(3) the findings of these studies indicate that
some or all of this area may be suitable for designa-
tion as a National Heritage Area.
(b) DIRECTIONS
TO SECRETARY.—The Secretary
shall assist potential partners in Tennessee in determining
whether some or all of the area in Tennessee determined
significant by the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission
or described in the document entitled ‘‘Preliminary Pro-
posal for a National Heritage Area on the Civil War in
Tennessee’’, published in March 1995 by the Center for
Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University,
meets the criteria described in section 101 for designation
as a National Heritage Area. Such a determination shall
include, but need not be limited to—
(1) an assessment of the quality, integrity, and
accessibility of the identified resources;
(2) an assessment of the interest of, and impact
of possible designation upon, potential partners,
units of government, nonprofit organizations, and
other private entities, including private property
owners; including the extent to which public and pri-
vate entities and governments within the area have
demonstrated their support for the designation of
the area as a National Heritage Area;
(3) an identification of a possible management
entity for the proposed National Heritage Area;
(4) a general description of the conceptual
framework for the proposed National Heritage Area;
and
(5) a refinement of the boundaries described in
such document, based on an assessment of public
support and of the cohesiveness of the resources, to
identify a cohesive assemblage of resources which
can be effectively managed by the management en-
tity for the Heritage Area.
(c) DESIGNATION.—If the determination described in
subsection (b) is completed before the expiration of the
2-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of
this Act, then upon publication within such 2-year period
by the Secretary in the Federal Register of notice that
the Secretary has signed (pursuant to section 103(c)(2))
a compact regarding the Heritage Area, there is hereby
designated the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage
Area (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Heritage Area’’).
(d) ADMINISTRATION.—The Heritage Area shall be
treated as part of the National Heritage Areas Partner-
ship Program and shall be treated for all purposes as hav-
ing been designated a National Heritage Area under title
I on the date on which the Heritage Area is designated
under subsection (c).
SEC. 208. CACHE LA POUDRE NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA.
(a) DUTIES OF SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall as-
sist potential partners in Colorado in determining whether
the floodplain of the Cache La Poudre River, as described
in this section, is appropriate for designation as a National
Heritage Area. Such determination shall include, but not
be limited to—
(1) an assessment of the quality, integrity, and
accessibility of the identified resources;
(2) an assessment of the interest of, and impact
of possible designation upon, potential partners,
units of government, nonprofit organizations, and
other private entities, including private property
owners; including the extent to which public and pri-
vate entities and governments within the area have
demonstrated their support for the designation of
the area as a National Heritage Area;
(3) an identification of a possible management
entity for the proposed National Heritage Area; and
(4) a general description of the conceptual
framework for the proposed National Heritage Area.
(b) DESIGNATION.—If the determination described in
subsection (a) is completed before the expiration of the
2-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of
this Act, then upon publication within such 2-year period
by the Secretary in the Federal Register of notice that
the Secretary has signed (pursuant to section 103(c)(2))
a compact regarding the Heritage Area, there is hereby
designated the Cache La Poudre National Heritage Area
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘Heritage Area’’).
(c) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of this Area shall
include those lands within the 100-year floodplain of the
Cache La Poudre River Basin, beginning at a point where
the Cache La Poudre River flows out of the Roosevelt Na-
tional Forest and continuing east along said floodplain to
a point 1⁄4 of 1 mile west of the confluence of the Cache
La Poudre River and the South Platte River in Weld
County, Colorado, comprising less than 35,000 acres, and
generally depicted as the 100-year flood boundary on any
of the following Federal Flood Insurance maps:
(1) Flood Insurance Rate Map, Larimer Coun-
ty, CO. Community-Panel No. 080101 0146B, April
2, 1979, U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, Federal Insurance Administration.
(2) Flood Insurance Rate Map, Larimer Coun-
ty, CO. Community-Panel No. 080101 0147B, April
2, 1979, U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, Federal Insurance Administration.
(3) Flood Insurance Rate Map, Larimer Coun-
ty, CO. Community-Panel No. 080101 0162B, April
2, 1979, U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, Federal Insurance Administration.
(4) Flood Insurance Rate Map, Larimer Coun-
ty, CO. Community-Panel No. 080101 0163B,
March 18, 1986, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Federal Insurance Administration.
(5) Flood Insurance Rate Map, Larimer Coun-
ty, CO. Community-Panel No. 080101 0178B,
March 18, 1986, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Federal Insurance Administration.
(6) Flood Insurance Rate Map, Larimer Coun-
ty, CO. Community-Panel No. 080102 0002B, Feb-
ruary 15, 1984, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Federal Insurance Administration.
(7) Flood Insurance Rate Map, Larimer Coun-
ty, CO. Community-Panel No. 080101 0179B,
March 18, 1986, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Federal Insurance Administration.
(8) Flood Insurance Rate Map, Larimer Coun-
ty, CO. Community-Panel No. 080101 0193D, No-
vember 17, 1993, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Federal Insurance Administration.
(9) Flood Insurance Rate Map, Larimer Coun-
ty, CO. Community-Panel No. 080101 0194B, No-
vember 17, 1993, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Federal Insurance Administration.
(10) Flood Insurance Rate Map, Larimer Coun-
ty, CO. Community-Panel No. 080101 0208C, No-
vember 17, 1993, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Federal Insurance Administration.
(11) Flood Insurance Rate Map, Larimer Coun-
ty, CO. Community-Panel No. 080101 0221C, No-
vember 17, 1993, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Federal Insurance Administration.
(12) Flood Insurance Rate Map, Larimer Coun-
ty, CO. Community-Panel No. 080266 0605D, Sep-
tember 27, 1991, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Federal Insurance Administration.
(13) Flood Insurance Rate Map, Larimer Coun-
ty, CO. Community-Panel No. 080264 0005A, Sep-
tember 27, 1991, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Federal Insurance Administration.
(14) Flood Insurance Rate Map, Larimer Coun-
ty, CO. Community-Panel No. 080266 0608D, Sep-
tember 27, 1991, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Federal Insurance Administration.
(15) Flood Insurance Rate Map, Larimer Coun-
ty, CO. Community-Panel No. 080266 0609C, Sep-
tember 28, 1982, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Federal Insurance Administration.
(16) Flood Insurance Rate Map, Larimer Coun-
ty, CO. Community-Panel No. 080266 0628C, Sep-
tember 28, 1992, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Federal Insurance Administration.
(17) Flood Insurance Rate Map, Larimer Coun-
ty, CO. Community-Panel No. 080184 0002B, July
16, 1979, U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, Federal Insurance Administration.
(18) Flood Insurance Rate Map, Larimer Coun-
ty, CO. Community-Panel No. 080266 0636C, Sep-
tember 28, 1982, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Federal Insurance Administration.
(19) Flood Insurance Rate Map, Larimer Coun-
ty, CO. Community-Panel No. 080266 0637C, Sep-
tember 28, 1982, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Federal Insurance Administration.
(d) PUBLIC ACCESS TO MAPS.—The maps referred
to in subsection (c) shall be on file and available for public
inspection in—
(1) the offices of the Department of the Inte-
rior in Washington, District of Columbia, and Den-
ver, Colorado; and
(2) the appropriate offices of—
(A) the city of Fort Collins;
(B) Larimer County;
(C) the city of Greeley; and
(D) Weld County.
(e) ADMINISTRATION.—The Heritage Area shall be
treated as part of the National Heritage Areas Partner-
ship Program and shall be treated for all purposes as hav-
ing been designated a National Heritage Area under title
I on the date on which the Heritage Area is designated
under subsection (b).
TITLE III—STUDIES OF POTEN-
TIAL 
NATIONAL 
HERITAGE
AREAS
SEC. 301. STUDY OF PUENTE-CHINO HILLS NATIONAL HER-
ITAGE CORRIDOR.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the
date on which funds are made available to carry out this
section, the Secretary shall complete a study on the suit-
ability and feasibility of designating the Puente-Chino
Hills as a National Heritage Area.
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—On completion of the
study referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary shall
submit a report describing the results of the study to the
Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of
the Senate.
SEC. 302. STUDY OF GREAT NORTHERN FRONTIER NA-
TIONAL HERITAGE AREA.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the
date on which funds are made available to carry out this
section, the Secretary shall complete a study on the suit-
ability and feasibility of designating historic Tryon Coun-
ty, in the Mohawk Valley of the State of New York, and
the Country of the Six Nations (Iroquois Confederacy) as
a National Heritage Area. This study shall include a strat-
egy for protection and management of the Oriskany Bat-
tlefield National Historic Landmark.
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—On completion of the
study referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary shall
submit a report describing the results of the study to the
Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of
the Senate.
TITLE IV—AMENDMENTS TO EX-
ISTING 
HERITAGE 
COR-
RIDORS
SEC. 401. BLACKSTONE RIVER NATIONAL HERITAGE COR-
RIDOR.
(a) BOUNDARY CHANGES.—Section 2 of the Act enti-
tled ‘‘An Act to establish the Blackstone River Valley Na-
tional Heritage Corridor in Massachusetts and Rhode Is-
land’’, approved November 10, 1986 (Public Law 99–647;
16 U.S.C. 461 note), is amended by striking the first sen-
tence and inserting the following new sentence: ‘‘The
boundaries shall include the lands and water generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘Blackstone River Valley Na-
tional Heritage Corridor Boundary Map’, numbered
BRV–80–80,011, and dated May 2, 1993.’’.
(b) TERMS.—Section 3(c) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act
to establish the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage
Corridor in Massachusetts and Rhode Island’’, approved
November 10, 1986 (Public Law 99–647; 16 U.S.C. 461
note), is amended by inserting before the period at the
end the following: ‘‘, but may continue to serve after the
expiration of this term until a successor has been ap-
pointed’’.
(c) REVISION OF PLAN.—Section 6 of the Act enti-
tled ‘‘An Act to establish the Blackstone River Valley Na-
tional Heritage Corridor in Massachusetts and Rhode Is-
land’’, approved November 10, 1986 (Public Law 99–647;
16 U.S.C. 461 note), is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
‘‘(d) REVISION OF PLAN.—(1) Not later than 1 year
after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the
Commission, with the approval of the Secretary, shall re-
vise the Cultural Heritage and Land Management Plan.
The revision shall address the boundary change made by
section 401(a) of the National Heritage Areas Act of 1995
and shall include a natural resource inventory of areas or
features that should be protected, restored, managed, or
acquired because of their contribution to the understand-
ing of national cultural landscape values.
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall approve or disapprove the
revision required by paragraph (1) in accordance with sub-
section (b).’’
(d) EXTENSION OF COMMISSION.—Subsection (b) of
section 7 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish the
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor in
Massachusetts and Rhode Island’’, approved November
10, 1986 (Public Law 99–647; 16 U.S.C. 461 note), is
amended by striking ‘‘five years beginning on the day re-
ferred to in subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘five years be-
ginning on the day of the expiration of the extension under
section 118 of Public Law 102–154 (105 Stat. 1013; 16
U.S.C. 461 note)’’.
(e) LOCAL AUTHORITY.—Section 5 of the Act enti-
tled ‘‘An Act to establish the Blackstone River Valley Na-
tional Heritage Corridor in Massachusetts and Rhode Is-
land’’, approved November 10, 1986 (Public Law 99–647;
16 U.S.C. 461 note), is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
‘‘(j) LOCAL AUTHORITY AND PRIVATE PROPERTY
NOT AFFECTED.—No provision of this Act shall be con-
strued to affect or to authorize the Commission to inter-
fere with—
‘‘(1) the rights of any person with respect to
private property; or
‘‘(2) any local zoning ordinance or land use
plan of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or any
political subdivision of the Commonwealth’’.
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
10 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish the Blackstone
River Valley National Heritage Corridor in Massachusetts
and Rhode Island’’, approved November 10, 1986 (Public
Law 99–647; 16 U.S.C. 461 note) is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(c) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated
after fiscal year 1995 not more than $5,000,000 (in addi-