IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 407 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 8, 2007 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study 
to determine the feasibility of establishing the Columbia- 
Pacific National Heritage Area in the States of Wash-
ington and Oregon, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Columbia-Pacific Na-
tional Heritage Area Study Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) HERITAGE
AREA.—The term ‘‘Heritage 
Area’’ means the Columbia-Pacific National Herit-
age Area. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(3) STUDY
AREA.—The term ‘‘study area’’ 
means— 
(A) the coastal areas of Clatsop and Pa-
cific Counties (also known as the North Beach 
Peninsula); and 
(B) areas relating to Native American his-
tory, local history, Euro-American settlement 
culture, and related economic activities of the 
Columbia River within a corridor along the Co-
lumbia River eastward in Clatsop, Pacific, Co-
lumbia, and Wahkiakum Counties. 
SEC. 3. COLUMBIA-PACIFIC NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA 
STUDY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with the managers of any Federal land within the study 
area, appropriate State and local governmental agencies, 
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tribal governments, and any interested organizations, shall 
conduct a study to determine the feasibility of designating 
the study area as the Columbia-Pacific National Heritage 
Area. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The study shall include anal-
ysis, documentation, and determinations on whether the 
study area— 
(1) has an assemblage of natural, historic, and 
cultural resources that together represent distinctive 
aspects of American heritage worthy of recognition, 
conservation, interpretation, and continuing use, and 
are best managed through partnerships among pub-
lic and private entities and by combining diverse and 
sometimes noncontiguous resources and active com-
munities; 
(2) reflects traditions, customs, beliefs, and 
folklife that are a valuable part of the national story; 
(3) provides outstanding opportunities to con-
serve natural, historic, cultural, or scenic features; 
(4) provides outstanding recreational and edu-
cational opportunities; 
(5) contains resources important to the identi-
fied theme or themes of the Study Area that retain 
a degree of integrity capable of supporting interpre-
tation; 
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(6) includes residents, business interests, non-
profit organizations, and local and State govern-
ments that are involved in the planning, have devel-
oped a conceptual financial plan that outlines the 
roles for all participants, including the Federal Gov-
ernment, and have demonstrated support for the 
concept of a national heritage area; 
(7) has a potential local coordinating entity to 
work in partnership with residents, business inter-
ests, nonprofit organizations, and local and State 
governments to develop a national heritage area con-
sistent with continued local and State economic ac-
tivity; and 
(8) has a conceptual boundary map that is sup-
ported by the public. 
(c) PRIVATE PROPERTY.—In conducting the study 
required by this section, the Secretary shall analyze the 
potential impact that designation of the area as a national 
heritage area is likely to have on land within the proposed 
area or bordering the proposed area that is privately 
owned at the time that the study is conducted. 
SEC. 4. REPORT. 
Not later than 3 fiscal years after the date on which 
funds are made available to carry out the study, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Nat-
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ural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Nat-
ural Resources of the House of Representatives a report 
that describes the findings, conclusions, and recommenda-
tions of the Secretary with respect to the study. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 7, 2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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