coal heritage of Appalachia that have outstanding
cultural, historic, and architectural value.
(b) STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.—The purposes of this
section are to preserve and interpret, for the educational
and inspirational benefit of present and future genera-
tions, certain lands and structures with unique and signifi-
cant historical and cultural values associated with the coal
mining heritage of southern West Virginia and southwest-
ern Virginia.
(c) DESIGNATION.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Upon publication by the
Secretary in the Federal Register of notice that a
compact meeting the requirements for a compact
under section 106(a)(2) has been approved by the
Secretary under the procedures referred to in section
106(b), there is hereby designated the American
Coal Heritage Area (hereinafter in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Heritage Area’’).
(2) COMPACT.—The Secretary may not require,
as a condition of approving a compact submitted
pursuant to this section regarding the Heritage
Area, that both the State of West Virginia and the
Commonwealth of Virginia sign the compact.
(d) BOUNDARIES.—The Heritage Area shall be com-
posed of the lands generally depicted on the map entitled
‘‘Coal Industry National Heritage Area’’, numbered
CMNHA–80,008, and dated August 1994. The map shall
be on file and available for public inspection in the office
of the Director of the National Park Service.
(e) ADMINISTRATION.—The Heritage Area shall be
considered to be part of the American Heritage Areas
Partnership Program and shall be considered for all pur-
poses, including but not limited to the management plan
submission requirement of section 107(c)(1) and the pro-
visions of section 108, to have been designated an Amer-
ican Heritage Area under section 105(d) on the date on
which the Heritage Area is designated under subsection
(c) of this section.
SEC. 202. ESSEX AMERICAN HERITAGE AREA.
(a) CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.—The Congress finds
that—
(1) Essex County, Massachusetts, was host to
a series of historic events that influenced the course
of the early settlement of the United States, its
emergence as a maritime power, and its subsequent
industrial development;
(2) the North Shore of Essex County and
Merrimack River valley contain examples of signifi-
cant early American architecture and significant
Federal-period architecture, many sites and build-
ings associated with the establishment of the mari-
time trade in the United States, the site of the
witchcraft trials of 1692, the birthplace of successful
iron manufacture, and the establishment of the tex-
tile and leather industries in and around the cities
of Peabody, Beverly, Lynn, Lawrence, and Haver-
hill;
(3) Salem, Massachusetts, has a rich heritage
as one of the earliest landing sites of the English
colonists, the first major world harbor for the Unit-
ed States, and an early thriving hub of American
industries;
(4) the Saugus Iron Works National Historic
Site is the site of the first sustained, integrated iron
works in Colonial America, and the technology em-
ployed at the Iron Works was dispersed throughout
the Colonies and was critical to the development of
industry and technology in America;
(5) the Salem Maritime National Historic Site
contains nationally significant resources that explain
the manner in which the Nation was settled, its evo-
lution into a maritime power, and its development as
a major industrial force, and the story told at the
Salem Maritime and Saugus Iron Works National
Historic Sites would be greatly enhanced through
the interpretation of significant theme-related re-
sources in Salem and Saugus and throughout Essex
County;
(6) partnerships between the private and public
sectors have been created and additional partner-
ships will be encouraged to preserve the rich cultural
heritage of the region, which will stimulate cultural
awareness and preservation and economic develop-
ment through tourism; and
(7) the resident and business communities of
the region have formed the Essex Heritage Ad Hoc
Commission for the preservation, interpretation, pro-
motion, and development of the historic, cultural,
and natural resources of the area and are investing
significant private funds and energy to develop a
plan to preserve the nationally significant resources
of Essex County.
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are—
(1) to designate the Essex American Heritage
Area in order to recognize, preserve, promote, inter-
pret, and make available for the benefit of the public
the historic, cultural, and natural resources of the
North Shore and lower Merrimack River valley in
Essex County, Massachusetts, which encompass the
3 primary themes of the Salem Maritime National