I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 319 
To establish the Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 5, 2007 
Mr. WOLF (for himself, Mr. CANTOR, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. 
TOM DAVIS of Virginia, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. 
PLATTS, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, and Mr. MCCRERY) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To establish the Journey Through Hallowed Ground National 
Heritage Area, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage 
Area Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
Sec. 3. Findings and purposes. 
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Sec. 4. Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area. 
Sec. 5. Authorities and duties of management entity. 
Sec. 6. Approval or disapproval of management plan. 
Sec. 7. Provision of financial and technical assistance. 
Sec. 8. Duties of other Federal entities. 
Sec. 9. Sunset for grants and other assistance. 
Sec. 10. Requirements for inclusion of private property. 
Sec. 11. Private property protection. 
Sec. 12. Use of Federal funds from other sources. 
Sec. 13. Authorization of appropriations. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) HERITAGE
AREA.—The term ‘‘Heritage 
Area’’ means the Journey Through Hallowed 
Ground National Heritage Area. 
(2) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The term ‘‘man-
agement entity’’ means The Journey Through Hal-
lowed Ground Partnership, a Virginia nonprofit cor-
poration referred to in section 4(c), or its successor 
entity. 
(3) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘manage-
ment plan’’ means the management plan for the 
Heritage Area. 
(4) PARTNER.—The term ‘‘partner’’ means— 
(A) a Federal, State, or local governmental 
entity; and 
(B) an organization, private industry, or 
individual involved in promoting the conserva-
tion and preservation of the historical, cultural, 
and recreational resources of the Heritage Area. 
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(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 3. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
(1) Numerous sites of significant American her-
itage are situated within the boundaries of the Jour-
ney Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage 
Area established by section 4, which runs from Get-
tysburg in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, gen-
erally along Route 15 in Maryland, looping to Harp-
ers Ferry, West Virginia, back to the Route 15/231 
area to Monticello in Albemarle County in the Com-
monwealth of Virginia. 
(2) Included among the numerous historically 
significant sites, structures, battlefields, and districts 
are 8 homes of former United States Presidents, the 
largest concentration of Civil War battlefields in the 
country, the greatest concentration of rural historic 
districts in the country, 15 National Historic Land-
marks, two World Heritage Sites, 15 Main Street 
Communities, 11 units of the National Park System, 
52 Historic Districts, and a significant concentration 
of Rural Historic Districts, which are collectively 
and individually of national significance in the his-
tory of the United States. 
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(3) In 1996, a collaborative public-private part-
nership, including the National Trust for Historic 
Preservation, the National Park Service, Scenic 
America, private citizens, and a four-State coalition 
of local and regional governmental and private sector 
organizations, began an initiative to assess historic 
sites along the Route 15 corridor and surrounding 
areas. The initiative issued a comprehensive study of 
significant sites and structures (cataloguing over 
13,000 buildings already on the National Register of 
Historic Places) associated with Native American, 
African American, European American, Colonial 
American, Revolutionary, and Civil War history, and 
concluded that the sites possess historical, cultural, 
and architectural value of national significance and 
retain a high degree of historical integrity. 
(4) The preservation and interpretation of the 
sites within the Heritage Area will make a vital con-
tribution to the understanding of the development 
and heritage of the United States for the education 
and benefit of present and future generations. 
(5) The Secretary of the Interior is responsible 
for protecting the historical and cultural resources of 
the United States. 
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