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))—
(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’’.
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;
‘‘(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:
‘‘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-