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SEC. 510. PRIVATE PROPERTY PROTECTION.
(a) ACCESS TO PRIVATE PROPERTY.—Nothing in this title shall
be construed to—
(1) require any private property owner to allow public
access (including Federal, State, or local government access)
to such private property; or
(2) modify any provision of Federal, State, or local law
with regard to public access to or use of private property.
(b) LIABILITY.—Designation of the Heritage Area shall not be
considered to create any liability, or to have any effect on any
liability under any other law, of any private property owner with
respect to any persons injured on such private property.
(c) RECOGNITION
OF AUTHORITY TO CONTROL LAND USE.—
Nothing in this title shall be construed to modify the authority
of Federal, State, or local governments to regulate land use.
(d) PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS IN HERITAGE
AREA.—Nothing in this title shall be construed to require the owner
of any private property located within the boundaries of the Herit-
age Area to participate in or be associated with the Heritage Area.
(e) EFFECT OF ESTABLISHMENT.—The boundaries designated for
the Heritage Area represent the area within which Federal funds
appropriated for the purpose of this title may be expended. The
establishment of the Heritage Area and its boundaries shall not
be construed to provide any nonexisting regulatory authority on
land use within the Heritage Area or its viewshed by the Secretary,
the National Park Service, or the management entity.
SEC. 511. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—To carry out this title there is authorized
to be appropriated $10,000,000, except that not more than
$1,000,000 may be appropriated to carry out this title for any
fiscal year.
(b) FIFTY PERCENT MATCH.—The Federal share of the cost
of activities carried out using any assistance or grant under this
title shall not exceed 50 percent.
SEC. 512. SUNSET PROVISION.
The authority of the Secretary to provide assistance under
this title terminates on the date that is 15 years after the date
that funds are first made available for this title.
SEC. 513. WRIGHT COMPANY FACTORY STUDY AND REPORT.
(a) STUDY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a special
resource study updating the study required under section 104
of the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992
(Public Law 102–419) and detailing alternatives for incor-
porating the Wright Company factory as a unit of Dayton
Aviation Heritage National Historical Park.
(2) CONTENTS.—The study shall include an analysis of
alternatives for including the Wright Company factory as a
unit of Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park that
detail management and development options and costs.
(3) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the study, the Secretary
shall consult with the Delphi Corporation, the Aviation Herit-
age Foundation, State and local agencies, and other interested
parties in the area.
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(b) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after funds are first made
available for this section, the Secretary shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report
describing the results of the study conducted under this section.
TITLE VI—OIL REGION NATIONAL
HERITAGE AREA
SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE; DEFINITIONS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the ‘‘Oil Region
National Heritage Area Act’’.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this title, the following
definitions shall apply:
(1) HERITAGE AREA.—The term ‘‘Heritage Area’’ means the
Oil Region National Heritage Area established in section 603(a).
(2) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The term ‘‘management entity’’
means the Oil Heritage Region, Inc., or its successor entity.
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of the Interior.
SEC. 602. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) The Oil Region of Northwestern Pennsylvania, with
numerous sites and districts listed on the National Register
of Historic Places, and designated by the Governor of Pennsyl-
vania as one of the State Heritage Park Areas, is a region
with tremendous physical and natural resources and possesses
a story of State, national, and international significance.
(2) The single event of Colonel Edwin Drake’s drilling
of the world’s first successful oil well in 1859 has affected
the industrial, natural, social, and political structures of the
modern world.
(3) Six national historic districts are located within the
State Heritage Park boundary, in Emlenton, Franklin, Oil City,
and Titusville, as well as 17 separate National Register sites.
(4) The Allegheny River, which was designated as a compo-
nent of the national wild and scenic rivers system in 1992
by Public Law 102–271, traverses the Oil Region and connects
several of its major sites, as do some of the river’s tributaries
such as Oil Creek, French Creek, and Sandy Creek.
(5) The unspoiled rural character of the Oil Region provides
many natural and recreational resources, scenic vistas, and
excellent water quality for people throughout the United States
to enjoy.
(6) Remnants of the oil industry, visible on the landscape
to this day, provide a direct link to the past for visitors, as
do the historic valley settlements, riverbed settlements, plateau
developments, farmlands, and industrial landscapes.
(7) The Oil Region also represents a cross section of Amer-
ican history associated with Native Americans, frontier settle-
ments, the French and Indian War, African Americans and
the Underground Railroad, and immigration of Swedish and
Polish individuals, among others.
(8) Involvement by the Federal Government shall serve
to enhance the efforts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
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volunteer organizations, and private businesses, to promote
the cultural, national, and recreational resources of the region
in order to fulfill their full potential.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this title is to enhance a coopera-
tive management framework to assist the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, its units of local government, and area citizens in
conserving, enhancing, and interpreting the significant features
of the lands, water, and structures of the Oil Region, in a manner
consistent with compatible economic development for the benefit
and inspiration of present and future generations in the Common-
wealth of Pennsylvania and the United States.
SEC. 603. OIL REGION NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established the Oil
Region National Heritage Area.
(b) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the Heritage Area shall
include all of those lands depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Oil Region
National Heritage Area’’, numbered OIRE/20,000 and dated October
2000. The map shall be on file in the appropriate offices of the
National Park Service. The Secretary of the Interior shall publish
in the Federal Register, as soon as practical after the date of
the enactment of this Act, a detailed description and map of the
boundaries established under this subsection.
(c) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The management entity for the
Heritage Area shall be the Oil Heritage Region, Inc., the locally
based private, nonprofit management corporation which shall over-
see the development of a management plan in accordance with
section 605(b).
SEC. 604. COMPACT.
To carry out the purposes of this title, the Secretary shall
enter into a compact with the management entity. The compact
shall include information relating to the objectives and management
of the area, including a discussion of the goals and objectives
of the Heritage Area, including an explanation of the proposed
approach to conservation and interpretation and a general outline
of the protection measures committed to by the Secretary and
management entity.
SEC. 605. AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES OF MANAGEMENT ENTITY.
(a) AUTHORITIES OF THE MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The manage-
ment entity may use funds made available under this title for
purposes of preparing, updating, and implementing the manage-
ment plan developed under subsection (b). Such purposes may
include—
(1) making grants to, and entering into cooperative agree-
ments with, States and their political subdivisions, private
organizations, or any other person;
(2) hiring and compensating staff; and
(3) undertaking 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 recommenda-
tions for conservation, funding, management, and development
of the Heritage Area;