(4) to create partnerships among Federal,
State, and local governments and their regional enti-
ties, and the private sector, to preserve, conserve,
enhance, and interpret the nationally significant bat-
tlefields and related sites associated with the Civil
War in the Shenandoah Valley.
(c) DESIGNATION.—Upon publication by the Sec-
retary in the Federal Register of notice that a compact
regarding the Heritage Area and meeting the require-
ments for a compact under section 106(a)(2) has been ap-
proved by the Secretary under the procedures referred to
in section 106(b), there is hereby designated the Shen-
andoah Valley Battlefield American Heritage Area (here-
inafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Heritage Area’’).
(d) BOUNDARIES.—The Heritage Area shall be com-
posed of the areas of the Commonwealth of Virginia gen-
erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Shenandoah Valley
National Heritage Area’’, numbered SVNHA–80,006, 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. 206. STEEL INDUSTRY AMERICAN HERITAGE AREA.
(a) CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.—The Congress finds
that—
(1) the industrial and cultural heritage of
southwestern Pennsylvania, including the city of
Pittsburgh and the counties of Allegheny, Beaver,
Fayette, Greene, Washington, and Westmoreland,
related directly to steel and steel-related industries,
is nationally significant;
(2) these industries include steel-making, iron-
making, aluminum, specialty metals, glass, coal min-
ing, coke production, machining and foundries,
transportation, and electrical industries;
(3) the industrial and cultural heritage of the
steel and related industries in this region includes
the social history and living cultural traditions of the
people of the region;
(4) the labor movement of the region played a
significant role in the development of the Nation, in-
cluding both the formation of many key unions, such
as the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
and the United Steel Workers of America (USWA),
and crucial struggles to improve wages and working
conditions, such as the Rail Strike of 1877, the
Homestead Strike of 1892, and the Great Steel
Strike of 1919;
(5) there are significant examples of cultural
and historic resources within this 6-county region
that merit the involvement of the Federal Govern-
ment to develop programs and projects, in coopera-
tion with the Steel Industry Heritage Task Force,
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and other local
and governmental bodies, to adequately conserve,
protect, and interpret this heritage for future gen-
erations while providing opportunities for education
and revitalization; and
(6) the Steel Industry Heritage Task Force
would be an appropriate management entity for a
Heritage Area established in the region.
(b) STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.—The purposes of this
section are—
(1) to foster a close working relationship be-
tween all levels of government, the private sector,
and the local communities in the steel industry re-
gion of southwestern Pennsylvania and empower the
communities to conserve their heritage while con-
tinuing to pursue economic opportunities; and
(2) to conserve, interpret, and develop the his-
torical, cultural, natural, and recreational resources
related to the industrial and cultural heritage of the
6-county steel industry region of southwestern Penn-
sylvania.
(c) DESIGNATION.—Upon publication by the Sec-
retary in the Federal Register of notice that a compact
regarding the Heritage Area and meeting the require-
ments for a compact under section 106(a)(2) has been ap-
proved by the Secretary under the procedures referred to
in section 106(b), there is hereby designated the Steel In-
dustry American Heritage Area (hereinafter in this section
referred to as the ‘‘Heritage Area’’).
(d) BOUNDARIES.—The Heritage Area shall be com-
posed of the lands generally depicted on the map entitled
‘‘The Steel Industry American Heritage Area’’, numbered
SINHA–80,007, 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. 207. WHEELING AMERICAN HERITAGE AREA.
(a) CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.—The Congress finds
that—
(1) Wheeling, West Virginia, and its vicinity
possess important historical, cultural, and natural
resources, representing major heritage themes of
transportation, commerce, industry, and Victorian
culture in the United States;
(2) the city of Wheeling played an important
part in the settlement of the Nation by serving as
the western terminus of the National Road in the
early 1800’s, by serving as the Crossroads of Amer-
ica throughout the 19th century, by serving as one
of the few major inland ports in the United States
in the 19th century, and by hosting the establish-
ment of the Restored State of Virginia, and later the
State of West Virginia during the Civil War years;
(3) the city of Wheeling was the first capital of
the new State of West Virginia, during the develop-
ment and maintenance of many industries crucial to