SEC. 9. PRIVATE PROPERTY AND REGULATORY PROTEC-
TIONS. 
Nothing in this Act, the proposed Mountains to Sound 
Greenway National Heritage Area, or resulting manage-
ment plan (or any revisions to that plan) shall— 
(1) abridge the rights of any owner of public or 
private property, including the right to refrain from 
participating in any plan, project, program, or activ-
ity conducted within the Heritage Area; 
(2) require any property owner— 
(A) to allow public access (including access 
by Federal, State, or local agencies) to the prop-
erty of the property owner; or 
(B) to modify public access or use of prop-
erty of the property owner under any other Fed-
eral, State, or local law; 
(3) alter any duly adopted land use regulation, 
approved land use plan, or other regulatory authority 
of any Federal, State, Tribal, or local agency; 
(4) convey any land use or other regulatory au-
thority to the local coordinating entity or any sub-
sidiary organization, including but not necessarily 
limited to development and management of energy or 
water or water-related infrastructure; 
(5) authorize or imply the reservation or appro-
priation of water or water rights; 
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(6) diminish the authority of the State to man-
age fish and wildlife, including the regulation of fish-
ing and hunting within the Heritage Area or the au-
thority of Tribes to regulate their members with re-
spect to such matters in the exercise of Tribal treaty 
rights; 
(7) create 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; 
(8) affect current or future grazing permits, 
leases, or allotment on Federal lands; 
(9) affect the construction, operation, mainte-
nance or expansion of current or future water 
projects, including water storage, hydroelectric facili-
ties, or delivery systems; or 
(10) alter the authority of State, county, or local 
governments in land use planning or obligate those 
governments to comply with any recommendations in 
the management plan. 
SEC. 10. EVALUATION AND REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 15 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall— 
(1) conduct an evaluation of the accomplish-
ments of the Heritage Area; and 
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(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 Her-
itage Area; and 
(B) achieving the goals and objectives of the 
management plan; 
(2) analyze the investments of Federal, State, 
Tribal, and local governments and private entities in 
the Heritage Area to determine the impact of the in-
vestments; and 
(3) review the management structure, partner-
ship relationships, and funding of the Heritage Area 
for purposes of identifying the critical components for 
sustainability of the Heritage Area. 
(c) REPORT.—Based on the evaluation conducted 
under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
of the Senate a report that includes recommendations for 
the future role of the National Park Service with respect 
to the Heritage Area. 
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Union Calendar No. 549 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1791 
[Report No. 115–709] 
A BILL 
To establish the Mountains to Sound Greenway Na-
tional Heritage Area in the State of Washington, 
and for other purposes. 
JUNE 1, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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