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Union Calendar No. 549 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1791 
[Report No. 115–709] 
To establish the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area 
in the State of Washington, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2017 
Mr. REICHERT (for himself and Mr. SMITH of Washington) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
JUNE 1, 2018 
Additional sponsors: Ms. DELBENE and Ms. JAYAPAL 
JUNE 1, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 29, 2017] 
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A BILL 
To establish the Mountains to Sound Greenway National 
Heritage Area in the State of Washington, and for other 
purposes. 
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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 ‘‘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, commu-
nity stewardship, and Indian tribes and nations from 
time immemorial, within the Mountains to Sound 
National Heritage Area; 
(4) to promote heritage, cultural, and rec-
reational tourism and to develop educational and cul-
tural programs for visitors and the general public; 
(5) to recognize and interpret important events 
and geographic locations representing key develop-
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ments in the creation of America, particularly the set-
tlement of the American West and the stories of di-
verse ethnic groups, Indian tribes, and others; 
(6) to enhance a cooperative management frame-
work to assist Federal, State, local, and Tribal gov-
ernments, the private sector, and citizens residing in 
the Heritage Area in conserving, supporting, man-
aging, 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 creating 
relevant links between the National Park Service, the 
Forest Service, other relevant Federal agencies, Tribal 
governments, State and local governments and agen-
cies, and community stakeholders within and sur-
rounding the Heritage Area in order to protect, en-
hance, and interpret cultural and natural resources 
within the Heritage Area. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(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 Her-
itage Area required under section 5. 
(4) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map enti-
tled ‘‘Mountains to Sound Greenway National Herit-
age 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 National 
Heritage Area, including the Snoqualmie, Yakama, 
Tulalip, Muckleshoot and Colville Indian tribes. 
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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 Heritage 
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 consor-
tium of affected counties, Indian tribe, or a nonprofit orga-
nization to serve as the coordinating entity for the Heritage 
Area within 120 days of the date of the enactment 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 en-
tity shall submit to the Secretary for approval a proposed 
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-
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pretation of the natural, cultural, historic, scenic, and 
recreational resources of the Heritage Area; 
(2) take into consideration Federal, State, Trib-
al, and local plans; and 
(3) include— 
(A) an inventory of the natural, historical, 
cultural, educational, scenic, and recreational re-
sources 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, cul-
tural, historical, scenic, and recreational re-
sources of the Heritage Area; 
(D) a program of implementation for the 
management plan by the local coordinating enti-
ty, including— 
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(i) performance goals and ongoing per-
formance 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 Tribal 
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 development 
of intergovernmental and interagency cooperative 
agreements to protect the natural, cultural, his-
torical, scenic, and recreational resources 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 
Heritage Area and in otherwise furthering the 
purposes of this Act. 
(c) DEADLINE.—If a proposed management plan is 
not submitted to the Secretary by the date that is 3 years 
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after the date of the enactment of this Act, the local coordi-
nating entity shall be ineligible to receive additional fund-
ing under this Act until the date on which the Secretary 
receives and approves the management plan. 
(d) APPROVAL
OR DISAPPROVAL
OF MANAGEMENT 
PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of receipt of the proposed management plan, 
the Secretary, in consultation with the State, affected 
counties, and Tribal governments, shall approve or 
disapprove the management plan. 
(2) CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL.—In determining 
whether to approve the management plan, the Sec-
retary shall consider whether— 
(A) the local coordinating entity has af-
forded adequate opportunity, including public 
hearings, for public and governmental involve-
ment in the preparation of the management 
plan; 
(B) the resource protection and interpreta-
tion strategies contained in the management 
plan, if implemented, would adequately protect 
the natural, cultural, historical, scenic, and rec-
reational resources of the Heritage Area; 
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plan that makes a substantial change to the management 
plan, as determined by the Secretary. The local coordi-
nating entity shall not carry out any amendment to the 
management plan until the date on which the Secretary has 
approved the amendment. 
SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of implementing 
the management plan, the Secretary and Forest Serv-
ice may— 
(A) provide technical assistance for the im-
plementation of the management plan; and 
(B) enter into cooperative agreements with 
the local coordinating entity, State and local 
agencies, Tribes, and other interested parties to 
carry out this Act, including cooperation and 
cost sharing as appropriate to provide more cost- 
effective and coordinated public land manage-
ment. 
(2) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The author-
ity of the Secretary to provide technical assistance 
under this Act terminates on the date that is 15 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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(b) LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY AUTHORITIES.— 
For purposes of implementing the management plan, the 
local coordinating entity may— 
(1) make grants to the State or a political sub-
division of the State, Tribes, nonprofit organizations, 
and other persons; 
(2) enter into cooperative agreements with, or 
provide technical assistance to, Federal agencies, the 
State or political subdivisions of the State, Tribes, 
nonprofit organizations, and other interested parties; 
(3) hire and compensate staff, including individ-
uals with expertise in natural, cultural, historical, 
scenic, and recreational resource protection and herit-
age programming; 
(4) obtain money or services from any source, 
including any money or services that are provided 
under any other Federal law or program, in which 
case the Federal share of the cost of any activity as-
sisted using Federal funds provided for National Her-
itage Areas shall not be more than 50 percent; 
(5) contract for goods or services; and 
(6) undertake to be a catalyst for other activities 
that— 
(A) further the purposes of the Heritage 
Area; and 
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(B) are consistent with the management 
plan. 
(c) LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY DUTIES.—The local 
coordinating entity shall— 
(1) in accordance with section 5, prepare and 
submit a management plan to the Secretary; 
(2) assist units of Federal, State, and local gov-
ernment, Tribes, regional planning organizations, 
nonprofit organizations, and other interested parties 
in carrying out the approved management plan by— 
(A) carrying out programs and projects 
that recognize, protect, and enhance important 
resource values in the Heritage Area; 
(B) establishing and maintaining interpre-
tive exhibits and programs in the Heritage Area; 
(C) developing recreational and educational 
opportunities in the Heritage Area; and 
(D) increasing public awareness of, and ap-
preciation for, the natural, cultural, historical, 
Tribal, scenic, and recreational resources of the 
Heritage Area; 
(3) consider the interests of diverse units of gov-
ernment, Tribes, business, organizations, and individ-
uals in the Heritage Area in the preparation and im-
plementation of the management plan; 
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(4) conduct meetings open to the public at least 
semiannually regarding the development and imple-
mentation of the management plan; 
(5) encourage, by appropriate means, economic 
viability that is consistent with the Heritage Area; 
and 
(6) submit a report to the Secretary every five 
years after the Secretary has approved the manage-
ment plan, specifying— 
(A) the expenses and income of the local co-
ordinating entity; and 
(B) significant grants or contracts made by 
the local coordinating entity to any other entity 
over the 5-year period that describes the activi-
ties, expenses, and income of the local coordi-
nating entity (including grants from the local 
coordinating entity to any other entity during 
the year that the report is made). 
(d) PROHIBITION ON ACQUISITION OF REAL PROP-
ERTY.—The local coordinating entity may not acquire real 
property or interest in real property through condemnation. 
(e) USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.—Nothing in this Act 
shall preclude the local coordinating entity from using Fed-
eral funds available under other laws for the purposes for 
which those funds were authorized. 
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SEC. 7. RELATIONSHIP TO TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS. 
Nothing in this Act shall construe, define, waive, limit, 
affect any rights of any federally recognized Indian tribe 
and the Federal trust responsibility. 
SEC. 8. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act affects the au-
thority of a Federal agency to provide technical or financial 
assistance under any other law. 
(b) CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION.—Any Federal 
agency planning to conduct activities that may have an im-
pact on the Heritage Area is encouraged to consult and co-
ordinate the activities with the local coordinating entity to 
the maximum extent practicable. 
(c) OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Nothing in this 
Act— 
(1) modifies, alters, or amends any law or regu-
lation authorizing a Federal agency to manage Fed-
eral land under the jurisdiction of the Federal agency; 
(2) limits the discretion of a Federal land man-
ager to implement an approved land use plan within 
the boundaries of the Heritage Area; or 
(3) modifies, alters, or amends any authorized 
use of Federal land under the jurisdiction of a Fed-
eral agency. 
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