National Heritage Area Extension Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2836
Sponsor: Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH]
Introduced: 2004-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agriculture and Food
Aircraft
Aircraft industry
American Revolution
Architecture
Arts, Culture, Religion
Auditing
Authorization
Canals
Citizen participation
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil War
Coal
Coastal zone
Commemorations
Commerce
Congress
Cultural property
Department of the Interior
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Environmental Protection
Farm lands
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Foundations
Government Operations and Politics
Government corporations
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
Illinois
Indiana
Industrialization
Iron and steel industry
Land use
Landowners
Landscape protection
Law
Maps
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Massachusetts
Michigan
Military history
Nature conservation
New Jersey
New York State
Nonprofit organizations
Ohio
Outdoor recreation
Pennsylvania
Petroleum
Petroleum industry
Planning
Public meetings
Public-private partnerships
Regional economic development
Rhode Island
Right of property
Rivers
Roads and highways
Signs and signboards
Social Welfare
Social life and customs
Sports and Recreation
Strategic planning
Sunset legislation
Tennessee
Tourism
Traffic signs and signals
Trails
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Watersheds
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-23
text: 
National Heritage Area Extension Act of 2004 - Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend to September 30, 2027, the authorization for making grants or providing assistance with respect to the National Coal Heritage Area, Tennessee Civil War Heritage Area, Steel Industry Heritage Project (the Steel Industry American Heritage Area), Essex National Heritage Area, Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor (redesignated by this Act as the Ohio & Erie National Heritage Canalway), and Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area.
 
National Aviation Heritage Area Act - Establishes within the States of Ohio and Indiana the National Aviation Heritage Area.
 
Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, to: (1) make additions to the National Coal Heritage Area; (2) provide specified assistance to the National Coal Heritage Area Authority; (3) make resources within Lincoln County and Paint Creek and Cabin Creek also eligible for assistance; (4) provide for the Authority to submit a Coal Heritage Management Plan for the Area; and (5) require the Plan to set forth responsibilities of the Authority. 
 
Reauthorizes appropriations for the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route. 
 
Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Act Amendments of 2004 - Provides for the designation, upon the termination of the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Commission, of the Canal Corridor Association to be the management entity for the Corridor.
 
Oil Region National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Oil Region National Heritage Area in Pennsylvania.
 
Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area Act of 2004 - Establishes the Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area in New Jersey.
 
Western Reserve Heritage Areas Study Act - Provides for a study regarding the establishment of the Western Reserve Heritage Area in specified Ohio counties.
 
 Provides for updating the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2004-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate