(6) There are significant examples of those re-
sources within the Heritage Area that merit the in-
volvement of the Federal Government to develop 
programs and projects, in cooperation with the man-
agement entity and local and State governmental 
bodies, to adequately conserve, support, protect, and 
interpret this heritage. 
(7) Partnerships between Federal, State, and 
local governments, the regional entities of such gov-
ernments, the private sector, and citizenry offer the 
most effective opportunities for the enhancement 
and management of the historical sites throughout 
the four-State Heritage Area to promote the cultural 
and historical attractions of the Heritage Area for 
visitors and the local economy. 
(8) The Journey Through Hallowed Ground 
Partnership would be an appropriate management 
entity for the Heritage Area. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Journey 
Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area are— 
(1) to preserve, support, conserve, and interpret 
the legacy of the American history created along the 
Heritage Area; 
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(2) to promote heritage, cultural and rec-
reational tourism and to develop educational and 
cultural programs for visitors and the general public; 
(3) to recognize and interpret important events 
and geographic locations representing key develop-
ments in the creation of America, including Native 
American, Colonial American, European American, 
and African American heritage; 
(4) to recognize and interpret the effect of the 
Civil War on the civilian population of the Heritage 
Area during the war and post-war reconstruction pe-
riod; and 
(5) to enhance a cooperative management 
framework to assist the Commonwealth of Virginia, 
the State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Penn-
sylvania, the State of West Virginia, and their units 
of local government, the private sector, and citizens 
residing in the Heritage Area in conserving, sup-
porting, enhancing, and interpreting the significant 
historic, cultural and recreational sites in the Herit-
age Area. 
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SEC. 4. JOURNEY THROUGH HALLOWED GROUND NA-
TIONAL HERITAGE AREA. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established 
the Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage 
Area. 
(b) BOUNDARIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Heritage Area shall 
consist of the 175-mile region generally following the 
Route 15 corridor and surrounding areas from 
Adams County, Pennsylvania, through Frederick 
County, Maryland, including the Heart of the Civil 
War Maryland State Heritage Area, looping through 
Brunswick, Maryland, to Harpers Ferry, West Vir-
ginia, back through Loudoun County, Virginia, to 
the Route 15 corridor and surrounding areas encom-
passing portions of Loudoun and Prince William 
Counties, Virginia, then Fauquier County, Virginia, 
portions of Spotsylvania and Madison Counties, Vir-
ginia, and Culpepper, Rappahannock, Orange, and 
Albemarle Counties, Virginia. The boundaries of the 
Heritage Area shall include all of those lands and in-
terests as generally depicted on the map titled 
‘‘Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Her-
itage Area’’, numbered P90/80,000, and dated Octo-
ber 2006. 
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(2) MAP.—The map referred to in paragraph 
(1) shall be on file in the appropriate offices of the 
National Park Service. 
(c) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The management entity 
for the Heritage Area shall be The Journey Through Hal-
lowed Ground Partnership, a Virginia nonprofit corpora-
tion. 
(d) BOARD OF TRUSTEES.—The board of trustees of 
the management entity shall include representatives from 
a broad cross-section of the individuals, agencies, organi-
zations, States, and governments that— 
(1) are partners of the management entity; and 
(2) will oversee the development and implemen-
tation of the management plan. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES OF MANAGEMENT ENTI-
TY. 
(a) AUTHORITIES OF THE MANAGEMENT ENTITY.— 
(1) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT FUNDS.—The man-
agement entity may accept funds from any Federal 
source and from States and their political subdivi-
sions, private organizations, nonprofit organizations, 
or any other person to carry out its authorities and 
duties under this Act. 
(2) USE OF FUNDS.—The management entity 
may use funds made available under this Act for 
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purposes of preparing, updating, and implementing 
the management plan. Such purposes may include 
the following: 
(A) Making grants to, and entering into 
cooperative agreements with, States and their 
political subdivisions, private organizations, 
non-profit organizations or any other person. 
(B) Hiring and compensating staff. 
(C) Entering into contracts for goods, 
services, and leases for office space. 
(D) Undertaking any other initiatives that 
advance the purposes of the Heritage Area. 
(b) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The management entity 
shall develop a management plan for the Heritage Area 
that— 
(1) presents comprehensive strategies and rec-
ommendations for conservation, funding, manage-
ment, and development of the Heritage Area; 
(2) takes into consideration existing State, 
county, and local plans and involves residents, public 
agencies, and private organizations working in the 
Heritage Area; 
(3) includes a description of actions that units 
of government and private organizations and individ-
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uals have decided to undertake in furtherance of the 
purposes of this Act; 
(4) specifies the existing and potential sources 
of funding to protect, support, manage, and develop 
the Heritage Area; 
(5) includes an inventory of the natural, histor-
ical, cultural, architectural, scenic, and recreational 
resources in the Heritage Area that wish to be pre-
served, restored, supported, managed, developed, or 
maintained, because of the national historic signifi-
cance of the resources; 
(6) includes an analysis of ways in which local, 
State, and Federal programs may coordinate to pro-
mote the purposes of this Act; including rec-
ommendations from the Commonwealth of Virginia, 
the States of Maryland and West Virginia, and the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (and political sub-
divisions thereof) for the management, protection, 
support, and interpretation of the natural, cultural, 
and historical resources of the Heritage Area; 
(7) identifies appropriate partners and partner-
ships among Federal, State, and local governments, 
regional entities, and the private sector in further-
ance of the purposes of the Act; 
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(8) includes locations for visitor contact and 
major interpretive facilities; 
(9) includes provisions for appropriate living 
history demonstrations and battlefield reenactments; 
(10) includes provisions for implementing a 
continuing program of interpretation for resident, 
student, and visitor education concerning the re-
sources and values of the Heritage Area; 
(11) includes provisions for a uniform historical 
marker and wayside exhibit program in the Heritage 
Area, including a provision for marking, with the 
consent of the owner, historic structures and prop-
erties that are contained within the historic core 
areas and contribute to the understanding of the 
Heritage Area; 
(12) includes provisions for the protection and 
interpretation of the natural, cultural, and historic 
resources of the Heritage Area consistent with this 
Act; and 
(13) includes provisions for the development of 
educational outreach programs for students of all 
ages to further the understanding of the vast re-
sources within the Heritage Area. 
(c) DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION; PREREQUISITES.— 
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(1) DEADLINE.—The management entity shall 
submit the management plan to the Secretary not 
later than the end of the three-year period beginning 
on the date on which funds are first made available 
for this Act. 
(2) PREREQUISITES.—Before submitting the 
management plan to the Secretary, the management 
entity shall ensure that— 
(A) the Commonwealth of Virginia, the 
States of Maryland and West Virginia, the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and any polit-
ical subdivision thereof that would be affected 
by the management plan, receives a copy of the 
management plan; 
(B) adequate notice of availability of the 
management plan is provided through publica-
tion in appropriate local newspapers in the area 
of the Heritage Area; 
(C) at least one public hearing is con-
ducted by the management entity at a location 
within the Heritage Area in each congressional 
district included in whole or in part in the Her-
itage Area to review and receive comments on 
the management plan; and 
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(D) a committee made up of elected offi-
cials of local governments within the boundaries 
of the Heritage Area, including mayors, town 
and county council chairs, and members of bor-
ough commissions and boards of supervisors, 
has had an opportunity to review, comment on, 
and approve (by majority vote) the management 
plan. 
(d) TERMINATION OF FUNDING.—If a management 
plan is not submitted to the Secretary in accordance with 
subsection (c), the Secretary shall not, after the end of 
the period specified in such subsection, provide any grant 
or other assistance under this Act with respect to the Her-
itage Area until a management plan for the Heritage Area 
is submitted to the Secretary. 
(e) DUTIES OF MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The man-
agement entity shall— 
(1) give priority to implementing actions set 
forth in the management plan; 
(2) assist units of government, regional plan-
ning organizations, and nonprofit organizations in— 
(A) establishing and maintaining interpre-
tive materials and exhibits in the Heritage 
Area; 
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(B) developing historical and cultural re-
sources and educational programs in the Herit-
age Area; 
(C) increasing public awareness of and ap-
preciation for the natural, historical, cultural, 
architectural, scenic, and recreational resources 
and sites in the Heritage Area; 
(D) the restoration of any historic building 
relating to the themes of the Heritage Area; 
(E) ensuring that clear signs identifying 
access points and sites of interest are put in 
place throughout the Heritage Area; and 
(F) carrying out other actions that the 
management entity determines to be advisable 
to fulfill the purposes of this Act; 
(3) encourage by appropriate means economic 
viability in the Heritage Area consistent with the 
purposes of this Act; 
(4) consider the interests of diverse govern-
mental, business, nonprofit groups, and individuals 
within the Heritage Area; and 
(5) for any year in which Federal funds have 
been provided to implement the management plan— 
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