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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3936 
To establish in the States of North Carolina and South Carolina the Southern 
Campaign of the Revolution National Heritage Corridor, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2019 
Mr. CLYBURN (for himself, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, 
Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. NORMAN, and Mr. RICE of South Caro-
lina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To establish in the States of North Carolina and South 
Carolina the Southern Campaign of the Revolution Na-
tional Heritage Corridor, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Southern Campaign 
of the Revolution National Heritage Corridor Act of 
2019’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
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(1) in accordance with the Study, the Southern 
Campaign of the Revolution National Heritage Cor-
ridor, an 8-mile-wide corridor, provides operational 
efficiency in connecting the greatest concentration of 
the Carolinas’ Revolutionary War sites including 
battlefields, historic communities, farmsteads, and 
landscapes that reflect the cultural and natural envi-
ronments of North Carolina and South Carolina in 
the latter half of the 18th century; 
(2) there is a national interest in protecting, 
conserving, restoring, promoting, and interpreting 
the benefits of the Corridor for the residents of, and 
visitors to, the Corridor; 
(3) a primary responsibility for conserving, pre-
serving, protecting, and promoting the benefits re-
sides with the Managing Entity having jurisdiction 
over the Corridor; and 
(4) in view of the longstanding Federal practice 
of assisting States in creating, protecting, con-
serving, preserving, and interpreting areas of signifi-
cant natural and cultural importance, and in view of 
the national significance of the Corridor, the Federal 
Government has an interest in assisting the States 
and the Managing Entity in fulfilling the respon-
sibilities described in paragraph (3). 
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(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to protect, preserve, conserve, restore, pro-
mote, interpret, and make available for the benefit 
of the public the historic, cultural, and natural re-
sources of the Corridor; 
(2) to encourage and support, through financial 
and technical assistance, the Managing Entity in the 
development of a Management Action Plan for the 
Corridor to ensure coordinated public and private 
action in the Corridor in a manner consistent with 
subsection (a); 
(3) to provide, during the development of an in-
tegrated Corridor Management Action Plan, Federal 
financial and technical assistance for the protection, 
preservation, and conservation of land and water 
areas in the Corridor that are in danger of being ad-
versely affected or destroyed; 
(4) to encourage and assist Managing Entity to 
identify the full range of public and private technical 
and financial assistance programs and services avail-
able to implement the Corridor Management Action 
Plan; and 
(5) to encourage adequate coordination of all 
government programs affecting the historic, cultural, 
and natural resources of the Corridor. 
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SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CORRIDOR.—The term ‘‘Corridor’’ means 
the Southern Campaign of the Revolution National 
Heritage Corridor established by section 4(a). 
(2) CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT ACTION PLAN.— 
The term ‘‘Corridor Management Action Plan’’ 
means the management action plan developed under 
section 6. 
(3) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The term ‘‘Man-
agement Entity’’ means the University of South 
Carolina as established under section 4. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(5) STATES.—The term ‘‘States’’ mean the 
States of North Carolina and South Carolina. 
(6) STUDY.—The term ‘‘Study’’ means the De-
partment of the Interior, National Park Service 
(NPS)’s July 2015 Southern Campaign of the Revo-
lution National Heritage Area Suitability/Feasibility 
Study. 
(7) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map 
provided in the Study: Appendix C: Corridor Maps, 
page 93, ‘‘Map 1: Proposed National Heritage Area 
Corridor’’. 
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SEC. 4. SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN OF THE REVOLUTION NA-
TIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
States the Southern Campaign of the Revolution National 
Heritage Corridor. 
(b) BOUNDARIES.—The Corridor shall consist of the 
area depicted on the map. The Corridor shall be specified 
in detail in the Corridor Management Action Plan. 
(c) MAP.—A map of the Corridor shall be on file and 
available for public inspection in the appropriate offices 
of— 
(1) the National Park Service; and 
(2) the Management Entity. 
(d) ADDITION.—Additional areas of the States out-
side the Corridor boundaries may be added to the Corridor 
by the Secretary at the request of the Management Entity. 
(e) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The Management Enti-
ty for the Corridor shall be The University of South Caro-
lina, a public research university. 
SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) AUTHORITIES.—To carry out the management 
plan, the Secretary, acting through the management enti-
ty, may use amounts made available under this section 
to— 
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(1) make grants to the States or a political sub-
division of the States, nonprofit organizations, and 
other persons; 
(2) enter into cooperative agreements with, or 
provide technical assistance to, the States or a polit-
ical subdivision of the States, nonprofit organiza-
tions, and other interested parties; 
(3) hire and compensate staff, which shall in-
clude individuals with expertise in natural, cultural, 
and historical resources protection, and heritage pro-
gramming; 
(4) obtain money or services from any source 
including any that are provided under any other 
Federal law or program; 
(5) contract for goods or services; and 
(6) undertake to be a catalyst for any other ac-
tivity that furthers the Corridor and is consistent 
with the approved Corridor Management Action 
Plan. 
(b) DUTIES.—The management entity shall— 
(1) in accordance with section 6, prepare and 
submit a Corridor Management Action Plan for the 
Corridor to the Secretary; 
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(2) assist units of local government, regional 
planning organizations, and nonprofit organizations 
in carrying out the approved management plan by— 
(A) carrying out programs and projects 
that recognize, protect, and enhance important 
resource values in the Corridor; 
(B) establishing and maintaining interpre-
tive exhibits and programs in the Corridor; 
(C) developing recreational and educational 
opportunities in the Corridor; 
(D) increasing public awareness of, and 
appreciation for, natural, historical, scenic, and 
cultural resources of the Corridor; 
(E) protecting and restoring historic sites 
and buildings in the Corridor that are con-
sistent with Corridor themes; 
(F) ensuring that clear, consistent, and ap-
propriate signs identifying points of public ac-
cess, and sites of interest are posted throughout 
the Corridor; and 
(G) promoting a wide range of partner-
ships among governments, organizations, and 
individuals to further the Corridor; 
(3) consider the interests of diverse units of 
government, businesses, organizations, and individ-
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uals in the Corridor in the preparation and imple-
mentation of the Corridor Management Action Plan; 
(4) conduct meetings open to the public at least 
semiannually regarding the development and imple-
mentation of the Corridor Management Plan; 
(5) for any year that Federal funds have been 
received under this section— 
(A) submit an annual report to the Sec-
retary that describes the activities, expenses, 
and income of the management entity (includ-
ing grants to any other entities during the year 
that the report is made); 
(B) make available to the Secretary for 
audit all records relating to the expenditure of 
the funds and any matching funds; and 
(C) require, with respect to all agreements 
authorizing expenditure of Federal funds by 
other organizations, that the organizations re-
ceiving the funds make available to the Sec-
retary for audit all records concerning the ex-
penditure of the funds; and 
(6) encourage by appropriate means economic 
viability that is consistent with the Corridor. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON THE ACQUISITION OF REAL 
PROPERTY.—The management entity shall not use Fed-
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eral funds made available under this section to acquire 
real property or any interest in real property. 
SEC. 6. CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT ACTION PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Management Entity 
shall submit to the Secretary for approval a proposed Cor-
ridor Management Action Plan for the Corridor. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Corridor Management Ac-
tion Plan shall— 
(1) determine the boundaries of the Corridor 
adherent to section 4(b); 
(2) incorporate an integrated and cooperative 
approach for the protection, enhancement, and inter-
pretation of the natural, cultural, historic, scenic, 
and recreational resources of the Corridor; 
(3) take into consideration Federal, State, local, 
and Tribal plans and treaty rights; 
(4) include— 
(A) an inventory of— 
(i) the resources located in the Cor-
ridor; and 
(ii) any other property in the Corridor 
that— 
(I) is related to the themes of the 
Corridor; and 
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(II) should be preserved, re-
stored, managed, or maintained be-
cause of the significations of the prop-
erty; 
(B) comprehensive policies, strategies, and 
recommendations for conservation, funding, 
management, and development of the Corridor; 
(C) a description of the actions that the 
Federal Government, State, Tribal, and local 
governments, private organizations, and individ-
uals have agreed to take to protect the natural, 
historical, cultural, scenic, and recreational re-
sources of the Corridor; 
(D) a program of implementation for the 
Corridor Management Action Plan by the man-
agement entity that includes a description of— 
(i) actions to facilitate ongoing col-
laboration among partners to promote 
plans for resource protection, restoration, 
and construction; and 
(ii) specific commitments for imple-
mentation that have been made by the 
management entity or any government, or-
ganization, or individual for the first 5 
years of operation; 
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(E) the identification of sources of funding 
for carrying out the management plan; 
(F) analysis and recommendations for 
means by which Federal, State, local, and Trib-
al programs, including the role of the National 
Park Service in the Corridor, may best be co-
ordinated to carry out this subsection; and 
(G) an interpretative plan for the Corridor; 
and 
(5) recommend policies and strategies for re-
source management that consider and detail the ap-
plication of appropriate land and water management 
techniques, including the development of intergov-
ernmental and interagency cooperative agreements 
to protect the natural, historical, cultural, edu-
cational, scenic, and recreational resources of the 
Corridor. 
(c) DEADLINE.—If a proposed management plan is 
not submitted to the Secretary by the date that is 3 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the management 
entity shall be ineligible to receive additional funding 
under this section until the date that the Secretary re-
ceives and approves the management plan. 
(d) APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF MANAGEMENT 
PLAN.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of receipt of the management plan the 
Secretary, in consultation with State and Tribal gov-
ernments, shall approve or disapprove the manage-
ment plan. 
(2) CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL.—In determining 
whether to approve the management plan, the Sec-
retary shall consider whether— 
(A) the management entity is representa-
tive of the diverse interests of the Corridor, in-
cluding Federal, State, Tribal, and local govern-
ments, natural and historic resources protection 
organizations, educational institutions, busi-
nesses, recreational organizations; 
(B) the management entity has afforded 
adequate opportunity, including public hearings, 
for public and governmental involvement in the 
preparation of the management plan; 
(C) the resource preservation and interpre-
tation strategies contained in the management 
plan would adequately protect the natural, his-
torical, and cultural resources of the Corridor; 
and 
(D) the Secretary has received adequate 
assurances from appropriate State and local of-
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ficials whose support is needed to ensure the ef-
fective implementation of the State and local 
aspects of the plan. 
(3) ACTION FOLLOWING DISAPPROVAL.—If the 
Secretary disapproves the management plan, the 
Secretary shall— 
(A) advise the management entity in writ-
ing of the reasons for the disapproval; 
(B) make recommendations for revisions to 
the management plan; and 
(C) not later than 180 days after the re-
ceipt of any proposed revision of the manage-
ment plan from the management entity, ap-
prove or disapprove the proposed revision. 
(4) AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ap-
prove or disapprove each amendment to the 
management plan that the Secretary determines 
make a substantial change to the management 
plan. 
(B) USE
OF
FUNDS.—The management 
entity shall not use Federal funds authorized by 
this subtitle to carry out any amendments to 
the management plan until the Secretary has 
approved the amendments. 
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SEC. 7. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this section affects the 
authority of a Federal agency to provide technical or fi-
nancial 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 the Heritage Area is encouraged 
to consult and coordinate the activities with the Secretary 
and the management entity to the maximum extent prac-
ticable. 
(c) OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Nothing in this 
section— 
(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 the Heritage Area; or 
(3) modifies, alters, or amends any authorized 
use of Federal land under the jurisdiction of a Fed-
eral agency. 
SEC. 8. PRIVATE PROPERTY AND REGULATORY PROTEC-
TIONS. 
Nothing in this Act— 
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(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 Heritage 
Area; 
(2) requires any property owner to permit pub-
lic access (including access by Federal, State, 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, or local law; 
(3) alters any duly adopted land use regulation, 
approved land use plan, or other regulatory author-
ity of any Federal, State, or local agency, or conveys 
any land use or other regulatory authority to the 
management entity; 
(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 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. 
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SEC. 9. EVALUATION; REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years before the 
date on which authority for Federal funding terminates 
for the Corridor, the Secretary shall— 
(1) conduct an evaluation of the accomplish-
ments of the Corridor; and 
(2) prepare a report in accordance with sub-
section (c). 
(b) EVALUATION.—An evaluation conducted under 
subsection (a) shall— 
(1) assess the progress of the management enti-
ty with respect to— 
(A) accomplishing the purposes of this sec-
tion for the Corridor; and 
(B) achieving the goals and objectives of 
the approved management plan for the Cor-
ridor; 
(2) analyze the Federal, State, Tribal, local, 
and private investments in the Corridor to determine 
the leverage and impact of the investments; and 
(3) review the management structure, partner-
ship relationships, and funding of the Corridor for 
purposes of identifying the critical components for 
sustainability of the Corridor. 
(c) REPORT.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Based on the evaluation con-
ducted under subsection (b), the Secretary shall pre-
pare a report that includes recommendations for the 
future role of the National Park Service, if any, with 
respect to the Corridor. 
(2) REQUIRED ANALYSIS.—If the report pre-
pared under subsection (a) recommends that Federal 
funding for the Heritage Area be reauthorized, the 
report shall include an analysis of— 
(A) ways in which Federal funding for the 
Corridor may be reduced or eliminated; and 
(B) the appropriate time period necessary 
to achieve the recommended reduction or elimi-
nation. 
(3) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—On completion 
of the report, the Secretary shall submit the report 
to— 
(A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Natural Resources 
of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 10. FUNDING. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this section $10,000,000, of which not more than 
$1,000,000 may be made available in any fiscal year. 
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SEC. 11. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY. 
The authority of the Secretary to provide assistance 
under this section terminates on the date that is 15 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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