Title: Pennsylvania National Heritage Areas Act
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Pennsylvania National Heritage Areas Act
This bill reauthorizes in Pennsylvania through FY2036
The bill eliminates the limitation on the total amount that may be appropriated for

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7239 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7239

    To reauthorize the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area, the 
   Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area, the Delaware and Lehigh 
   National Heritage Corridor, the Schuylkill River Valley National 
Heritage Area, and the Oil Region National Heritage Area, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2020

Mr. Cartwright (for himself, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
     Dean, Mr. Evans, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Kelly of 
     Pennsylvania, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Thompson of 
 Pennsylvania, Ms. Wild, and Mr. Lamb) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To reauthorize the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area, the 
   Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area, the Delaware and Lehigh 
   National Heritage Corridor, the Schuylkill River Valley National 
Heritage Area, and the Oil Region National Heritage Area, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pennsylvania National Heritage Areas 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF, AND REPEAL OF FUNDING LIMITATIONS FOR, 
              NATIONAL HERITAGE AREAS AND CORRIDOR.

    (a) Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area.--
            (1) Reauthorization.--Section 408 of the Steel Industry 
        American Heritage Area Act of 1996 (54 U.S.C. 320101 note; 
        Public Law 104-333; 110 Stat. 4256; 127 Stat. 420; 128 Stat. 
        314; 128 Stat. 3801) is amended by striking ``2021'' and 
        inserting ``2036''.
            (2) Repeal of funding limitation.--Section 409(a) of the 
        Steel Industry American Heritage Area Act of 1996 (54 U.S.C. 
        320101 note; Public Law 104-333; 110 Stat. 4256; 129 Stat. 
        2551; 133 Stat. 778) is amended by striking the second 
        sentence.
    (b) Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area.--
            (1) Reauthorization.--Section 108 of the Lackawanna Valley 
        National Heritage Area Act of 2000 (54 U.S.C. 320101 note; 
        Public Law 106-278; 114 Stat. 818; 127 Stat. 420; 128 Stat. 
        314; 128 Stat. 3802) is amended by striking ``2021'' and 
        inserting ``2036''.
            (2) Repeal of funding limitation.--Section 109 of the 
        Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area Act of 2000 (54 U.S.C. 
        320101 note; Public Law 106-278; 114 Stat. 818) is amended by 
        striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
    ``(a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this title $1,000,000 for each fiscal year.''.
    (c) Reauthorization of Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage 
Corridor.--Section 12 of the Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal 
National Heritage Corridor Act of 1988 (54 U.S.C. 320101 note; Public 
Law 100-692; 102 Stat. 4558; 112 Stat. 3260; 123 Stat. 1293; 127 Stat. 
420; 128 Stat. 314; 128 Stat. 3801) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``2021'' and 
        inserting ``2036''; and
            (2) in subsection (d), by striking ``2021'' and inserting 
        ``2036''.
    (d) Schuylkill River Valley National Heritage Area.--
            (1) Reauthorization.--Section 209 of the Schuylkill River 
        Valley National Heritage Area Act (54 U.S.C. 320101 note; 
        Public Law 106-278; 114 Stat. 824; 128 Stat. 3802) is amended 
        by striking ``2021'' and inserting ``2036''.
            (2) Repeal of funding limitation.--Section 210 of the 
        Schuylkill River Valley National Heritage Area Act (54 U.S.C. 
        320101 note; Public Law 106-278; 114 Stat. 824) is amended by 
        striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
    ``(a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this title $1,000,000 for each fiscal year.''.
    (e) Reauthorization of the Oil Region National Heritage Area.--
Section 608 of the Oil Region National Heritage Area Act (54 U.S.C. 
320101 note; Public Law 108-447; 118 Stat. 3372; 133 Stat. 2713) is 
amended by striking ``September 30, 2022'' and inserting ``September 
30, 2036''.
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