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(3) The coordination of activities by Federal,
State and local governments and private businesses
and organizations in order to further historic preser-
vation and compatible economic revitalization.
(4) The development of guidelines and stand-
ards for projects, consistent with standards estab-
lished by the National Park Service, for the preser-
vation and restoration of historic properties, includ-
ing interpretive methods, that will further history
preservation in the region.
(5) The acquisition of real property, or interests
in real property, for public use by donation or by
purchase, that possess cultural, historical, and archi-
tectural values associated with the coal mining herit-
age of the Area from a willing seller with donated
or appropriated funds.
(6) The assistance referred to in section 7(d).
SEC. 5. ELIGIBLE RESOURCES.
The resources eligible for the assistance under para-
graphs (2) and (5) of section 4 shall include those set
forth in appendix D of the study by the National Park
Service, dated 1993, entitled ‘‘A Coal Mining Heritage
Study: Southern West Virginia’’ conducted pursuant to
title VI of Public Law 100–699. Priority consideration
shall be given to those sites listed as ‘‘Conservation Prior-
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ities’’ and ‘‘Important Historic Resources’’ as depicted on
the map entitled ‘‘Study Area: Historic Resources’’ in
such study.
SEC. 6. COAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT PLAN.
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Pursuant to the contractual
agreement referred to in section 4, within two years after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Governor of the
State of West Virginia, acting through the Division of Cul-
ture and History and the Division of Tourism and Parks,
shall submit to the Secretary a Coal Heritage Manage-
ment Plan for the Area. The plan shall at a minimum—
(1) set forth the integrated cultural, historic,
and land resource management policies and pro-
grams referred to in section 4;
(2) describe the guidelines and standards for
projects referred to in section 4;
(3) set forth the responsibilities of the State of
West Virginia, units of local government, non-profit
entities or of the Secretary to administer any prop-
erties acquired pursuant to section 4; and
(4) provide for the restoration, preservation, in-
terpretation, and administration of the historic, cul-
tural, and architectural resources of the Bramwell
National Historic Site.
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(b) PLAN APPROVAL.—The Secretary shall approve
the plan submitted under subsection (a) unless he deter-
mines that it would not meet the objectives of this Act.
SEC. 7. DESIGNATION OF BRAMWELL NATIONAL HISTORIC
SITE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to preserve, restore, and
interpret the unique historical, cultural, and architectural
values of Bramwell, West Virginia, there is hereby estab-
lished the Bramwell National Historic Site (hereinafter re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Site’’).
(b) AREA INCLUDED.—The Site shall consist of the
lands and interests therein within the corporate limits of
the town of Bramwell.
(c) ADMINISTRATION.—The Site shall be adminis-
tered by the State of West Virginia, an appropriate unit
of local government, or a non-profit organization as deter-
mined by the management plan referred to in section 6.
(d) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.—To carry out the
purposes of this section, the Secretary shall assist in the
implementation of the management plan referred to in sec-
tion 6. Such assistance shall include, but necessarily be
limited to—
(1) faciliting the restoration, preservation, and
interpretation of the historic, cultural, and architec-
tural resources of the Site;
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(2) offsetting the costs of operating and main-
taining the Site; and
(3) providing for the acquisition of land or in-
terests in land within the boundaries of the Site
from willing sellers.
(e) PROPERTY OWNER RIGHTS.—(1) Nothing in this
section may be construed as authorizing access to private
residential property within the Site for the purpose of con-
ducting visitors through such property, or for any other
purpose, without the advice and consent of the owner of
such property.
(2) The entity referred to in subsection (c) may mark,
interpret, restore, and provide technical assistance for the
preservation and interpretation of properties with historic
or cultural significance within the Site only pursuant to
cooperative agreements with the owners of such prop-
erties.
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such
sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of
this Act, to remain available until expended.
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SEC. 9. DESIGNATION OF MINERS’ MARCH TRAIL AS A
STUDY TRAIL.
Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16
U.S.C. 1244(c)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(
) The route from Lens Creek near Marmet to
Blair Mountain in West Virginia traveled by coal miners
dramatizing the need for social justice between August 20,
1921, and September 4, 1921, during what is commonly
known as the Battle of Blair Mountain.’’.
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