be coordinated to promote the purposes of 
this Act; and 
(vii) a business plan that— 
(I) describes in detail the role, op-
eration, financing, and functions of the 
local coordinating entity for each ac-
tivity included in the recommendations 
contained in the management plan; 
and 
(II) provides, to the satisfaction of 
the Secretary, adequate assurances that 
the local coordinating entity is likely 
to have the financial resources nec-
essary to implement the management 
plan for the Heritage Area, including 
resources to meet matching require-
ment for grants awarded under this 
Act. 
(3) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing and imple-
menting the management plan, the local coordinating 
entity shall consider the interests of diverse govern-
mental, business, and nonprofit groups within the 
Heritage Area. 
(4) DISQUALIFICATION
FROM
FUNDING.—If a 
proposed management plan is not submitted to the 
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Secretary within 3 years after the date on which 
funds are made available to carry out this Act, the 
local coordinating entity shall be ineligible to receive 
additional funding under this Act until the date on 
which the Secretary receives the proposed manage-
ment plan. 
(5) APPROVAL AND DISAPPROVAL OF MANAGE-
MENT
PLAN.—The Secretary shall approve or dis-
approve the proposed management plan submitted 
under this Act not later than 90 days after receiving 
such proposed management plan. 
(6) ACTION
FOLLOWING
DISAPPROVAL.—If the 
Secretary disapproves a proposed management plan, 
the Secretary shall advise the local coordinating enti-
ty in writing of the reasons for the disapproval and 
shall make recommendations for revisions to the pro-
posed management plan. The Secretary shall approve 
or disapprove a proposed revision within 90 days 
after the date it is submitted. 
(7) APPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS.—The Secretary 
shall review and approve substantial amendments to 
the management plan. Funds appropriated under this 
Act may not be expended to implement any changes 
made by such amendment until the Secretary ap-
proves the amendment. 
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(8) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(A) PRIORITIES.—The local coordinating 
entity shall give priority to implementing ac-
tions described in the management plan, includ-
ing— 
(i) assisting units of government and 
nonprofit organizations in preserving re-
sources within the Heritage Area; and 
(ii) encouraging local governments to 
adopt land use policies consistent with the 
management of the Heritage Area and the 
goals of the management plan. 
(B) PUBLIC MEETINGS.—The local coordi-
nating entity shall conduct public meetings at 
least quarterly on the implementation of the 
management plan. 
(f) PUBLIC NOTICE.—The local coordinating entity 
shall place a notice of each of its public meetings in a news-
paper of general circulation in the Heritage Area and shall 
make the minutes of the meeting available to the public. 
(g) ANNUAL REPORT.—For any year in which Federal 
funds have been made available under this Act, the local 
coordinating entity shall submit to the Secretary an annual 
report that describes— 
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(1) the accomplishments of the local coordinating 
entity; and 
(2) the expenses and income of the local coordi-
nating entity. 
(h) AUDIT.—The local coordinating entity shall— 
(1) make available to the Secretary for audit all 
records relating to the expenditure of Federal funds 
and any matching funds; and 
(2) require, with respect to all agreements au-
thorizing expenditure of Federal funds by other orga-
nizations, that the receiving organizations make 
available to the Secretary for audit all records con-
cerning the expenditure of the Federal funds and any 
matching funds. 
(I) USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The local coordinating entity 
shall not use Federal funds made available under this 
Act to acquire real property or an interest in real 
property. 
(2) OTHER SOURCES.—Nothing in this Act pre-
cludes the local coordinating entity from using Fed-
eral funds made available under other Federal laws 
for any purpose for which the funds are authorized to 
be used. 
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