Ground National Heritage Area established by sec-
tion 3. 
(2) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The term ‘‘man-
agement entity’’ means The Journey Through Hal-
lowed Ground Partnership, a Virginia nonprofit cor-
poration, or its successor entity. 
(3) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘manage-
ment plan’’ means the management plan for the 
Heritage Area specified in section 4(b). 
(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 historical, 
cultural, and recreational resources of the Her-
itage Area. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(6) PARTICIPATING LOCALITY.—The term ‘‘par-
ticipating locality’’ means a unit of local government 
which has formally requested to be included in the 
Heritage Area, and has sent notification of such 
pursuant to section 4(c)(1)(D). 
SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
The purposes of the Heritage Area are— 
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(1) to support, and interpret the legacy of the 
history of the United States created along the Herit-
age Area; 
(2) to promote heritage, cultural, and rec-
reational tourism and to develop educational and 
cultural programs for visitors and the general public; 
(3) to recognize and interpret important events 
and geographic locations representing key develop-
ments in the creation of the United States, including 
Native American, Colonial American, European 
American, and African American heritage; 
(4) to recognize and interpret the effect of the 
Civil War on the civilian population of the Heritage 
Area during the war and post-war reconstruction pe-
riod; and 
(5) to assist the Commonwealth of Virginia, the 
State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania, the State of West Virginia, and their units of 
local government, the private sector, and area citi-
zens in supporting, enhancing, and interpreting the 
significant historic, cultural, and recreational sites in 
the Heritage Area. 
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SEC. 3. JOURNEY THROUGH HALLOWED GROUND NA-
TIONAL HERITAGE AREA. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established 
the Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage 
Area. 
(b) REGION ELIGIBLE FOR INCLUSION IN THE HER-
ITAGE AREA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Heritage Area may con-
sist of the 175-mile region generally following the 
Route 15 corridor and surrounding areas from 
Adams County, Pennsylvania, through Frederick 
County, Maryland, looping through Brunswick, 
Maryland, to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, back 
through Loudoun County, Virginia, to the Route 15 
corridor encompassing portions of Loudoun and 
Prince William Counties, Virginia, Fauquier County, 
Virginia, portions of Spotsylvania and Madison 
Counties, Virginia, and Culpeper, Rappahannock, 
Orange, and Albemarle Counties, Virginia. The 
boundaries of the Heritage Area may include the 
participating localities contained within the map en-
titled ‘‘The Journey Through Hallowed Ground Na-
tional Heritage Area,’’ numbered P90/80,000 and 
dated October 2006. 
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(2) MAP.—The map referred to in paragraph 
(1) shall be on file in the appropriate offices of the 
National Park Service. 
(3) PUBLICATION.—As soon as practical after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall publish in the Federal Register a detailed de-
scription and map of the participating localities es-
tablished under this subsection. 
(c) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The management entity 
for the Heritage Area shall be The Journey Through Hal-
lowed Ground Partnership, which shall include representa-
tives from a broad cross-section of the individuals, agen-
cies, organizations, States, and governments. 
(d) BOARD
OF TRUSTEES.— Membership on the 
board of trustees of the management entity shall be open 
to the public and include representatives from a broad 
cross-section of individuals, agencies, organizations, 
States, and governments participating in the Heritage 
Area that will oversee the development of the management 
plan. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES OF MANAGEMENT ENTI-
TY. 
(a) AUTHORITIES OF THE MANAGEMENT ENTITY.— 
(1) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT FUNDS.—The man-
agement entity may accept funds from any non-Fed-
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