I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5724 
To establish the Land Between the Rivers National Heritage Area in the 
State of Illinois, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 29, 2006 
Mr. COSTELLO (for himself, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. GUTIERREZ, 
Mr. KIRK, Mr. EVANS, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. JACKSON of 
Illinois, Mr. WELLER, Ms. BEAN, Mr. RUSH, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. BIGGERT, and Mr. MAN-
ZULLO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Resources 
A BILL 
To establish the Land Between the Rivers National Heritage 
Area in the State of Illinois, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Land Between the Riv-
ers Southern Illinois National Heritage Area Act of 
2006’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
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(1) southern Illinois has a cohesive, distinctive, 
and important landscape that distinguishes the area 
as worthy of designation as a National Heritage 
Area; 
(2) the historic features of southern Illinois re-
flect a period during which the area was the stra-
tegic convergence point during the westward expan-
sion of the United States; 
(3) the geographic centrality of southern Illinois 
ensured that the area played a pivotal military, so-
cial, and political role during the Civil War, which 
resulted in the area being known as the ‘‘Confluence 
of Freedom’’; 
(4) southern Illinois is at the junction of the 
ending glaciers and 6 ecological divisions; 
(5) after the expeditions of Lewis and Clark, 
the land between the rivers became known as 
‘‘Egypt’’ because of the rivers in, and the beauty 
and agricultural abundance of, the area; 
(6) Native Americans described the area in 
southern Illinois between the Mississippi and Ohio 
Rivers as the ‘‘Land Between the Rivers’’; 
(7) a feasibility study led by the Office of Eco-
nomic and Regional Development at Southern Illi-
nois University Carbondale that was revised in April 
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2006 documents a sufficient assemblage of nation-
ally distinctive historic resources to demonstrate the 
feasibility of, and the need for, establishing the 
Land Between the Rivers National Heritage Area; 
and 
(8) stakeholders participating in the feasibility 
study process for the Heritage Area have developed 
a proposed management entity and financial plan to 
preserve the natural, cultural, historic, and scenic 
features of the area while furthering recreational 
and educational opportunities in the area. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) HERITAGE
AREA.—The term ‘‘Heritage 
Area’’ means the Land Between the Rivers National 
Heritage Area established by section 4(a). 
(2) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The term ‘‘man-
agement entity’’ means the management entity for 
the Heritage Area designated by section 4(c). 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Illinois. 
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SEC. 4. LAND BETWEEN THE RIVERS NATIONAL HERITAGE 
AREA. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
State the Land Between the Rivers National Heritage 
Area. 
(b) BOUNDARIES.—The Heritage Area shall in-
clude— 
(1) 
Kincaid 
Mound, 
Fort 
de 
Chartres, 
Kaskaskia, Fort Massac, Wilkinsonville Contonment, 
the Lewis and Clark Sculpture, Flat Boat, Cave-in- 
Rock, the Shawneetown Bank Building, the Iron 
Furnace, the Crenshaw ‘‘Slave House,’’ Roots 
House, the site of the Lincoln-Douglas debate, cer-
tain sites associated with John A. Logan, the Fort 
Defiance Planning Map, Mound City National Ceme-
tery, and Riverlore Mansion; and 
(2) any other sites in Randolph, Perry, Jeffer-
son, 
Franklin, 
Hamilton, 
White, 
Jackson, 
Williamson, Saline, Gallatin, Union, Johnson, Pope, 
Hardin, Alexander, Pulaski, and Massac Counties in 
the State that the Secretary, in consultation with 
the management entity, determine to be appropriate 
for inclusion in the Heritage Area. 
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(c) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The management entity 
for the Heritage Area shall be the Southern Illinois Uni-
versity Carbondale. 
Æ 
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