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Union Calendar No. 318
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2932
[Report No. 106–584]
To authorize the Golden Spike/Crossroads of the West National Heritage
Area.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 23, 1999
Mr. HANSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
APRIL 13, 2000
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 23, 1999]
A BILL
To authorize the Golden Spike/Crossroads of the West
National Heritage Area.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF STUDY.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section:
(1) GOLDEN SPIKE RAIL STUDY.—The term
‘‘Golden Spike Rail Study’’ means the Golden Spike
Rail Feasibility Study, Reconnaissance Survey,
Ogden, Utah to Golden Spike National Historic
Site’’, National Park Service, 1993.
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior.
(3) STUDY
AREA.—The term ‘‘Study Area’’
means the Golden Spike/Crossroads of the West Na-
tional Heritage Area Study Area, the boundaries of
which are described in subsection (d).
(b) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a study
of the Study Area which includes analysis and documenta-
tion necessary to determine 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 public
and private entities;
(2) reflects traditions, customs, beliefs, and folk-
life 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 identified
theme or themes of the Study Area that retain a de-
gree of integrity capable of supporting interpretation;
(6) includes residents, business interests, non-
profit organizations, and local and State governments
who have demonstrated support for the concept of a
National Heritage Area; and
(7) has a potential management entity to work
in partnership with residents, business interests, non-
profit organizations, and local and State governments
to develop a National Heritage Area consistent with
continued local and State economic activity.
(c) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the study, the Sec-
retary shall—
(1) consult with the State Historic Preservation
Officer, State Historical Society, and other appro-
priate organizations; and
(2) use previously completed materials, including
the Golden Spike Rail Study.
(d) BOUNDARIES OF STUDY AREA.—The Study Area
shall be comprised of sites relating to completion of the first
transcontinental railroad in the State of Utah, concen-
trating on those areas identified on the map included in
the Golden Spike Rail Study.
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 3 fiscal years after funds
are first made available to carry out this section, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on Resources of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources of the Senate a report on the findings
and conclusions of the study and recommendations based
upon those findings and conclusions.
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this sec-
tion.
SEC. 2. CROSSROADS OF THE WEST HISTORIC DISTRICT.
(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are—
(1) to preserve and interpret, for the educational
and inspirational benefit of the public, the contribu-
tion to our national heritage of certain historic and
cultural lands and edifices of the Crossroads of the
West Historic District; and
(2) to enhance cultural and compatible economic
redevelopment within the District.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section:
(1) DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘District’’ means the
Crossroads of the West Historic District established by
subsection (c).
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior.
(3) 
HISTORIC
INFRASTRUCTURE.—The 
term
‘‘historic infrastructure’’ means the District’s historic
buildings and any other structure that the Secretary
determines to be eligible for listing on the National
Register of Historic Places.
(c) CROSSROADS
OF
THE
WEST
HISTORIC
DIS-
TRICT.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the
Crossroads of the West Historic District in the city of
Ogden, Utah.
(2) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the Dis-
trict shall be the boundaries depicted on the map enti-
tled ‘‘Crossroads of the West Historic District’’, num-
bered OGGO-20,000, and dated March 22, 2000. The
map shall be on file and available for public inspec-
tion in the appropriate offices of the Department of
the Interior.
(d) DEVELOPMENT PLAN.—The Secretary may make
grants and enter into cooperative agreements with the State
of Utah, local governments, and nonprofit entities under
which the Secretary agrees to pay not more than 50 percent
of the costs of—
(1) preparation of a plan for the development of
historic, architectural, natural, cultural, and inter-
pretive resources within the District;
(2) implementation of projects approved by the
Secretary under the development plan described in
paragraph (1); and
(3) an analysis assessing measures that could be
taken to encourage economic development and revital-
ization within the District in a manner consistent
with the District’s historic character.
(e) RESTORATION, PRESERVATION, AND INTERPRETA-
TION OF PROPERTIES.—
(1) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary
may enter into cooperative agreements with the State
of Utah, local governments, and nonprofit entities
owning property within the District under which the
Secretary may—
(A) pay not more than 50 percent of the
cost of restoring, repairing, rehabilitating, and
improving historic infrastructure within the Dis-
trict;
(B) provide technical assistance with re-
spect to the preservation and interpretation of
properties within the District; and
(C) mark and provide interpretation of
properties within the District.
(2) NON-FEDERAL
CONTRIBUTIONS.—When de-
termining the cost of restoring, repairing, rehabili-
tating, and improving historic infrastructure within
the District for the purposes of paragraph (1)(A), the
Secretary may consider any donation of property,
services, or goods from a non-Federal source as a con-
tribution of funds from a non-Federal source.
(3) 
PROVISIONS.—A 
cooperative 
agreement
under paragraph (1) shall provide that—
(A) the Secretary shall have the right of ac-
cess at reasonable times to public portions of the
property for interpretive and other purposes;
(B) no change or alteration may be made in
the property except with the agreement of the
property owner, the Secretary, and any Federal
agency that may have regulatory jurisdiction
over the property; and
(C) any construction grant made under this
section shall be subject to an agreement that
provides—
(I) that conversion, use, or disposal of
the project so assisted for purposes contrary
to the purposes of this section shall result in
a right of the United States to compensa-
tion from the beneficiary of the grant; and
(II) for a schedule for such compensa-
tion based on the level of Federal investment
and the anticipated useful life of the project.
(4) APPLICATIONS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—A property owner that
desires to enter into a cooperative agreement
under paragraph (1) shall submit to the Sec-
retary an application describing how the project
proposed to be funded will further the purposes
of the management plan developed for the Dis-
trict.
(B) 
CONSIDERATION.—In 
making 
such
funds available under this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall give consideration to projects that
provide a greater leverage of Federal funds.
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out
this section not more than $1,000,000 for any fiscal year
and not more than $5,000,000 total.
Amend the title to read as follows: ‘‘A bill to direct
the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the