SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mountains to Sound 
Greenway National Heritage Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES; CONSTRUCTION. 
The purposes of this Act include— 
(1) to recognize the national importance of the 
natural and cultural legacies of the area, as dem-
onstrated in the study entitled ‘‘Mountains to Sound 
Greenway 
National 
Heritage 
Area 
Feasibility 
Study’’ dated April 2012 and its addendum dated 
May 2014; 
(2) to recognize the heritage of natural resource 
conservation in the Pacific Northwest and in the 
Mountains to Sound Greenway; 
(3) to preserve, support, conserve, and interpret 
the legacies of natural resource conservation, com-
munity stewardship, and Indian tribes and nations 
from time immemorial, and reserved rights of Indian 
Tribes within the Mountains to Sound National Her-
itage Area; 
(4) to promote heritage, cultural, and rec-
reational tourism and to develop educational and 
cultural programs for visitors and the general public; 
(5) to recognize and interpret important events 
and geographic locations representing key develop-
ments in the creation of America, particularly the
settlement of the American West and the stories of 
diverse ethnic groups, Indian tribes, and others; 
(6) to enhance a cooperative management 
framework to assist Federal, State, local, and Tribal 
governments, the private sector, and citizens resid-
ing in the Heritage Area in conserving, supporting, 
managing, and enhancing natural and recreational 
sites in the Heritage Area; 
(7) to recognize and interpret the relationship 
between land and people, representing broad Amer-
ican ideals demonstrated through the integrity of ex-
isting resources within the Heritage Area; and 
(8) to support working relationships between 
public land managers and the community by cre-
ating relevant links between the National Park Serv-
ice, the Forest Service, other relevant Federal agen-
cies, Tribal governments, State and local govern-
ments and agencies, and community stakeholders 
within and surrounding the Heritage Area in order 
to protect, enhance, and interpret cultural and nat-
ural resources within the Heritage Area. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act:
(1) HERITAGE
AREA.—The term ‘‘Heritage 
Area’’ means the Mountains to Sound Greenway Na-
tional Heritage Area established in this Act. 
(2) LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY.—The term 
‘‘local coordinating entity’’ means the entity selected 
by the Secretary under section 4(d). 
(3) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘manage-
ment plan’’ means the management plan for the 
Heritage Area required under section 5. 
(4) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Mountains to Sound Greenway National Her-
itage Area Proposed Boundary’’, numbered 584/ 
125,484, and dated August 2014. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Washington. 
(7) TRIBE OR TRIBAL.—The terms ‘‘Tribe’’ or 
‘‘Tribal’’ mean any federally recognized Indian tribe 
with cultural heritage and historic interests within 
the proposed Mountains to Sound Greenway Na-
tional Heritage Area, including the Snoqualmie, 
Yakama, Tulalip, Muckleshoot and Colville Indian 
tribes.
SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF THE MOUNTAINS TO SOUND 
GREENWAY NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
State the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Herit-
age Area. 
(b) BOUNDARIES.—The Heritage Area shall consist 
of land located in King and Kittitas Counties in the State, 
as generally depicted on the map. 
(c) MAP.—The map shall be on file and available for 
public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National 
Park Service, the United States Forest Service, and the 
local coordinating entity. 
(d) LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY.—The Secretary 
shall designate a willing local unit of government, a con-
sortium of affected counties, Indian tribe, or a nonprofit 
organization to serve as the coordinating entity for the 
Heritage Area within 120 days of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the local coordinating 
entity shall submit to the Secretary for approval a pro-
posed management plan for the Heritage Area. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The management plan shall— 
(1) incorporate an integrated and cooperative 
approach for the protection, enhancement, and inter-
pretation of the natural, cultural, historic, scenic, 
Tribal, and recreational resources of the Heritage 
Area; 
(2) take into consideration Federal, State, Trib-
al, and local plans, and treaty rights; and 
(3) include— 
(A) an inventory of the natural, historical, 
cultural, educational, scenic, and recreational 
resources of the Heritage Area, including an ac-
knowledgment of the exercise of Tribal treaty 
rights, that relate to the national importance 
and themes of the Heritage Area that should be 
conserved and enhanced; 
(B) a description of strategies and rec-
ommendations for conservation, funding, man-
agement, and development of the Heritage 
Area; 
(C) a description of the actions that Fed-
eral, State, local, and Tribal governments, pri-
vate organizations, and individuals have agreed 
to take to protect and interpret the natural, 
cultural, historical, scenic, and recreational re-
sources of the Heritage Area;
(D) a program of implementation for the 
management plan by the local coordinating en-
tity, including— 
(i) performance goals and ongoing 
performance evaluation; and 
(ii) commitments for implementation 
made by partners; 
(E) the identification of sources of funding 
for carrying out the management plan; 
(F) analysis and recommendations for 
means by which Federal, State, local, and Trib-
al programs may best be coordinated to carry 
out this section; 
(G) an interpretive plan for the Heritage 
Area, including Tribal heritage; 
(H) recommended policies and strategies 
for resource management, including the devel-
opment of intergovernmental and interagency 
cooperative agreements to protect the natural, 
cultural, historical, scenic, and recreational re-
sources of the Heritage Area; and 
(I) a definition of the roles of the National 
Park Service, the Forest Service, other Federal 
agencies, and Tribes in the coordination of the