SEC. 2. CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER NATIONAL HERITAGE 
AREA. 
(a) PURPOSE.—Section 101 of the Cache La Poudre 
River Corridor Act (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 104- 
323) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Cache La Poudre Corridor’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Cache la Poudre River National Her-
itage Area’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Cache La Poudre River Basin’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Cache la Poudre River Basin’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘the Corridor’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Heritage Area’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 102 of the Cache La 
Poudre River Corridor Act (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public 
Law 104-323) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) ALLIANCE.—The term ‘Alliance’ means 
the Poudre Heritage Alliance, a nonprofit corpora-
tion incorporated in the State of Colorado.’’; 
(2) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(2) GOVERNOR.—The term ‘Governor’ means 
the Governor of the State of Colorado. 
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(C) by striking ‘‘and generally depicted’’ 
and all that follows through the period at the 
end of the matter following paragraph (19) and 
inserting ‘‘as generally depicted on the map en-
titled ‘Cache la Poudre River National Heritage 
Area’, numbered 960/80,003, and dated April, 
2004.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The Alliance shall be 
the management entity for the Heritage Area. 
‘‘(e) LANDOWNER WITHDRAW.—Any owner of pri-
vate property included within the boundaries of the Herit-
age Area shall have that property immediately removed 
from the boundaries of the Heritage Area by submitting 
a written request to the Alliance.’’. 
SEC. 3. POUDRE HERITAGE ALLIANCE. 
Section 104 of the Cache La Poudre River Corridor 
Act (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 104-323) is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 104. AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES OF THE ALLIANCE. 
‘‘(a) DUTIES OF THE ALLIANCE.—To further the 
purposes of the Heritage Area, the Alliance shall— 
‘‘(1) prepare, obtain approval for, implement, 
and support the Plan in accordance with section 
105; 
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‘‘(2) administer the Heritage Area; 
‘‘(3) conduct meetings regarding the develop-
ment and implementation of the Plan at least quar-
terly that are open to the public; 
‘‘(4) for any fiscal year in which the Alliance 
receives Federal funds under this Act— 
‘‘(A) submit to the Secretary an annual re-
port that describes the accomplishments, ex-
penses, and income of the Alliance, including 
grants provided to any other entities during the 
fiscal year; and 
‘‘(B)(i) make available for audit all infor-
mation relating to the expenditure of the Fed-
eral funds and any matching funds; and 
‘‘(ii) in any agreement authorizing expendi-
tures of Federal funds by other organizations, 
require that the receiving organizations make 
available for audit all records and other infor-
mation relating to the expenditure of the Fed-
eral funds; 
‘‘(5) encourage by appropriate means economic 
viability that is consistent with the purposes of the 
Heritage Area; and 
‘‘(6) carry out other duties of the Alliance as 
required under this Act. 
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‘‘(b) AUTHORITIES.—The Alliance may, for the pur-
poses of preparing and implementing the Plan, use Fed-
eral funds made available under this Act to— 
‘‘(1) make grants to the State of Colorado, po-
litical subdivisions of the State, nonprofit organiza-
tions, and other persons; 
‘‘(2) enter into cooperative agreements with, or 
provide technical assistance to, the State of Colo-
rado, political subdivisions of the State, nonprofit or-
ganizations, and other interested persons; 
‘‘(3) hire and compensate staff, including indi-
viduals with expertise in cultural, historic, and nat-
ural resources protection and heritage programming; 
‘‘(4) obtain money or services from any source, 
including money or services that are provided under 
any other Federal law or program; 
‘‘(5) contract for goods or services; and 
‘‘(6) support activities that— 
‘‘(A) further the purposes of the Heritage 
Area; and 
‘‘(B) are consistent with the approved 
Plan. 
‘‘(c) ACQUISITION OF LAND AND REAL PROPERTY.— 
‘‘(1) ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY.— 
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‘‘(A) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL 
FUNDS.—The Alliance shall not use Federal 
funds received under this Act to acquire real 
property. 
‘‘(B) 
OTHER
FUNDS.—Notwithstanding 
subparagraph (A), the Alliance may acquire 
real property using any other source of funding, 
including other Federal funding. 
‘‘(2) ACQUISITION
OF
LAND
FROM
WILLING 
SELLERS.—No land or interest in land may be ac-
quired by the Secretary or the Alliance under this 
Act without the consent of the owner of the land or 
interest.’’. 
SEC. 4. CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER NATIONAL HERITAGE 
AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Cache La Poudre River Cor-
ridor Act (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 104-323) is 
amended by striking sections 105 through 109 and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘SEC. 105. CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER NATIONAL HERITAGE 
AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENTS.—The Alliance shall prepare 
and submit to the Secretary for approval a management 
plan for the Heritage Area that— 
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‘‘(1) describes comprehensive policies, goals, 
strategies, and recommendations for— 
‘‘(A) telling the story of the heritage of the 
Heritage Area; and 
‘‘(B) encouraging long-term resource pro-
tection, enhancement, interpretation, funding, 
management, and development of the Heritage 
Area; 
‘‘(2) includes a description of actions and com-
mitments that State and local governments, private 
organizations, and citizens in the Heritage Area will 
take to protect, enhance, and interpret the cultural, 
historic, natural, and scenic resources of the Herit-
age Area; 
‘‘(3) specifies existing and potential sources of 
funding or economic development strategies to pro-
tect, enhance, interpret, fund, manage, and develop 
the Heritage Area; 
‘‘(4) includes an inventory of the cultural, edu-
cational, historical, natural, recreational, and scenic 
resources of the Heritage Area and associated sites 
relating to the stories and themes of the region that 
should be protected, enhanced, managed or devel-
oped; 
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‘‘(5) recommends policies and strategies for re-
source management, including the development of 
intergovernmental and interagency agreements to 
protect the cultural, educational, historic, natural, 
recreational, and scenic resources of the Heritage 
Area; 
‘‘(6) describes a program of implementation for 
the Plan, including— 
‘‘(A) performance goals; 
‘‘(B) plans for resource protection, en-
hancement, and interpretation; and 
‘‘(C) specific commitments for implementa-
tion that have been made by the Alliance or any 
government, organization, business, or indi-
vidual in the Heritage Area; 
‘‘(7) includes an analysis of, and recommenda-
tions for, ways in which Federal, State, and local 
programs may best be coordinated to further the 
purposes of this Act, including an analysis of the 
role of the National Park Service and other Federal 
agencies associated with the Heritage Area; and 
‘‘(8) includes a business plan that— 
‘‘(A) describes the role, operation, financ-
ing, and functions of— 
‘‘(i) the Alliance; and 
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‘‘(ii) each of the major activities in-
cluded in the Plan; and 
‘‘(B) provides adequate assurances that 
the Alliance has the partnerships and financial 
and other resources necessary to implement the 
Plan. 
‘‘(b) TERMINATION OF FUNDING.—If the Plan is not 
submitted to the Secretary in accordance with this section, 
the Secretary shall not provide to the Alliance any addi-
tional financial assistance under this Act until the Plan 
is submitted to and approved by the Secretary under this 
section. 
‘‘(c) APPROVAL OF PLAN.— 
‘‘(1) REVIEW.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of receipt of the management plan under 
subsection (a), the Secretary, in consultation with 
the Governor, shall review and approve or disapprove 
the Plan. 
‘‘(2) CRITERIA.—In determining whether to ap-
prove the Plan, the Secretary shall consider wheth-
er— 
‘‘(A) the Alliance is representing the di-
verse interests of the Heritage Area, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(i) governments; 
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‘‘(ii) natural and historic resource 
protection organizations; 
‘‘(iii) educational institutions; 
‘‘(iv) businesses; 
‘‘(v) recreational organizations; 
‘‘(vi) community residents; and 
‘‘(vii) private property owners; 
‘‘(B) the Alliance provided adequate oppor-
tunity, workshops, and hearings for public and 
governmental involvement in the preparation of 
the Plan; 
‘‘(C) the Alliance includes provisions for at 
least semiannual public meetings to ensure ade-
quate implementation of the Plan; 
‘‘(D) the resource protection and interpre-
tation strategies in the Plan would adequately 
protect, enhance, and interpret the cultural, his-
toric, natural, and scenic resources of the Her-
itage Area; 
‘‘(E) the Plan would adversely affect any 
activities authorized on Federal land under pub-
lic land laws or land use plans; 
‘‘(F) the Alliance has demonstrated finan-
cial capability, in partnership with others, to 
carry out the Plan; 
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‘‘(G) the Secretary has received adequate 
assurances from the appropriate State and local 
officials, the support of which is needed to en-
sure the effective implementation of the State 
and local aspects of the Plan; and 
‘‘(H) the Plan demonstrates partnerships 
among the Alliance, Federal, State, and local 
governments, regional planning organizations, 
nonprofit organizations, or private-sector par-
ties for implementation of the Plan. 
‘‘(3) ACTION FOLLOWING DISAPPROVAL.—If the 
Secretary disapproves the Plan under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) advise the Alliance in writing of the 
reasons for the disapproval; 
‘‘(B) make recommendations for revisions 
to the Plan; and 
‘‘(C) not later than 180 days after the date 
of receipt of a proposed revision to the Plan, 
approve or disapprove the proposed revision. 
‘‘(4) AMENDMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
review and approve or disapprove each amend-
ment to the Plan that the Secretary determines 
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may substantially alter the purposes of the Her-
itage Area. 
‘‘(B) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds made avail-
able under this Act shall not be expended by 
the management entity to implement an amend-
ment described in subparagraph (A) until the 
Secretary approves the amendment.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Cache La 
Poudre River Corridor Act (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public 
Law 104-323) is amended by redesignating sections 110, 
111, 112, and 113 as sections 106, 107, 108, and 110, 
respectively. 
SEC. 5. DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES OF THE SECRETARY OF 
THE INTERIOR. 
Section 106 of the Cache La Poudre River Corridor 
Act (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 104-323) (as redes-
ignated by section 4(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking the heading and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 106. DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES OF THE SECRETARY.’’. 
(2) by striking subsections (a) and (c); 
(3) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (a); 
(4) in subsection (a) (as redesignated by para-
graph (2))— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘Commission’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Alliance’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘section 108’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘section 105’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may enter 
into cooperative agreements with the Alliance for the 
purpose of carrying out the Plan. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Any cooperative agree-
ment shall, at a minimum, establish procedures for 
providing notice to the Alliance of any action that 
may affect the implementation of the Plan.’’. 
SEC. 6. OTHER FEDERAL ENTITIES. 
Section 107 of the Cache La Poudre River Corridor 
Act (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 104-323) (as redes-
ignated by section 4(b)) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘section 112’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 108’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Corridor’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘Heritage Area’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘Commission’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Alliance’’; and 
(4) by striking ‘‘Cache La Poudre’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘Cache la Poudre’’. 
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SEC. 7. EFFECT ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER STAND-
ARDS, RESTRICTIONS, AND SAVINGS PROVI-
SIONS. 
Section 108 of the Cache La Poudre River Corridor 
Act (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 104-323) (as redes-
ignated by section 4(b)) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘No privately owned property shall be 
preserved, conserved, or promoted by the Plan un-
less and until the owner of that private property 
gives the Alliance written consent for such preserva-
tion, conservation, or promotion after receiving writ-
ten notification from the Alliance of the proposed 
preservation, conservation, or promotion.’’; 
(2) by striking subsections (c) and (d) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(c) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this Act— 
‘‘(1) diminishes, enlarges, or modifies a right of 
a Federal agency, State agency, or political subdivi-
sion of the State— 
‘‘(A) to exercise civil and criminal jurisdic-
tion within the Heritage Area; or 
‘‘(B) to tax persons, corporations, fran-
chises, or property, including minerals and 
other interests in or on land or water within the 
urban portions of the Heritage Area; 
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‘‘(2) authorizes the regulation of private land in 
the Heritage Area; 
‘‘(3) authorizes the imposition of any manda-
tory streamflow requirements in the Heritage Area; 
‘‘(4) creates an express or implied Federal re-
served water right; 
‘‘(5) imposes any Federal water quality stand-
ard within or upstream of the Heritage Area that is 
more restrictive than would be applicable had the 
Heritage Area not been established; or 
‘‘(6) prevents the State of Colorado from ac-
quiring an instream flow through the Heritage Area 
under the terms, conditions, and limitations of State 
law to assist in protecting the natural environment 
to the extent and for the purposes authorized by 
State law.’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘Corridor’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘Heritage Area’’; and 
(4) by striking ‘‘Commission’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Alliance’’. 
SEC. 8. PRIVATE PROPERTY PROTECTIONS. 
The Cache La Poudre River Corridor Act (16 U.S.C. 
461 note; Public Law 104–323) is amended by inserting 
after section 108 (as redesignated by section 4(b) and 
amended by section 7) the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 109. PRIVATE PROPERTY PROTECTION. 
‘‘(a) ACCESS TO PRIVATE PROPERTY.—Nothing in 
this Act shall be construed to— 
‘‘(1) require any private property owner to 
allow public access (including Federal, State, or local 
government access) to such private property; or 
‘‘(2) modify any provision of Federal, State, or 
local law with regard to public access to or use of 
private property. 
‘‘(b) LIABILITY.—Designation of the Heritage Area 
shall not be considered to create any liability, or to have 
any effect on any liability under any other law, of any pri-
vate property owner with respect to any persons injured 
on such private property. 
‘‘(c) RECOGNITION
OF AUTHORITY
TO CONTROL 
LAND USE.—Nothing in this Act 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 HERITAGE AREA.—Nothing in this Act shall be 
construed to require the owner of any private property lo-
cated within the boundaries of the Heritage Area to par-
ticipate in or be associated with the Heritage Area. 
‘‘(e) EFFECT OF ESTABLISHMENT.—The boundaries 
designated for the Heritage Area represent the area within 
which Federal funds appropriated pursuant to the author-
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ization of appropriations in section 110 may be expended. 
The establishment of the Heritage Area and its boundaries 
shall not be construed to provide any nonexisting regu-
latory authority on land use within the Heritage Area or 
its viewshed by the Secretary, the National Park Service, 
or the Alliance.’’. 
SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 110 of the Cache La Poudre River Corridor 
Act (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 104-323) (as redes-
ignated by section 4(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 110. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this Act— 
‘‘(1) not more than $100,000 for any fiscal 
year; and 
‘‘(2) not more than a total of $1,000,000. 
‘‘(b) AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated pursuant 
to the authorization of appropriations in subsection (a) 
shall remain available until expended. 
‘‘(c) MATCHING FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of providing 
a grant under this Act to the Alliance, the Secretary 
shall require that the Alliance provide matching 
funds equal to the amount of the grant. 
‘‘(2) FORM.—Matching funds— 
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‘‘(A) shall be from non-Federal sources; 
and 
‘‘(B) may be made in the form of in-kind 
contributions of goods or services fairly valued. 
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Not more than 5 
percent of the funds appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in subsection (a) for a fiscal year 
may be used by the Secretary for technical assistance, 
oversight, and administrative purposes.’’. 
SEC. 10. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY; REFERENCES IN 
LAW. 
The Cache La Poudre River Corridor Act (16 U.S.C. 
461 note; Public Law 104-323) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 111. REFERENCES. 
‘‘(a) FEDERAL LAWS AND DOCUMENTS.—Any ref-
erence in any law (other than this Act), regulation, docu-
ment, record, map, or other paper of the United States 
to ‘Cache La Poudre River Corridor’ or ‘Cache La Poudre 
Corridor’ shall be considered to be a reference to the 
‘Cache la Poudre River National Heritage Area’. 
‘‘(b) OTHER SIGNS AND NOTICES.—Any directional 
or official sign or notice relating to ‘Cache La Poudre 
River Corridor’ or ‘Cache La Poudre Corridor’ shall be 
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considered to be a reference to the ‘Cache la Poudre River 
National Heritage Area’. 
‘‘SEC. 112. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY. 
‘‘The authority of the Secretary to provide financial 
assistance to the Alliance (excluding technical assistance 
and administrative oversight) under this Act shall termi-
nate 10 years after the date of enactment of the Cache 
la Poudre River National Heritage Area Technical 
Amendments Act of 2007.’’. 
Æ 
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