(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. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON ACQUISITION OF REAL PROP-
ERTY.—The local coordinating entity may not use Federal 
funds authorized under this subtitle to acquire any interest 
in real property. 
SEC. 2068. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this subtitle affects the 
authority of a Federal agency to provide technical or finan-
cial 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 encouraged 
to consult and coordinate the activities with the Secretary 
and the local coordinating entity to the maximum extent 
practicable. 
(c) OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Nothing in this sub-
title— 
(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 agency; 
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(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 
(3) modifies, alters, or amends any authorized 
use of Federal land under the jurisdiction of a Fed-
eral agency. 
SEC. 2069. 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 public 
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, Trib-
al, or local law; 
(3) alters any duly adopted land use regulation, 
approved land use plan, or other regulatory authority 
of any Federal, State, Tribal, or local agency, or con-
veys any land use or other regulatory authority to 
any local coordinating entity, including but not nec-
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essarily limited to development and management of 
energy, 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 man-
age fish and wildlife, including the regulation of fish-
ing 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. 2070. 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 available 
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 contribu-
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tion may be in the form of in-kind contributions of goods 
or services fairly valued. 
SEC. 2071. USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FROM OTHER SOURCES. 
Nothing in this subtitle shall preclude the local coordi-
nating entity from using Federal funds available under 
Acts other than this subtitle for the purposes for which those 
funds were authorized. 
SEC. 2072. SUNSET FOR GRANTS AND OTHER ASSISTANCE. 
The authority of the Secretary to provide financial as-
sistance under this subtitle terminates on the date that is 
15 years after the date of enactment of this subtitle. 
Subtitle E—Abraham Lincoln 
National Heritage Area 
SEC. 2081. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This subtitle may be cited as the 
‘‘Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this 
subtitle is as follows: 
Sec. 2081. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2082. Purposes. 
Sec. 2083. Definitions. 
Sec. 2084. Designation of Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area. 
Sec. 2085. Management plan. 
Sec. 2086. Evaluation; report. 
Sec. 2087. Local coordinating entity. 
Sec. 2088. Relationship to other Federal agencies. 
Sec. 2089. Private property and regulatory protections. 
Sec. 2090. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 2091. Use of Federal funds from other sources. 
Sec. 2092. Sunset for grants and other assistance. 
SEC. 2082. PURPOSES. 
(a) The purposes of this subtitle include— 
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(1) to recognize the significant natural and cul-
tural legacies of the area, as demonstrated in the 
study entitled ‘‘Feasibility Study of the Proposed 
Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area’’ prepared 
for the Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition in 
2002 and revised in 2007; 
(2) to promote heritage, cultural and rec-
reational tourism and to develop educational and cul-
tural programs for visitors and the general public; 
(3) to recognize and interpret important events 
and geographic locations representing key periods in 
the growth of America, including Native American, 
Colonial American, European American, and African 
American heritage; 
(4) to recognize and interpret the distinctive role 
the region played in shaping the man who would be-
come the 16th President of the United States, and 
how Abraham Lincoln’s life left its traces in the sto-
ries, folklore, buildings, streetscapes, and landscapes 
of the region; 
(5) to provide a cooperative management frame-
work to foster a close working relationship with all 
levels of government, the private sector, and the local 
communities in the region in identifying, preserving, 
interpreting, and developing the historical, cultural, 
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scenic, and natural resources of the region for the edu-
cational and inspirational benefit of current and fu-
ture generations; and 
(6) to provide appropriate linkages between 
units of the National Park System and communities, 
governments, and organizations within the Heritage 
Area. 
SEC. 2083. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA.—The term ‘‘Na-
tional Heritage Area’’ means the Abraham Lincoln 
National Heritage Area established in this subtitle. 
(2) LOCAL
COORDINATING
ENTITY.—The term 
‘‘local coordinating entity’’ means the Looking for 
Lincoln Heritage Coalition, which is hereby des-
ignated by Congress— 
(A) to develop, in partnership with others, 
the management plan for the National Heritage 
Area; and 
(B) to act as a catalyst for the implementa-
tion of projects and programs among diverse 
partners in the National Heritage Area. 
(3) MANAGEMENT
PLAN.—The term ‘‘manage-
ment plan’’ means the plan prepared by the local co-
ordinating entity for the National Heritage Area that 
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specifies actions, policies, strategies, performance 
goals, and recommendations to meet the goals of the 
National Heritage Area, in accordance with this sub-
title. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 2084. DESIGNATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN NATIONAL 
HERITAGE AREA. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established the 
Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area. 
(b) BOUNDARIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The National Heritage Area 
shall consist of sites as designated by the management 
plan within a core area located in Central Illinois, 
consisting of Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Cham-
paign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Dewitt, 
Douglas, Edgar, Fayette, Fulton, Greene, Hancock, 
Henderson, Jersey, Knox, LaSalle, Logan, Macon, 
Macoupin, Madison, Mason, McDonough, McLean, 
Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, Moultrie, Peoria, 
Piatt, Pike, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, 
Tazwell, Vermillion, Warren and Woodford counties. 
(2) MAP.—The boundaries of the National Herit-
age Area shall be as generally depicted on the map ti-
tled ‘‘Proposed Abraham Lincoln National Heritage 
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Area’’, and numbered 338/80,000, and dated July 
2007. 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. 2085. MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS.—The management plan for the 
National Heritage Area shall— 
(1) describe comprehensive policies, goals, strate-
gies, 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 Heritage Area; 
(2) include a description of actions and commit-
ments that Federal, State, Tribal, and local govern-
ments, private organizations, and citizens will take to 
protect, enhance, interpret, fund, manage, and develop 
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 protect, 
enhance, interpret, fund, manage, and develop the Na-
tional Heritage Area; 
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(4) include an inventory of the natural, histor-
ical, cultural, educational, scenic, and recreational re-
sources of the National Heritage Area related to the 
national importance and themes of the National Her-
itage Area that should be protected, enhanced, inter-
preted, managed, funded, and developed; 
(5) recommend policies and strategies for re-
source management, including the development of 
intergovernmental and interagency agreements to pro-
tect, enhance, interpret, fund, manage, and develop 
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; 
(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, business, 
or individual; 
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