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(1) to recognize the national importance of the 
natural and cultural legacies of the area, as dem-
onstrated in the study entitled ‘‘The Journey 
Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area 
Feasibility Study’’ dated September 2006; 
(2) to preserve, support, conserve, and interpret 
the legacy of the American history created along the 
National Heritage Area; 
(3) to promote heritage, cultural and rec-
reational tourism and to develop educational and 
cultural programs for visitors and the general public; 
(4) to recognize and interpret important events 
and geographic locations representing key develop-
ments in the creation of America, including Native 
American, Colonial American, European American, 
and African American heritage; 
(5) to recognize and interpret the effect of the 
Civil War on the civilian population of the National 
Heritage Area during the war and post-war recon-
struction period; 
(6) to enhance a cooperative management 
framework to assist the Commonwealth of Virginia, 
the State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Penn-
sylvania, the State of West Virginia, and their units 
of local government, the private sector, and citizens 
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residing in the National Heritage Area in con-
serving, supporting, enhancing, and interpreting the 
significant historic, cultural and recreational sites in 
the National Heritage Area; and 
(7) to provide appropriate linkages among units 
of the National Park System within and surrounding 
the National Heritage Area, to protect, enhance, and 
interpret resources outside of park boundaries. 
SEC. 2003. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle— 
(1) NATIONAL
HERITAGE
AREA.—The term 
‘‘National Heritage Area’’ means the Journey 
Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area 
established in this subtitle. 
(2) LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY.—The term 
‘‘local coordinating entity’’ means the Journey 
Through Hallowed Ground Partnership, a Virginia 
non-profit, which is hereby designated by Con-
gress— 
(A) to develop, in partnership with others, 
the management plan for the National Heritage 
Area; and 
(B) to act as a catalyst for the implemen-
tation of projects and programs among diverse 
partners in the National Heritage Area. 
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(3) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘manage-
ment plan’’ means the plan prepared by the local co-
ordinating entity for the National Heritage Area 
that specifies actions, policies, strategies, perform-
ance goals, and recommendations to meet the goals 
of the National Heritage Area, in accordance with 
this subtitle. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 2004. DESIGNATION OF THE JOURNEY THROUGH HAL-
LOWED GROUND NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established 
the Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage 
Area. 
(b) BOUNDARIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Heritage Area shall 
consist of the 175-mile region generally following the 
Route 15 corridor and surrounding areas from 
Adams County, Pennsylvania, through Frederick 
County, Maryland, including the Heart of the Civil 
War Maryland State Heritage Area, looping through 
Brunswick, Maryland, to Harpers Ferry, West Vir-
ginia, back through Loudoun County, Virginia, to 
the Route 15 corridor and surrounding areas encom-
passing portions of Loudoun and Prince William 
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Counties, Virginia, then Fauquier County, Virginia, 
portions of Spotsylvania and Madison Counties, Vir-
ginia, and Culpepper, Rappahannock, Orange, and 
Albemarle Counties, Virginia. 
(2) MAP.—The boundaries of the National Her-
itage Area shall include all of those lands and inter-
ests as generally depicted on the map titled ‘‘Jour-
ney Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage 
Area’’, numbered P90/80,000, and dated October 
2006. The map shall be on file and available to the 
public in the appropriate offices of the National 
Park Service and the local coordinating entity. 
SEC. 2005. MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS.—The management plan for the 
National Heritage Area shall— 
(1) describe comprehensive policies, goals, strat-
egies, and recommendations for telling the story of 
the heritage of the area covered by the National 
Heritage Area and encouraging long-term resource 
protection, enhancement, interpretation, funding, 
management, and development of the National Her-
itage Area; 
(2) include a description of actions and commit-
ments that Federal, State, Tribal, and local govern-
ments, private organizations, and citizens will take 
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to protect, enhance, interpret, fund, manage, and de-
velop the natural, historical, cultural, educational, 
scenic, and recreational resources of the National 
Heritage Area; 
(3) specify existing and potential sources of 
funding or economic development strategies to pro-
tect, enhance, interpret, fund, manage, and develop 
the National Heritage Area; 
(4) include an inventory of the natural, histor-
ical, cultural, educational, scenic, and recreational 
resources of the National Heritage Area related to 
the national importance and themes of the National 
Heritage Area that should be protected, enhanced, 
interpreted, managed, funded, and developed; 
(5) recommend policies and strategies for re-
source management, including the development of 
intergovernmental and interagency agreements to 
protect, enhance, interpret, fund, manage, and de-
velop the natural, historical, cultural, educational, 
scenic, and recreational resources of the National 
Heritage Area; 
(6) describe a program for implementation for 
the management plan, including— 
(A) performance goals; 
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(B) plans for resource protection, enhance-
ment, interpretation, funding, management, and 
development; and 
(C) specific commitments for implementa-
tion that have been made by the local coordi-
nating entity or any Federal, State, Tribal or 
local government agency, organization, busi-
ness, or individual; 
(7) include an analysis of, and recommenda-
tions for, means by which Federal, State, Tribal, 
and local programs may best be coordinated (includ-
ing the role of the National Park Service and other 
Federal agencies associated with the National Herit-
age Area) to further the purposes of this subtitle; 
and 
(8) include a business plan that— 
(A) describes the role, operation, financing, 
and functions of the local coordinating entity 
and of each of the major activities contained in 
the management plan; and 
(B) provides adequate assurances that the 
local coordinating entity has the partnerships 
and financial and other resources necessary to 
implement the management plan for the Na-
tional Heritage Area. 
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(b) DEADLINE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after 
the date on which funds are first made available to 
develop the management plan after designation as a 
National Heritage Area, the local coordinating entity 
shall submit the management plan to the Secretary 
for approval. 
(2) TERMINATION OF FUNDING.—If the man-
agement plan is not submitted to the Secretary in 
accordance with paragraph (1), the local coordi-
nating entity shall not qualify for any additional fi-
nancial assistance under this subtitle until such time 
as the management plan is submitted to and ap-
proved by the Secretary. 
(c) APPROVAL OF MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
(1) REVIEW.—Not later than 180 days after re-
ceiving the plan, the Secretary shall review and ap-
prove or disapprove the management plan for a Na-
tional Heritage Area on the basis of the criteria es-
tablished under paragraph (3). 
(2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall con-
sult with the Governor of each State in which the 
National Heritage Area is located before approving 
a management plan for the National Heritage Area. 
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(3) CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL.—In determining 
whether to approve a management plan for a Na-
tional Heritage Area, the Secretary shall consider 
whether— 
(A) the local coordinating entity represents 
the diverse interests of the National Heritage 
Area, including Federal, State, Tribal, and local 
governments, natural, and historic resource pro-
tection organizations, educational institutions, 
businesses, recreational organizations, commu-
nity residents, and private property owners; 
(B) the local coordinating entity— 
(i) has afforded adequate opportunity 
for public and Federal, State, Tribal, and 
local governmental involvement (including 
through workshops and hearings) in the 
preparation of the management plan; and 
(ii) provides for at least semiannual 
public meetings to ensure adequate imple-
mentation of the management plan; 
(C) the resource protection, enhancement, 
interpretation, funding, management, and de-
velopment strategies described in the manage-
ment plan, if implemented, would adequately 
protect, enhance, interpret, fund, manage, and 
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develop the natural, historic, cultural, edu-
cational, scenic, and recreational resources of 
the National Heritage Area; 
(D) the management plan would not ad-
versely affect any activities authorized on Fed-
eral land under public land laws or land use 
plans; 
(E) the local coordinating entity has dem-
onstrated the financial capability, in partner-
ship with others, to carry out the plan; 
(F) the Secretary has received adequate 
assurances from the appropriate State, Tribal, 
and local officials whose support is needed to 
ensure the effective implementation of the 
State, Tribal, and local elements of the manage-
ment plan; and 
(G) the management plan demonstrates 
partnerships among the local coordinating enti-
ty, Federal, State, Tribal, and local govern-
ments, regional planning organizations, non-
profit organizations, or private sector parties 
for implementation of the management plan. 
(4) DISAPPROVAL.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—If the Secretary dis-
approves the management plan, the Secretary— 
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(i) shall advise the local coordinating 
entity in writing of the reasons for the dis-
approval; and 
(ii) may make recommendations to the 
local coordinating entity for revisions to 
the management plan. 
(B) DEADLINE.—Not later than 180 days 
after receiving a revised management plan, the 
Secretary shall approve or disapprove the re-
vised management plan. 
(5) AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—An amendment to the 
management plan that substantially alters the 
purposes of the National Heritage Area shall be 
reviewed by the Secretary and approved or dis-
approved in the same manner as the original 
management plan. 
(B) IMPLEMENTATION.—The local coordi-
nating entity shall not use Federal funds au-
thorized by this subtitle to implement an 
amendment to the management plan until the 
Secretary approves the amendment. 
(6) AUTHORITIES.—The Secretary may— 
(A) provide technical assistance under the 
authority of this subtitle for the development 
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and implementation of the management plan; 
and 
(B) enter into cooperative agreements with 
interested parties to carry out this subtitle. 
SEC. 2006. EVALUATION; REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years before the 
date on which authority for Federal funding terminates 
for the National Heritage Area under this subtitle, the 
Secretary shall— 
(1) conduct an evaluation of the accomplish-
ments of the National Heritage Area; and 
(2) prepare a report in accordance with sub-
section (c). 
(b) EVALUATION.—An evaluation conducted under 
subsection (a)(1) shall— 
(1) assess the progress of the local coordinating 
entity with respect to— 
(A) accomplishing the purposes of the au-
thorizing legislation for the National Heritage 
Area; and 
(B) achieving the goals and objectives of 
the approved management plan for the National 
Heritage Area; 
(2) analyze the Federal, State, Tribal, local, 
and private investments in the National Heritage 
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Area to determine the impact of the investments; 
and 
(3) review the management structure, partner-
ship relationships, and funding of the National Her-
itage Area for purposes of identifying the critical 
components for sustainability of the National Herit-
age Area. 
(c) REPORT.—Based on the evaluation conducted 
under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall submit a re-
port to the Committee on Natural Resources of the United 
States House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Sen-
ate. The report shall include recommendations for the fu-
ture role of the National Park Service, if any, with respect 
to the National Heritage Area. 
SEC. 2007. LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY. 
(a) DUTIES.—To further the purposes of the Na-
tional Heritage Area, the Journey Through Hallowed 
Ground Partnership, as the local coordinating entity, 
shall— 
(1) prepare a management plan for the Na-
tional Heritage Area, and submit the management 
plan to the Secretary, in accordance with this sub-
title; 
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(2) submit an annual report to the Secretary 
for each fiscal year for which the local coordinating 
entity receives Federal funds under this subtitle, 
specifying— 
(A) the specific performance goals and ac-
complishments of the local coordinating entity; 
(B) the expenses and income of the local 
coordinating entity; 
(C) the amounts and sources of matching 
funds; 
(D) the amounts leveraged with Federal 
funds and sources of the leveraging; and 
(E) grants made to any other entities dur-
ing the fiscal year; 
(3) make available for audit for each fiscal year 
for which the local coordinating entity receives Fed-
eral funds under this subtitle, all information per-
taining to the expenditure of the funds and any 
matching funds; and 
(4) encourage economic viability and sustain-
ability that is consistent with the purposes of the 
National Heritage Area. 
(b) AUTHORITIES.—For the purposes of preparing 
and implementing the approved management plan for the 
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National Heritage Area, the local coordinating entity may 
use Federal funds made available under this subtitle to— 
(1) make grants to political jurisdictions, non-
profit organizations, and other parties within the 
National Heritage Area; 
(2) enter into cooperative agreements with or 
provide technical assistance to political jurisdictions, 
nonprofit organizations, Federal agencies, and other 
interested parties; 
(3) hire and compensate staff, including individ-
uals with expertise in— 
(A) natural, historical, cultural, edu-
cational, scenic, and recreational resource con-
servation; 
(B) economic and community development; 
and 
(C) heritage planning; 
(4) obtain funds or services from any source, 
including other Federal programs; 
(5) contract for goods or services; and 
(6) support activities of partners and any other 
activities that further the purposes of the National 
Heritage Area and are consistent with the approved 
management plan. 
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(c) PROHIBITION ON ACQUISITION OF REAL PROP-
ERTY.—The local coordinating entity may not use Federal 
funds authorized under this subtitle to acquire any inter-
est in real property. 
SEC. 2008. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this subtitle affects 
the authority of a Federal agency to provide technical or 
financial assistance under any other law. 
(b) CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION.—The head 
of any Federal agency planning to conduct activities that 
may have an impact on a National Heritage Area is en-
couraged to consult and coordinate the activities with the 
Secretary and the local coordinating entity to the max-
imum extent practicable. 
(c) OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Nothing in this 
subtitle— 
(1) modifies, alters, or amends any law or regu-
lation authorizing a Federal agency to manage Fed-
eral land under the jurisdiction of the Federal agen-
cy; 
(2) limits the discretion of a Federal land man-
ager to implement an approved land use plan within 
the boundaries of a National Heritage Area; or 
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(3) modifies, alters, or amends any authorized 
use of Federal land under the jurisdiction of a Fed-
eral agency. 
SEC. 2009. PRIVATE PROPERTY AND REGULATORY PROTEC-
TIONS. 
Nothing in this subtitle— 
(1) abridges the rights of any property owner 
(whether public or private), including the right to re-
frain from participating in any plan, project, pro-
gram, or activity conducted within the National Her-
itage Area; 
(2) requires any property owner to permit pub-
lic access (including access by Federal, State, Tribal, 
or local agencies) to the property of the property 
owner, or to modify public access or use of property 
of the property owner under any other Federal, 
State, Tribal, or local law; 
(3) alters any duly adopted land use regulation, 
approved land use plan, or other regulatory author-
ity (such as the authority to make safety improve-
ments or increase the capacity of existing roads or 
to construct new roads) of any Federal, State, Trib-
al, or local agency, or conveys any land use or other 
regulatory authority to any local coordinating entity, 
including but not necessarily limited to development 
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and management of energy or water or water-related 
infrastructure; 
(4) authorizes or implies the reservation or ap-
propriation of water or water rights; 
(5) diminishes the authority of the State to 
manage fish and wildlife, including the regulation of 
fishing and hunting within the National Heritage 
Area; or 
(6) creates any liability, or affects any liability 
under any other law, of any private property owner 
with respect to any person injured on the private 
property. 
SEC. 2010. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Subject 
to subsection (b), there are authorized to be appropriated 
to carry out this subtitle not more than $1,000,000 for 
any fiscal year. Funds so appropriated shall remain avail-
able until expended. 
(b) LIMITATION
ON
TOTAL
AMOUNTS
APPRO-
PRIATED.—Not more than $15,000,000 may be appro-
priated to carry out this subtitle. 
(c) COST-SHARING
REQUIREMENT.—The Federal 
share of the total cost of any activity under this subtitle 
shall be not more than 50 percent; the non-Federal con-
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tribution may be in the form of in-kind contributions of 
goods or services fairly valued. 
SEC. 
2011. 
USE 
OF 
FEDERAL 
FUNDS 
FROM 
OTHER 
SOURCES. 
Nothing in this subtitle shall preclude the local co-
ordinating entity from using Federal funds available under 
other laws for the purposes for which those funds were 
authorized. 
SEC. 2012. SUNSET FOR GRANTS AND OTHER ASSISTANCE. 
The authority of the Secretary to provide financial 
assistance under this subtitle terminates on the date that 
is 15 years after the date of enactment of this subtitle. 
Subtitle B—Niagara Falls National 
Heritage Area 
SEC. 2021. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This subtitle may be cited as the 
‘‘Niagara Falls National Heritage Area Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this subtitle is as follows: 
Sec. 2021. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2022. Purposes. 
Sec. 2023. Definitions. 
Sec. 2024. Designation of the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area. 
Sec. 2025. Management plan. 
Sec. 2026. Evaluation; report. 
Sec. 2027. Local coordinating entity. 
Sec. 2028. Niagara Falls Heritage Area Commission. 
Sec. 2029. Relationship to other Federal agencies. 
Sec. 2030. Private property and regulatory protections. 
Sec. 2031. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 2032. Use of Federal funds from other sources. 
Sec. 2033. Sunset for grants and other assistance. 
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SEC. 2022. PURPOSES. 
(a) The purposes of this subtitle include— 
(1) to recognize the national importance of the 
natural and cultural legacies of the area, as dem-
onstrated in the National Park Service study report 
entitled ‘‘Niagara National Heritage Area Study’’ 
dated 2005; 
(2) to preserve, support, conserve, and interpret 
the natural, scenic, cultural, and historic resources 
within the National Heritage Area; 
(3) to promote heritage, cultural and rec-
reational tourism and to develop educational and 
cultural programs for visitors and the general public; 
(4) to recognize and interpret important events 
and geographic locations representing key develop-
ments in American history and culture, including 
Native American, Colonial American, European 
American, and African American heritage; 
(5) to enhance a cooperative management 
framework to assist State, local, and Tribal govern-
ments, the private sector, and citizens residing in 
the National Heritage Area in conserving, sup-
porting, enhancing, and interpreting the significant 
historic, cultural, and recreational sites in the Na-
tional Heritage Area; 
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(6) to conserve and interpret the history of the 
development of hydroelectric power in the United 
States and its role in developing the American econ-
omy; and 
(7) to provide appropriate linkages among units 
of the National Park System within and surrounding 
the National Heritage Area, to protect, enhance, and 
interpret resources outside of park boundaries. 
SEC. 2023. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle— 
(1) NATIONAL
HERITAGE
AREA.—The term 
‘‘National Heritage Area’’ means the Niagara Falls 
National Heritage Area established in this subtitle. 
(2) LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY.—The term 
‘‘local coordinating entity’’ means the local coordi-
nating entity for the National Heritage Area des-
ignated pursuant to this subtitle. 
(3) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘manage-
ment plan’’ means the plan prepared by the local co-
ordinating entity for the National Heritage Area 
that specifies actions, policies, strategies, perform-
ance goals, and recommendations to meet the goals 
of the National Heritage Area, in accordance with 
this subtitle. 
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(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(5) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area 
Commission established under this subtitle. 
(6) GOVERNOR.—The term ‘‘Governor’’ means 
the Governor of the State of New York. 
SEC. 2024. DESIGNATION OF THE NIAGARA FALLS NA-
TIONAL HERITAGE AREA. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established 
the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area. 
(b) BOUNDARIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The National Heritage Area 
shall consist of the area from the western boundary 
of the town of Wheatfield, New York, extending to 
the mouth of the Niagara River on Lake Ontario, in-
cluding the city of Niagara Falls, New York, the vil-
lages of Youngstown and Lewiston, New York, land 
and water within the boundaries of the Heritage 
Area in Niagara County, New York, and any addi-
tional thematically related sites within Erie and Ni-
agara Counties, New York, that are identified in the 
management plan developed under this subtitle. 
(2) MAP.—The boundaries of the National Her-
itage Area shall be as generally depicted on the map 
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