preserve and
protect physical remnants of the late 19th and early
20th century rise of American industry for the edu-
cation and benefit of present and future generations;
and
(5) there is a need to provide assistance to the
preservation and promotion of the vestiges of the