cial, industrial, and cultural history of the 19th
and early 20th centuries; and
(B) includes many National Historic Sites
and Landmarks.
(6) The Hudson River Valley is the home of
traditions associated with Dutch and Huguenot set-
tlements dating to the 17th and 18th centuries, was
the locus of characteristic American stories such as
‘‘Rip Van Winkle’’ and the ‘‘Legend of Sleepy Hol-
low’’, and retains physical social, and cultural evi-
dence of these traditions and the traditions of other
more recent ethnic and social groups.
(7) New York State has established a structure
for the Hudson River Valley communities to join to-
gether to preserve, conserve, and manage these re-
sources, and to link them through trails and other
means, in the Hudson River Greenway Communities
Council and the Greenway Conservancy.
SEC. 3. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are the following:
(1) To recognize the importance of the history
and the resources of the Hudson River Valley to the
Nation.
(2) To assist the State of New York and the
communities of the Hudson River Valley in preserv-
ing, protecting, and interpreting these resources for
the benefit of the Nation.
(3) To authorize Federal financial and technical
assistance to serve these purposes.
SEC. 4. HUDSON RIVER VALLEY AMERICAN HERITAGE
AREA.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established a
Hudson River Valley American Heritage Area (in this Act
referred to as the ‘‘Heritage Area’’).
(b) BOUNDARIES.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in paragraph (2), the Heritage Area shall be
comprised of the counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Co-
lumbia, Greene, Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam,
Westchester, and Rockland, New York, and the Vil-
lage of Waterford in Saratoga County, New York.
(2) LOCAL AGREEMENT TO INCLUSION.—Each
of the following counties, cities, and towns in the
State of New York shall not be included within the
boundaries of the Heritage Area unless the govern-
ment of such county, city, or town agrees to be so
included and submits notification of such agreement
to the Secretary:
(A) The counties of Greene and Columbia.
(B) Any city or town within the county of
Greene or Columbia.
(C) The counties of Rensselaer and
Dutchess.
(D) Any city or town (except the town of
Hyde Park) within the county of Rensselaer or
Dutchess and located entirely within the 22d
Congressional District of New York.
(c) MANAGEMENT ENTITIES.—The management en-
tities for the Heritage Area shall be the Hudson River Val-
ley Greenway Communities Council and the Greenway
Conservancy (agencies established by the State of New
York in its Hudson River Greenway Act of 1991, in the
Act referred to as the ‘‘management entities’’). The man-
agement entities shall jointly establish a Heritage Area
Committee to manage the Heritage Area.
SEC. 5. COMPACT.
To carry out the purposes of this Act, the Secretary
of the Interior (in this Act referred to as the Secretary)
shall enter into a compact with the management entities.
The compact shall include information relating to the ob-
jectives and management of the area, including the follow-
ing:
(1) A discussion of the goals and objectives of
the Heritage Area, including an explanation of a
proposed approach to conservation and interpreta-
tion, and a general outline of the protection meas-
ures committed to by the parties to the compact.
(2) A description of the respective roles of the
management entities.
(3) A list of the initial partners to be involved
in developing and implementing a management plan
for the Heritage Area, and a statement of the finan-
cial commitment of such partners.
(4) A description of the role of the State of
New York.
SEC. 6. MANAGEMENT PLAN.
The management entities shall develop a manage-
ment plan for the Heritage Area that presents comprehen-
sive recommendations for the Heritage Area’s conserva-
tion, funding, management and development. Such plan
shall take into consideration existing State, county, and
local plans and involve residents, public agencies, and pri-
vate organizations working in the Heritage Area. It shall
include actions to be undertaken by units of government
and private organizations to protect the resources of the
Heritage Area. It shall specify the existing and potential
sources of funding to protect, manage and develop the
Heritage Area. Such plan shall include specifically as ap-
propriate the following:
(1) An inventory of the resources contained in
the Heritage Area, including a list of any property
in the Heritage Area that is related to the themes
of the Heritage Area and that should be preserved,
restored, managed, developed, or maintained because
of its natural, cultural, historic, recreational, or sce-
nic significance.
(2) A recommendation of policies for resource
management which consider and detail application of
appropriate land and water management techniques,
including but not limited to, the development of
intergovernmental cooperative agreements to protect
the Heritage Area’s historical, cultural, recreational,
and natural resources in a manner consistent with
supporting appropriate and compatible economic via-
bility.
(3) A program for implementation of the man-
agement plan by the management entities, including
plans for restoration and construction, and specific
commitments of the identified partners for the first
5 years of operation.
(4) An analysis of ways in which local, State,
and Federal programs may best be coordinated to
promote the purposes of the Act.
(5) An interpretation plan for the Heritage
Area.
SEC. 7. AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES OF MANAGEMENT ENTI-
TIES.
(a) AUTHORITIES
OF
THE MANAGEMENT ENTI-
TIES.—The management entities may, for purposes of pre-
paring and implementing the management plan under sec-
tion 6, use Federal funds made available through this
Act—
(1) to make loans and grants to, and enter into
cooperative agreements with, States and their politi-
cal subdivisions, private organizations, or any per-
son; and
(2) to hire and compensate staff.
(b) DUTIES OF THE MANAGEMENT ENTITIES.—The
management entities shall—
(1) develop and submit to the Secretary for ap-
proval a management plan as described in section 6
within 5 years after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
(2) give priority to implementing actions as set
forth in the compact and the management plan, in-
cluding taking steps to—