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SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) HERITAGE
AREA.—The term ‘‘Heritage 
Area’’ means the Upper Housatonic Valley National 
Heritage Area, established in section 104. 
(2) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The term ‘‘Man-
agement Entity’’ means the management entity for 
the Heritage Area designated by section 104(d). 
(3) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘Manage-
ment Plan’’ means the management plan for the 
Heritage Area specified in section 106. 
(4) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Boundary Map Upper Housatonic Valley Na-
tional Heritage Area’’, numbered P17/80,000, and 
dated February 2003. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Connecticut and the Commonwealth of Massachu-
setts. 
SEC. 104. UPPER HOUSATONIC VALLEY NATIONAL HERIT-
AGE AREA. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the 
Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area. 
(b) BOUNDARIES.—The Heritage Area shall be com-
prised of—
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(1) part of the Housatonic River’s watershed, 
which extends 60 miles from Lanesboro, Massachu-
setts to Kent, Connecticut; 
(2) the towns of Canaan, Colebrook, Cornwall, 
Kent, Norfolk, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, 
and Warren in Connecticut; and 
(3) the towns of Alford, Becket, Dalton, 
Egremont, Great Barrington, Hancock, Hinsdale, 
Lanesboro, Lee, Lenox, Monterey, Mount Wash-
ington, New Marlboro, Pittsfield, Richmond, Shef-
field, Stockbridge, Tyringham, Washington, and 
West Stockbridge in Massachusetts. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate of-
fices of the National Park Service, Department of the In-
terior. 
(d) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The Upper Housatonic 
Valley National Heritage Area, Inc. shall be the manage-
ment entity for the Heritage Area. 
SEC. 105. AUTHORITIES, PROHIBITIONS, AND DUTIES OF 
THE MANAGEMENT ENTITY. 
(a) DUTIES OF THE MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—To fur-
ther the purposes of the Heritage Area, the management 
entity shall—
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(1) prepare and submit a management plan for 
the Heritage Area to the Secretary in accordance 
with section 106; 
(2) assist units of local government, regional 
planning organizations, and nonprofit organizations 
in implementing the approved management plan 
by— 
(A) carrying out programs and projects 
that recognize, protect and enhance important 
resource values within the Heritage Area; 
(B) establishing and maintaining interpre-
tive exhibits and programs within the Heritage 
Area; 
(C) developing recreational and educational 
opportunities in the Heritage Area; 
(D) increasing public awareness of and ap-
preciation for natural, historical, scenic, and 
cultural resources of the Heritage Area; 
(E) protecting and restoring historic sites 
and buildings in the Heritage Area that are 
consistent with heritage area themes; 
(F) ensuring that signs identifying points 
of public access and sites of interest are posted 
throughout the Heritage Area; and
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(G) promoting a wide range of partner-
ships among governments, organizations and in-
dividuals to further the purposes of the Herit-
age Area; 
(3) consider the interests of diverse units of 
government, businesses, organizations and individ-
uals in the Heritage Area in the preparation and im-
plementation of the management plan; 
(4) conduct meetings open to the public at least 
semi-annually regarding the development and imple-
mentation of the management plan; 
(5) submit an annual report to the Secretary 
for any fiscal year in which the management entity 
receives Federal funds under this title, setting forth 
its accomplishments, expenses, and income, includ-
ing grants to any other entities during the year for 
which the report is made; 
(6) make available for audit for any fiscal year 
in which it receives Federal funds under this title, 
all information pertaining to the expenditure of such 
funds and any matching funds, and require in all 
agreements authorizing expenditures of Federal 
funds by other organizations, that the receiving or-
ganizations make available for such audit all records
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and other information pertaining to the expenditure 
of such funds; and 
(7) encourage by appropriate means economic 
development that is consistent with the purposes of 
the Heritage Area. 
(b) AUTHORITIES.—The management entity may, for 
the purposes of preparing and implementing the manage-
ment plan for the Heritage Area, use Federal funds made 
available through this title to— 
(1) make grants to the State of Connecticut 
and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, their po-
litical subdivisions, nonprofit organizations and other 
persons; 
(2) enter into cooperative agreements with or 
provide technical assistance to the State of Con-
necticut and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 
their subdivisions, nonprofit organizations, and other 
interested parties; 
(3) hire and compensate staff, which shall in-
clude individuals with expertise in natural, cultural, 
and historical resources protection, and heritage pro-
gramming; 
(4) obtain money or services from any source 
including any that are provided under any other 
Federal law or program;
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(5) contract for goods or services; and 
(6) undertake to be a catalyst for any other ac-
tivity that furthers the purposes of the Heritage 
Area and is consistent with the approved manage-
ment plan. 
(c) PROHIBITIONS ON THE ACQUISITION OF REAL 
PROPERTY.—The management entity may not use Fed-
eral funds received under this title to acquire real prop-
erty, but may use any other source of funding, including 
other Federal funding outside this authority, intended for 
the acquisition of real property. 
SEC. 106. MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The management plan for the 
Heritage Area shall— 
(1) include comprehensive policies, strategies 
and recommendations for conservation, funding, 
management and development of the Heritage Area; 
(2) take into consideration existing State, coun-
ty, and local plans in the development of the man-
agement plan and its implementation; 
(3) include a description of actions that govern-
ments, private organizations, and individuals have 
agreed to take to protect the natural, historical and 
cultural resources of the Heritage Area;
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(4) specify the existing and potential sources of 
funding to protect, manage, and develop the Herit-
age Area in the first 5 years of implementation; 
(5) include an inventory of the natural, histor-
ical, cultural, educational, scenic, and recreational 
resources of the Heritage Area related to the themes 
of the Heritage Area that should be preserved, re-
stored, managed, developed, or maintained; 
(6) describe a program of implementation for 
the management plan including plans for resource 
protection, restoration, construction, and specific 
commitments for implementation that have been 
made by the management entity or any government, 
organization, or individual for the first 5 years of 
implementation; and 
(7) include an interpretive plan for the Heritage 
Area. 
(b) DEADLINE AND TERMINATION OF FUNDING.— 
(1) DEADLINE.—The management entity shall 
submit the management plan to the Secretary for 
approval within 3 years after funds are made avail-
able for this title. 
(2) TERMINATION OF FUNDING.—If the man-
agement plan is not submitted to the Secretary in 
accordance with this subsection, the management en-