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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1885 
To establish the Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area in the State 
of Arizona, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 17, 2007 
Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself and Ms. GIFFORDS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To establish the Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area 
in the State of Arizona, 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 ‘‘Santa Cruz Valley Na-
tional Heritage Area Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act include the following: 
(1) To establish the Santa Cruz Valley National 
Heritage Area in the State of Arizona. 
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(2) To implement the recommendations of the 
‘‘Alternative Concepts for Commemorating Spanish 
Colonization’’ study completed by the National Park 
Service in 1991, and the ‘‘Feasibility Study for the 
Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area’’ pre-
pared by the Center for Desert Archaeology in July 
2005. 
(3) To provide a management framework to 
foster a close working relationship with all levels of 
government, the private sector, and the local com-
munities in the region and to conserve the region’s 
heritage while continuing to pursue compatible eco-
nomic opportunities. 
(4) To assist communities, organizations, and 
citizens in the State of Arizona in identifying, pre-
serving, interpreting, and developing the historical, 
cultural, scenic, and natural resources of the region 
for the educational and inspirational benefit of cur-
rent and future generations. 
(5) To provide appropriate linkages between 
units of the National Park System and communities, 
governments, and organizations within the Heritage 
Area. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) HERITAGE
AREA.—The term ‘‘Heritage 
Area’’ means the Santa Cruz Valley National Herit-
age Area, established in section 4. 
(2) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The term ‘‘Man-
agement Entity’’ means the management entity for 
the Heritage Area designated by section 4(d). 
(3) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘Manage-
ment Plan’’ means the management plan for the 
Heritage Area specified in section 6. 
(4) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map ti-
tled ‘‘Boundary Map Santa Cruz Valley National 
Heritage Area’’, numbered lllllll, and 
dated llllllllllll. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Arizona. 
SEC. 4. SANTA CRUZ VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established 
the Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area in the State 
of Arizona. 
(b) BOUNDARIES.—The Heritage Area shall include 
the portions of the counties of Santa Cruz and Pima, as 
identified on the map. 
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(c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate of-
fices of the National Park Service, Department of the In-
terior, and the Management entity. 
(d) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The Santa Cruz Valley 
Heritage Alliance, Inc., shall be the management entity 
for the Heritage Area. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORITIES, PROHIBITIONS, AND DUTIES OF THE 
MANAGEMENT ENTITY. 
(a) DUTIES OF THE MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—To fur-
ther the purposes of the Heritage Area, the management 
entity shall— 
(1) prepare and submit a management plan for 
the Heritage Area to the Secretary in accordance 
with section 6; 
(2) assist units of local and tribal governments, 
regional planning organizations, non-profit organiza-
tions, private land-owners, and other entities by— 
(A) carrying out programs and projects 
that recognize, protect and enhance important 
resources values within the Heritage Area; 
(B) establishing and maintaining interpre-
tive exhibits and programs in the Heritage 
Area; 
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(C) developing recreational, educational, 
and economic, and community development op-
portunities within the Heritage Area; 
(D) increasing public awareness of, and 
appreciation for, the natural, cultural, histor-
ical, archaeological, scenic, and outdoor rec-
reational resources and sites in the Heritage 
Area; 
(E) protecting and restoring historic sites 
and structures, archaeological sites, and natural 
resources related to the Heritage Area; 
(F) ensuring that signs identifying points 
of public access and sites of interest are posted 
throughout the Heritage Area; 
(G) promoting cultural, traditional, and 
nature-themed events and attractions in the 
Heritage Area; and 
(H) promoting a wide range of partner-
ships among governments, organizations and in-
dividuals to further the purposes of the Herit-
age Area; 
(3) coordinate with tribal and local governments 
to better enable them to participate in ways con-
sistent with the goals of the management plan; 
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(4) consider the interests of diverse units of 
government, businesses, organizations and individ-
uals in the Heritage Area in the preparation and im-
plementation of the management plan; 
(5) conduct meetings open to the public at least 
semi-annually regarding the development and imple-
mentation of the management plan; 
(6) submit an annual report to the Secretary 
for any fiscal year in which the management entity 
receives Federal funds under this Act, setting forth 
its accomplishments, expenses, and income, includ-
ing grants to any other entities during the year for 
which the report is made; 
(7) make available for audit for any fiscal year 
in which it receives Federal funds under this Act, all 
information pertaining to the expenditure of such 
funds and any matching funds; and 
(8) encourage by appropriate means economic 
development that is consistent with the purposes of 
the Heritage Area. 
(b) AUTHORITIES.—The management entity may, for 
the purposes of preparing and implementing the manage-
ment plan for the Heritage Area, use Federal funds made 
available under this Act to— 
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