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SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF THE MOUNTAINS TO SOUND 
GREENWAY NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
State the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Herit-
age Area. 
(b) BOUNDARIES.—The Heritage Area shall consist 
of land located in King and Kittitas Counties in the State, 
as generally depicted on the map. 
(c) MAP.—The map shall be on file and available for 
public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National 
Park Service, the United States Forest Service, and the 
local coordinating entity. 
(d) LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY.—The Secretary 
shall designate a willing local unit of government, a con-
sortium of affected counties, Indian tribe, or a nonprofit 
organization to serve as the coordinating entity for the 
Heritage Area within 120 days of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the local coordinating 
entity shall submit to the Secretary for approval a pro-
posed management plan for the Heritage Area. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The management plan shall— 
(1) incorporate an integrated and cooperative 
approach for the protection, enhancement, and inter-
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pretation of the natural, cultural, historic, scenic, 
Tribal, and recreational resources of the Heritage 
Area; 
(2) take into consideration Federal, State, Trib-
al, and local plans, and treaty rights; and 
(3) include— 
(A) an inventory of the natural, historical, 
cultural, educational, scenic, and recreational 
resources of the Heritage Area, including an ac-
knowledgment of the exercise of Tribal treaty 
rights, that relate to the national importance 
and themes of the Heritage Area that should be 
conserved and enhanced; 
(B) a description of strategies and rec-
ommendations for conservation, funding, man-
agement, and development of the Heritage 
Area; 
(C) a description of the actions that Fed-
eral, State, local, and Tribal governments, pri-
vate organizations, and individuals have agreed 
to take to protect and interpret the natural, 
cultural, historical, scenic, and recreational re-
sources of the Heritage Area; 
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(D) a program of implementation for the 
management plan by the local coordinating en-
tity, including— 
(i) performance goals and ongoing 
performance evaluation; and 
(ii) commitments for implementation 
made by partners; 
(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 may best be coordinated to carry 
out this section; 
(G) an interpretive plan for the Heritage 
Area, including Tribal heritage; 
(H) recommended policies and strategies 
for resource management, including the devel-
opment of intergovernmental and interagency 
cooperative agreements to protect the natural, 
cultural, historical, scenic, and recreational re-
sources of the Heritage Area; and 
(I) a definition of the roles of the National 
Park Service, the Forest Service, other Federal 
agencies, and Tribes in the coordination of the 
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Heritage Area and in otherwise furthering the 
purposes of this Act. 
(c) DEADLINE.—If a proposed management plan is 
not submitted to the Secretary by the date that is 3 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the local co-
ordinating entity shall be ineligible to receive additional 
funding under this Act until the date on which the Sec-
retary receives and approves the management plan. 
(d) APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF MANAGEMENT 
PLAN.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of receipt of the proposed manage-
ment plan, the Secretary, in consultation with the 
State, affected counties, and Tribal governments, 
shall approve or disapprove the management plan. 
(2) CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL.—In determining 
whether to approve the management plan, the Sec-
retary shall consider whether— 
(A) the local coordinating entity has af-
forded adequate opportunity, including public 
hearings, for public and governmental involve-
ment in the preparation of the management 
plan; 
(B) the resource protection and interpreta-
tion strategies contained in the management 
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plan, if implemented, would adequately protect 
the natural, cultural, historical, scenic, and rec-
reational resources of the Heritage Area; 
(C) the management plan is consistent 
with the Secretary’s trust responsibilities to In-
dian tribes and Tribal treaty rights within the 
National Heritage Area; and 
(D) the management plan is supported by 
the appropriate State, Kittitas County, King 
County, and local officials, the cooperation of 
which is needed to ensure the effective imple-
mentation of State and local aspects of the 
management plan. 
(3) ACTION FOLLOWING DISAPPROVAL.—If the 
Secretary disapproves the management plan, the 
Secretary shall— 
(A) advise the local coordinating entity in 
writing of the reasons for the disapproval; 
(B) make recommendations to the local co-
ordinating entity for revisions to the manage-
ment plan; and 
(C) not later than 180 days after the re-
ceipt of any revised management plan from the 
local coordinating entity, approve or disapprove 
the revised management plan. 
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(e) AMENDMENTS.—The Secretary shall review and 
approve or disapprove in the same manner as the original 
management plan, each amendment to the management 
plan that makes a substantial change to the management 
plan, as determined by the Secretary. The local coordi-
nating entity shall not carry out any amendment to the 
management plan until the date on which the Secretary 
has approved the amendment. 
SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of imple-
menting the management plan, the Secretary and 
Forest Service may— 
(A) provide technical assistance for the im-
plementation of the management plan; and 
(B) enter into cooperative agreements with 
the local coordinating entity, State and local 
agencies, Tribes, and other interested parties to 
carry out this Act, including cooperation and 
cost sharing as appropriate to provide more 
cost-effective and coordinated public land man-
agement. 
(2) TERMINATION
OF
AUTHORITY.—The au-
thority of the Secretary to provide technical assist-
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ance under this Act terminates on the date that is 
15 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY AUTHORITIES.— 
For purposes of implementing the management plan, the 
local coordinating entity may— 
(1) make grants to the State or a political sub-
division of the State, Tribes, nonprofit organizations, 
and other persons; 
(2) enter into cooperative agreements with, or 
provide technical assistance to, Federal agencies, the 
State or political subdivisions of the State, Tribes, 
nonprofit organizations, and other interested parties; 
(3) hire and compensate staff, including individ-
uals with expertise in natural, cultural, historical, 
scenic, and recreational resource protection and her-
itage programming; 
(4) obtain money or services from any source, 
including any money or services that are provided 
under any other Federal law or program, in which 
case the Federal share of the cost of any activity as-
sisted using Federal funds provided for National 
Heritage Areas shall not be more than 50 percent; 
(5) contract for goods or services; and 
(6) undertake to be a catalyst for other activi-
ties that— 
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(A) further the purposes of the Heritage 
Area; and 
(B) are consistent with the management 
plan. 
(c) LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY DUTIES.—The 
local coordinating entity shall— 
(1) in accordance with section 5, prepare and 
submit a management plan to the Secretary; 
(2) assist units of Federal, State, and local gov-
ernment, Tribes, regional planning organizations, 
nonprofit organizations, and other interested parties 
in carrying out the approved management plan by— 
(A) carrying out programs and projects 
that recognize, protect, and enhance important 
resource values in the Heritage Area; 
(B) establishing and maintaining interpre-
tive exhibits and programs in the Heritage 
Area; 
(C) developing recreational and educational 
opportunities in the Heritage Area; and 
(D) increasing public awareness of, and 
appreciation for, the natural, cultural, histor-
ical, Tribal, scenic, and recreational resources 
of the Heritage Area; 
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(3) consider the interests of diverse units of 
government, Tribes, business, organizations, and in-
dividuals in the Heritage Area in the preparation 
and implementation of the management plan; 
(4) conduct meetings open to the public at least 
semiannually regarding the development and imple-
mentation of the management plan; 
(5) encourage, by appropriate means, economic 
viability that is consistent with the Heritage Area; 
and 
(6) submit a report to the Secretary every 5 
years after the Secretary has approved the manage-
ment plan, specifying— 
(A) the expenses and income of the local 
coordinating entity; and 
(B) significant grants or contracts made 
by the local coordinating entity to any other en-
tity over the 5-year period that describes the 
activities, expenses, and income of the local co-
ordinating entity (including grants from the 
local coordinating entity to any other entity 
during the year that the report is made). 
(d) PROHIBITION ON ACQUISITION OF REAL PROP-
ERTY.—The local coordinating entity may not acquire real 
property or interest in real property through condemna-
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tion or with Federal funds provided for National Heritage 
Areas. 
(e) USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.—Nothing in this Act 
shall preclude the local coordinating entity from using 
Federal funds available under other laws for the purposes 
for which those funds were authorized. 
SEC. 7. RELATIONSHIP TO TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS. 
Nothing in this Act shall construe, define, waive, 
limit, or affect any rights of any federally recognized In-
dian tribe and the Federal trust responsibility. 
SEC. 8. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act affects the au-
thority of a Federal agency to provide technical or finan-
cial assistance under any other law. 
(b) CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION.—Any Fed-
eral agency planning to conduct activities that may have 
an impact on the Heritage Area is encouraged to consult 
and coordinate the activities with the local coordinating 
entity to the maximum extent practicable. 
(c) OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Nothing in this 
Act— 
(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; 
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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 the Heritage Area; or 
(3) modifies, alters, or amends any authorized 
use of Federal land under the jurisdiction of a Fed-
eral agency. 
SEC. 9. PRIVATE PROPERTY AND REGULATORY PROTEC-
TIONS. 
Nothing in this Act, the proposed Mountains to 
Sound Greenway National Heritage Area, or resulting 
management plan (or any revisions to that plan) shall— 
(1) abridge the rights of any owner of public or 
private property, including the right to refrain from 
participating in any plan, project, program, or activ-
ity conducted within the Heritage Area; 
(2) require any property owner— 
(A) to allow public access (including access 
by Federal, State, or local agencies) to the 
property of the property owner; or 
(B) to modify public access or use of prop-
erty of the property owner under any other 
Federal, State, or local law; 
(3) alter any duly adopted land use regulation, 
approved land use plan, or other regulatory author-
ity of any Federal, State, Tribal, or local agency; 
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