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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2525 
To establish the Steel Valley National Heritage Area in the States of 
Pennsylvania and Ohio, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 3, 2019 
Mr. RYAN (for himself and Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To establish the Steel Valley National Heritage Area in 
the States of Pennsylvania and Ohio, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Steel Valley National 
Heritage Area Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds as follows: 
(1) Until the late 1970s, the Mahoning Valley 
Steelmaking District was one of the five largest 
steelmaking areas in the world, at times even larger 
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than Pittsburgh, and its mills produced the steel 
that built America’s cities, supported its infrastruc-
ture, and strengthened its war efforts. 
(2) Jobs in the steel industry attracted immi-
grants from Europe, Latin America, and the Middle 
East, as well as thousands of African Americans 
moving North as part of the Great Migration. While 
these groups have interacted, become neighbors, and 
intermarried over the decades, ethnic identities re-
main strong in this area. This has produced both a 
strong sense of community and divisions that reflect 
national patterns of conflict over class, race, eth-
nicity, and religion. 
(3) The cultural legacy of the steel industry re-
mains long after many of the local mills shut down 
in the institutions created by both working people 
and civic and business leaders, ranging from ethnic 
churches to adult education programs aimed at help-
ing immigrants learn English and gain citizenship to 
the Butler Institute of America Art, the Youngstown 
Symphony, several museums focused on the history 
of the region, and a large city park that offers pro-
gramming in the arts, history, and outdoor activi-
ties. 
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(4) The Mahoning Valley Steelmaking District 
has a long history of labor and community activ-
ism— 
(A) helping to create the United Steel-
workers of America, which enabled many work-
ers to achieve middle-class lives; 
(B) organizing a significant community- 
wide effort to keep the steel mills open after 
shutdowns were announced in the late 1970s; 
and 
(C) developing a nationally and inter-
nationally recognized model for community- 
based planning in response to the economic and 
social challenges of deindustrialization, includ-
ing the Youngstown 2010 Plan and several on- 
going grassroots neighborhood organizations 
that have led important efforts to revitalize the 
community. 
(5) While many aspects of this community’s 
history reflect the unique mix of the people who 
came here and the history of industries in this Val-
ley, the story of the Mahoning Valley Steelmaking 
District also reflects national patterns of industrial 
growth and change, migration and immigration, and 
cultural, civic, and labor organizing. 
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SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY.—The term 
‘‘local coordinating entity’’ means the Steel Valley 
National Heritage Area Commission established by 
section 5(a). 
(2) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘manage-
ment plan’’ means the management plan for the Na-
tional Heritage Area required under section 6. 
(3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Steel Valley National Heritage Area’’ created 
by the Congressional Research Service. 
(4) NATIONAL
HERITAGE
AREA.—The term 
‘‘National Heritage Area’’ means the Steel Valley 
National Heritage Area established by section 4(a). 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Ohio or the State of Pennsylvania, as appropriate. 
SEC. 4. STEEL VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
State the Steel Valley National Heritage Area. 
(b) BOUNDARIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The National Heritage Area 
shall consist of land located in the Counties of 
Trumbull and Mahoning in Ohio, and Mercer and 
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Lawrence Counties in Pennsylvania, as generally de-
picted on the map. 
(2) REVISION.—The boundaries of the National 
Heritage Area established under paragraph (1) may 
be revised if the revision is— 
(A) proposed in the management plan; 
(B) approved by the Secretary in accord-
ance with section 6; and 
(C) placed on file in accordance with sub-
section (c). 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate of-
fices of— 
(1) the National Park Service; and 
(2) the local coordinating entity. 
(d) LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY.—The Steel Val-
ley National Heritage Area Commission shall be the local 
coordinating entity for the National Heritage Area. 
SEC. 5. STEEL VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA COM-
MISSION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Steel 
Valley National Heritage Area Commission. The purpose 
of the local coordinating entity shall be— 
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(1) to work with Federal, State, and local au-
thorities to develop and implement the management 
plan; and 
(2) to foster and enhance the integration of in-
dustrial steel and manufacturing-related historical, 
cultural, educational, natural, scenic, and rec-
reational initiatives within the National Heritage 
Area. 
(b) AUTHORITIES.—For purposes of implementing 
the management plan, the Secretary, acting through the 
local coordinating entity, may use amounts made available 
under section 10 to— 
(1) make grants to the State or a political sub-
division of the State, nonprofit organizations, and 
other persons; 
(2) assist others in developing educational, in-
formational, and interpretive programs and facilities; 
(3) enter into cooperative agreements with, or 
provide technical assistance to, the State or a polit-
ical subdivision of the State, nonprofit organizations, 
and other interested parties; 
(4) hire and compensate staff, which shall in-
clude individuals with expertise in historic preserva-
tion and restoration, cultural and natural resource 
management, interpretive planning and museum 
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services, heritage and education programming, eco-
nomic and community development, labor and work-
ing-class studies, and tourism; 
(5) establish such advisory groups as deemed 
necessary; 
(6) obtain money or services from any source, 
including any money or services that are provided 
under any other Federal law or program; 
(7) contract for goods or services; and 
(8) undertake to be a catalyst for any other ac-
tivity that— 
(A) furthers the purposes of the National 
Heritage Area; and 
(B) is consistent with the approved man-
agement plan. 
(c) DUTIES.—The local coordinating entity shall— 
(1) in accordance with section 6, prepare and 
submit a management plan to the Secretary; 
(2) assist units of local government, regional 
planning organizations, and nonprofit organizations 
in carrying out the approved management plan by— 
(A) carrying out programs and projects 
that recognize, preserve, and enhance the re-
maining elements of the original Mahoning Val-
ley Steel District; 
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(B) establishing and maintaining visitor 
centers, museums, and other interpretive exhib-
its and programs in the National Heritage 
Area; 
(C) developing recreational and educational 
opportunities in the National Heritage Area; 
(D) increasing public awareness of indus-
trial steel and manufacturing-related historical, 
cultural, educational, natural, scenic, and rec-
reational resources and sites within the Na-
tional Heritage Area; 
(E) identifying and restoring any historic 
building, site, or district consistent with Na-
tional Heritage Area themes; 
(F) ensuring that clear, consistent, and en-
vironmentally 
appropriate 
signs 
identifying 
points of access and sites of interest are posted 
throughout the National Heritage Area; and 
(G) promoting a wide range of partner-
ships among governments, organizations, com-
munities, and individuals to further the Na-
tional Heritage Area; 
(3) consider the interests and perspectives of di-
verse units of government, businesses, organizations, 
communities, and individuals in the National Herit-
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age Area in the preparation and implementation of 
the management plan; and 
(4) encourage, by appropriate means, economic 
viability that is consistent with the National Herit-
age Area. 
(d) PROHIBITION ON THE ACQUISITION OF REAL 
PROPERTY.—The local coordinating entity shall not use 
Federal funds made available under section 10 to acquire 
real property or any interest in real property. 
(e) MEMBERSHIP.—The local coordinating entity 
shall be composed of 23 members, as follows: 
(1) The Secretary of the Interior, ex officio, or 
the Secretary’s designee. 
(2) Ten members, appointed by the Secretary 
after consideration of recommendations submitted by 
the Governor of the State and other appropriate offi-
cials, with knowledge and experience of the following 
agencies or those agencies’ successors: the Ohio Arts 
Council, the Ohio Development Services Agency, 
Ohio Department of Natural Resources, the Ohio 
Office of Tourism, and the Ohio State Historic Pres-
ervation Office, the Pennsylvania Council on the 
Arts, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Com-
mission, the Pennsylvania Department of Commu-
nity and Economic Development, and the Pennsyl-
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vania Department of Conservation and Natural Re-
sources. 
(3) The remaining 12 members who reside 
within the National Heritage Area and are geo-
graphically dispersed throughout the National Herit-
age Area shall be from government, institutions of 
higher education, and public or private entities and 
organizations with knowledge of historic preservation 
and restoration, cultural and natural resource man-
agement, interpretive planning and museum services, 
heritage and education programming, economic and 
community development, labor and working-class 
studies, and tourism. These members will be ap-
pointed by the Secretary as follows: 
(A) Four members based on a rec-
ommendation from each Senator from the State 
of Ohio and the State of Pennsylvania. 
(B) Four members based on a rec-
ommendation from each Member of the House 
of Representatives whose district shall encom-
pass the National Heritage Area. 
(C) Four members who shall be residents 
of any county constituting the National Herit-
age Area. 
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(f) APPOINTMENTS AND VACANCIES.—Members of 
the local coordinating entity other than ex officio members 
shall be appointed for terms of 3 years. Of the original 
appointments, 5 shall be for a term of 1 year, 5 shall be 
for a term of 2 years, and 5 shall be for a term of 3 years. 
Any member of the local coordinating entity appointed for 
a definite term may serve after expiration of the term until 
the successor of the member is appointed. Any member 
appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder 
of the term for which the predecessor was appointed. Any 
vacancy on the local coordinating entity shall be filled in 
the same manner in which the original appointment was 
made. 
(g) COMPENSATION.—Members of the local coordi-
nating entity shall receive no compensation for their serv-
ice on the local coordinating entity. Members of the local 
coordinating entity, other than employees of the State, 
while away from their homes or regular places of business 
to perform services for the local coordinating entity, shall 
be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 
subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed 
intermittently in Government service are allowed under 
section 5703 of title 5, United States Code. 
(h) ELECTION OF OFFICES.—The local coordinating 
entity shall elect the chairperson and the vice chairperson 
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on an annual basis. The vice chairperson shall serve as 
the chairperson in the absence of the chairperson. 
(i) MEETINGS.—The local coordinating entity shall 
conduct meetings open to the public at least semiannually 
regarding the development and implementation of the 
management plan. The local coordinating entity shall meet 
at the call of the chairperson or 12 of its members. Notice 
of meetings and agendas for the meeting shall be pub-
lished throughout the National Heritage Area. 
(j) QUORUM AND VOTING.—Eleven members of the 
local coordinating entity shall constitute a quorum but a 
lesser number may hold hearings. Any member of the local 
coordinating entity may vote by means of a signed proxy 
exercised by another member of the local coordinating en-
tity, however, any member voting by proxy shall not be 
considered present for purposes of establishing a quorum. 
For the transaction of any business or the exercise of any 
power of the local coordinating entity, the local coordi-
nating entity shall have the power to act by a majority 
vote of the members present at any meeting at which a 
quorum is in attendance. 
(k) ANNUAL REPORTS AND AUDITS.—For any year 
for which Federal funds have been received under this sec-
tion, the local coordinating entity shall— 
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(1) submit to the Secretary an annual report 
that describes the activities, expenses, and income of 
the local coordinating entity (including grants from 
the local coordinating entity to any other entities 
during the year that the report is made); 
(2) make available to the Secretary for audit all 
records relating to the expenditure of the funds and 
any matching funds; and 
(3) require, with respect to all agreements au-
thorizing the expenditure of Federal funds by other 
organizations, that the organizations receiving the 
funds make available to the Secretary for audit all 
records concerning the expenditure of the funds. 
(l) TERMINATION.—The local coordinating entity 
shall terminate on the day occurring 10 years after the 
date of enactment of this title. 
SEC. 6. MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the local coordinating entity 
shall submit to the Secretary for approval a proposed 
management plan for the National Heritage Area. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The management plan shall 
include— 
(1) an inventory of historic properties and re-
sources within the National Heritage Area that— 
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(A) are related to the themes of the Na-
tional Heritage Area; and 
(B) should be preserved, restored, man-
aged, developed, or maintained because of their 
historical, cultural, educational, natural, scenic, 
or recreational significance; 
(2) comprehensive policies, strategies, and rec-
ommendations for the preservation, funding, man-
agement, and development of the National Heritage 
Area; 
(3) a program of implementation for the man-
agement plan by the local coordinating entity that 
includes a description of— 
(A) actions to facilitate ongoing collabora-
tion among identified partners to promote plans 
for site and resource protection, restoration, en-
hancement, and construction; and 
(B) specific commitments that have been 
made by the local coordinating entity or any 
government, organization, or individual for the 
first 5 years of operation of the National Herit-
age Area; 
(4) the identification of sources of funding for 
carrying out the management plan; 
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(5) analysis and recommendations for means by 
which Federal, State, and local programs may best 
be integrated and coordinated to carry out this sec-
tion, including a description of the role of the Na-
tional Park Service in the National Heritage Area; 
and 
(6) an interpretive plan that identifies, devel-
ops, supports, and enhances education programs 
within the National Heritage Area that includes— 
(A) documentation of and methods to sup-
port the perpetuation of music, art, poetry, lit-
erature, folklore, and culture associated with 
the steel mills and blast furnaces; and 
(B) research related to— 
(i) the construction and history of the 
steel mills and blast furnaces; 
(ii) the cultural traditions of steel 
workers, their families, and communities; 
(iii) the role and influence of orga-
nized labor; 
(iv) the role and influence of orga-
nized crime; 
(v) the history of racial, ethnic, and 
religious conflict; 
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(vi) the social and economic impacts 
of deindustrialization; and 
(vii) the diaspora of urban industrial 
cities; and 
(7) recommended policies and strategies for re-
source management that consider and detail the ap-
plication of appropriate land and water management 
techniques, including the development of intergov-
ernmental and interagency cooperative agreements 
to protect the historical, cultural, educational, nat-
ural, scenic, and recreational resources of the Na-
tional Heritage Area. 
(c) DEADLINE.—If a proposed management plan is 
not submitted to the Secretary by the date that is 3 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the local coordi-
nating entity shall be ineligible to receive additional fund-
ing under this Act until the date on which the Secretary 
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 management plan 
under subsection (a), the Secretary, in consultation 
with the State, shall approve or disapprove the man-
agement plan. 
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(2) CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL.—In determining 
whether to approve the management plan, the Sec-
retary shall consider whether— 
(A) the local coordinating entity is rep-
resentative of the diverse interests and perspec-
tives of the National Heritage Area, including 
governments, historical and cultural organiza-
tions, educational and civic institutions, orga-
nized labor, and businesses; 
(B) the local coordinating entity has af-
forded adequate opportunities, including public 
hearings and comment periods, for public and 
governmental involvement in the preparation of 
the management plan; and 
(C) the resource protection and interpreta-
tion strategies contained in the management 
plan, if implemented, would adequately preserve 
the historical, cultural, and natural resources of 
the National Heritage Area. 
(3) ACTION FOLLOWING DISAPPROVAL.—If the 
Secretary disapproves the management plan under 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— 
(A) advise the local coordinating entity in 
writing of the reasons for the disapproval; 
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(B) make recommendations for revisions to 
the management plan; and 
(C) not later than 180 days after the re-
ceipt of any proposed revision of the manage-
ment plan from the local coordinating entity, 
approve or disapprove the proposed revision. 
(4) AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ap-
prove or disapprove each amendment to the 
management plan that makes a substantial 
change to the management plan, as determined 
by the Secretary. 
(B) USE
OF
FUNDS.—The local coordi-
nating entity shall not use Federal funds au-
thorized by this section to carry out any amend-
ments to the management plan until the date 
on which the Secretary has approved the 
amendments. 
SEC. 7. 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.—The head 
of any Federal agency planning to conduct activities that 
may have an impact on the National Heritage Area is en-
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couraged to consult and coordinate the activities with the 
Secretary and the local coordinating entity, to the max-
imum 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; 
(2) limits the discretion of a Federal land man-
ager to implement an approved land use plan within 
the boundaries of the National Heritage Area; or 
(3) modifies, alters, or amends any authorized 
use of Federal land under the jurisdiction of a Fed-
eral agency. 
SEC. 8. PRIVATE PROPERTY AND REGULATORY PROTEC-
TIONS. 
Nothing in this Act— 
(1) abridges the rights of any owner of public 
or private property, including the right to refrain 
from participating in any plan, project, program, or 
activity conducted within the National Heritage 
Area; 
(2) requires any property owner— 
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(A) to permit public access (including ac-
cess 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) alters any duly adopted land use regulation, 
approved land use plan, or other regulatory author-
ity of any Federal, State, Tribal, or local agency; 
(4) conveys any land use or other regulatory 
authority to the local coordinating entity; 
(5) authorizes or implies the reservation or ap-
propriation of water or water rights; 
(6) diminishes the authority of the State to 
manage fish and wildlife, including the regulation of 
fishing and hunting within the National Heritage 
Area; or 
(7) creates any liability, or affects any liability 
under any other law, of any private property owner 
with respect to any person injured on the private 
property. 
SEC. 9. EVALUATION AND REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years before the 
date on which authority for Federal funding terminates 
for the National Heritage Area, the Secretary shall— 
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(1) conduct an evaluation of the accomplish-
ments of the National Heritage Area; and 
(2) prepare a report in accordance with sub-
section (c). 
(b) EVALUATION.—An evaluation conducted under 
subsection (a)(1) shall— 
(1) assess the progress of the local coordinating 
entity with respect to— 
(A) accomplishing the purposes of the Na-
tional Heritage Area; and 
(B) achieving the goals and objectives of 
the management plan; 
(2) analyze the investments of Federal, State, 
Tribal, and local government and private entities in 
the National Heritage Area to determine the impact 
of the investments; and 
(3) review the management structure, partner-
ship relationships, and funding of the National Her-
itage Area for purposes of identifying the critical 
components for sustainability of the National Herit-
age Area. 
(c) REPORT.—Based on the evaluation conducted 
under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 
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of Representatives a report that includes recommendations 
for the future role of the National Park Service with re-
spect to the National Heritage Area. 
SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act $10,000,000, of which not 
more than $1,000,000 may be made available in any fiscal 
year. 
(b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made available under 
subsection (a) shall remain available until expended. 
(c) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the 
total cost of any activity carried out under this Act 
shall be not more than 50 percent. 
(2) FORM.—The non-Federal share of the total 
cost of any activity carried out under this Act may 
be in the form of in-kind contributions of goods or 
services fairly valued. 
(d) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority of 
the Secretary to provide assistance under this Act termi-
nates on the date that is 15 years after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
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