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Q: SECTION 1. FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE.

    The first section 33 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act 
of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 33. FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) Definition of Firefighting Personnel.--In this section, the 
term `firefighting personnel' means individuals, including volunteers, 
who are firefighters, officers of fire departments, or emergency 
medical service personnel of fire departments.
    ``(b) Assistance Program.--
            ``(1) Authority.--In accordance with this section, the 
        Administrator may--
                    ``(A) make grants on a competitive basis directly 
                to fire departments of a State, in consultation with 
                the chief executive of the State, for the purpose of 
                protecting the health and safety of the public, 
                firefighting personnel, and property against fire and 
                fire-related hazards; and
                    ``(B) provide assistance for fire prevention 
                programs in accordance with paragraph (4).
            ``(2) Office for administration of assistance.--
                    ``(A) Establishment.--Before providing assistance 
                under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall establish 
                an office in the Administration to administer the 
                assistance under this section.
                    ``(B) Included duties.--The duties of the office 
                shall include the following:
                            ``(i) Recipient selection criteria.--To 
                        establish specific criteria for the selection 
                        of recipients of the assistance under this 
                        section, including a requirement for peer 
                        review of the selection process.
                            ``(ii) Grant-writing assistance.--To 
                        provide grant-writing assistance to applicants.
            ``(3) Use of fire department grant funds.--The 
        Administrator may make a grant under paragraph (1)(A) only if 
        the applicant for the grant agrees to use the grant funds for 
        one or more of the following purposes:
                    ``(A) To hire additional firefighting personnel.
                    ``(B) To train firefighting personnel in 
                firefighting, emergency response (including response to 
                a terrorism incident or use of a weapon of mass 
                destruction), arson prevention and detection, or the 
                handling of hazardous materials, or to train 
                firefighting personnel to provide any of the training 
                described in this subparagraph.
                    ``(C) To fund the creation of rapid intervention 
                teams to protect firefighting personnel at the scenes 
                of fires and other emergencies.
                    ``(D) To certify fire inspectors.
                    ``(E) To establish wellness and fitness programs 
                for firefighting personnel to ensure that the 
                firefighting personnel can carry out their duties.
                    ``(F) To fund emergency medical services provided 
                by fire departments.
                    ``(G) To acquire additional firefighting vehicles, 
                including fire trucks.
                    ``(H) To acquire additional firefighting equipment, 
                including equipment for communications, monitoring, and 
                response to a terrorism incident or use of a weapon of 
                mass destruction.
                    ``(I) To acquire personal protective equipment 
                required for firefighting personnel by the Occupational 
                Safety and Health Administration, and other personal 
                protective equipment for firefighting personnel, 
                including protective equipment to respond to a 
                terrorism incident or the use of a weapon of mass 
                destruction.
                    ``(J) To modify fire stations, fire training 
                facilities, and other facilities to protect the health 
                and safety of firefighting personnel.
                    ``(K) To enforce fire codes.
                    ``(L) To fund fire prevention programs.
                    ``(M) To educate the public about arson prevention 
                and detection.
                    ``(N) To provide incentives for the recruitment and 
                retention of volunteer firefighting personnel for 
                volunteer firefighting departments and other 
                firefighting departments that utilize volunteers, 
                including funding to enable training described in 
                subparagraph (B).
            ``(4) Fire prevention programs.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For each fiscal year, the 
                Administrator shall use not less than 5 percent of the 
                funds made available under subsection (e)--
                            ``(i) to make grants to fire departments 
                        for the purpose described in paragraph (3)(L); 
                        and
                            ``(ii) to make grants to, or enter into 
                        contracts or cooperative agreements with, 
                        national, State, local, or community 
                        organizations that are recognized for their 
                        experience and expertise with respect to fire 
                        prevention or fire safety programs and 
                        activities, for the purpose of carrying out 
                        fire prevention programs.
                    ``(B) Priority.--In selecting organizations 
                described in subparagraph (A)(ii) to receive assistance 
                under this paragraph, the Administrator shall give 
                priority to organizations that focus on prevention of 
                injuries to children from fire.
            ``(5) Application.--The Administrator may provide 
        assistance to a fire department or organization under this 
        subsection only if the fire department or organization seeking 
        the assistance submits to the Administrator an application that 
        meets the following requirements:
                    ``(A) Form.--The application shall be in such form 
                as the Administrator may require.
                    ``(B) Information.--The application shall include 
                the following information:
                            ``(i) Financial need.--Information that 
                        demonstrates the financial need of the 
                        applicant for the assistance for which applied. 
                        In allocating funds under this section, the 
                        Administrator shall not discriminate against an 
                        applicant whose funding jurisdiction places a 
                        high budget priority on fire department needs.
                            ``(ii) Cost-benefit analysis.--An analysis 
                        of the costs and benefits, with respect to 
                        public safety, of the use of the assistance.
                            ``(iii) Reporting systems data.--An 
                        agreement to provide information to the 
                        national fire incident reporting system for the 
                        period covered by the assistance.
                            ``(iv) Other information.--Any other 
                        information that the Administrator may require.
            ``(6) Non-federal contribution.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the 
                Administrator may provide assistance under this 
                subsection only if the applicant for the assistance 
                agrees to provide 30 percent of the cost of the 
                purposes for which the assistance is sought under this 
                subsection in non-Federal funds for any fiscal year.
                    ``(B) Requirement for small community 
                organizations.--In the case of an applicant whose 
                personnel serve jurisdictions of 50,000 or fewer 
residents, the required non-Federal contribution under subparagraph (A) 
shall be 10 percent.
            ``(7) Maintenance of expenditures.--The Administrator may 
        provide assistance under this subsection only if the applicant 
        for the assistance agrees to maintain in the fiscal year for 
        which the assistance will be received the applicant's aggregate 
        expenditures for the uses described in paragraph (3) or (4) at 
        or above the average level of such expenditures in the two 
        fiscal years preceding the fiscal year for which the assistance 
        will be received.
            ``(8) Report to the administrator.--The Administrator may 
        provide assistance under this subsection only if the applicant 
        for the assistance agrees to submit to the Administrator a 
        report, including a description of how the assistance was used, 
        with respect to each fiscal year for which the assistance was 
        received.
            ``(9) Variety of fire department grant recipients.--The 
        Administrator shall ensure that grants under paragraph (1)(A) 
        for a fiscal year are made to a variety of fire departments, 
        including, to the extent that there are eligible applicants--
                    ``(A) career, volunteer, and combination fire 
                departments;
                    ``(B) fire departments located in communities of 
                varying sizes; and
                    ``(C) fire departments located in urban, suburban, 
                and rural communities.
            ``(10) Grant limitations.--
                    ``(A) Recipient limitation.--A grant recipient 
                under this section may not receive more than $750,000 
                under this section for any fiscal year.
                    ``(B) Limitation on expenditures for firefighting 
                vehicles.--Not more than 25 percent of the funds 
                appropriated to provide grants under this section for a 
                fiscal year may be used to assist grant recipients to 
                purchase vehicles, as authorized by paragraph (3)(G).
            ``(11) Reservation of grant funds for volunteer 
        departments.--In making grants to firefighting departments, the 
        Administrator shall ensure that those firefighting departments 
        that have either all-volunteer forces of firefighting personnel 
        or combined forces of volunteer and career firefighting 
        personnel collectively receive at least a proportion of the 
        total grant funding that equals the proportion of the United 
        States population that those firefighting departments protect.
    ``(c) Audits.--A recipient of a grant under this section shall be 
subject to audits to ensure that the grant proceeds are expended for 
the intended purposes and that the grant recipient complies with the 
requirements of paragraphs (6) and (7) of subsection (b).
    ``(d) State Defined.--In this section, the term `State' includes 
the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
    ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
        to the Administrator $900,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
        2002 through 2004 for the purposes of this section.
            ``(2) Administrative expenses.--Of the funds appropriated 
        pursuant to paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the Administrator 
        may use not more than five percent of the funds to cover 
        salaries and expenses and other administrative costs incurred 
        by the Administrator to operate the office established under 
        subsection (b)(2) and make grants and provide assistance under 
        this section.''.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

    The second section 33 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control 
Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2230) and section 34 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 
2231) are redesignated as sections 34 and 35, respectively.

A: Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 with respect to competitive grants to fire departments by the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) U.S. Fire Administration. Adds protection of property to the list of grant purposes.Requires the grant administration office to require peer review of the grant recipient selection process.Adds funding for training as a volunteer recruitment and retention incentive among the proper uses of grant funds.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Working Family 
Child Care Tax Relief Act of 1996''.
    (b) Amendment of  1986 Code.--Except as otherwise expressly 
provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in 
terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, 
the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other 
provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF CHILD AND DEPENDENT CARE CREDIT.

    (a) Increase in Credit.--Paragraph (2) of section 21(a) (relating 
to credit for expenses for household and dependent care services 
necessary for gainful employment) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) Applicable percentage defined.--For purposes of 
        paragraph (1), the term `applicable percentage' means 30 
        percent reduced (but not below 20 percent) by 1 percentage 
        point for each $3,000 (or fraction thereof) by which the 
        taxpayer's adjusted gross income exceeds $50,000.''
    (b) Increase in Maximum Amount Creditable.--
            (1) In general.--Section 21(c) (relating to dollar limit on 
        amount creditable) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``$2,400'' in paragraph (1) and 
                inserting ``$4,000'', and
                    (B) by striking ``$4,800'' in paragraph (2) and 
                inserting ``$8,000''.
            (2) Phaseout for taxpayers with adjusted gross income in 
        excess of $50,000.--
                    (A) In general.--Section 21(c) is amended by adding 
                at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(2) Limitation based on adjusted gross income.--If the 
        taxpayer's adjusted gross income for the taxable year exceeds 
        $50,000, the applicable dollar amount under paragraph (1) shall 
        be reduced as follows:
                    ``(A) The $4,000 amount under paragraph (1)(A) 
                shall be reduced (but not below $2,400) by $53.33 for 
                each $1,000 (or fraction thereof) of such excess.
                    ``(B) The $8,000 amount under paragraph (1)(B) 
                shall be reduced (but not below $4,800) by $106.66 for 
                each $1,000 (or fraction thereof) of such excess.''
            (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 21(c), as amended by 
        subsection (b), is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``The amount'' and inserting:
            ``(1) In general.--The amount'',
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
                subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and
                    (C) by striking ``paragraph (1) or (2)'' and 
                inserting ``subparagraph (A) or (B)''.
    (c) Credit Made Refundable.--
            (1) In general.--Section 21 (relating to credit for 
        expenses for household and dependent care services), as amended 
        by this section, is transferred to subpart C of part IV of 
        subchapter A of chapter 1, inserted after section 35, and 
        redesignated as section 36.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--
                    (A) Section 129 is amended--
                            (i) by striking ``21(e)'' in subsection 
                        (a)(2)(C) and inserting ``36(e)'',
                            (ii) by striking ``21(d)(2)'' in subsection 
                        (b)(2) and inserting ``36(d)(2)'', and
                            (iii) by striking ``21(b)(2)'' in 
                        subsection (e)(1) and inserting ``36(b)(2)''.
                    (B) Section 213(e) is amended by striking ``section 
                21'' and inserting ``section 36''.
            (3) Clerical amendments.--
                    (A) The table of sections for subpart A of part IV 
                of subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by striking the 
                item relating to section 21.
                    (B) The table of sections for subpart C of part IV 
                of subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by adding at 
                the end the following new item:

                              ``Sec. 36. Expenses for household and 
                                        dependent care services 
                                        necessary for gainful 
                                        employment.''
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1997.

SEC. 3. OFFSETS OF REVENUE LOSS.

    (a) Modifications to Foreign Earned Income Exclusion.--
            (1) Repeal of $70,000 exclusion.--Paragraph (1) of section 
        911(a) (relating to exclusion from gross income) is amended by 
        inserting ``in the case of taxable years beginning before 
        January 1, 1998,'' before ``the foreign earned income''.
            (2) Qualified schooling expenses.--
                    (A) In general.--Section 911(a) is amended by 
                striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1), by 
                striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and 
                inserting ``, and'', and by adding at the end the 
                following new paragraph:
            ``(3) the qualified schooling expenses of such 
        individual.''
                    (B) Qualified schooling expenses.--Section 911 is 
                amended by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 
                subsections (f) and (g) and by inserting after 
                subsection (d) the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Qualified Schooling Expenses.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of this section, the term 
        `qualified schooling expenses' means the reasonable schooling 
        expenses paid or incurred by or on behalf of the individual 
        during the taxable year for the education of each dependent of 
        the individual at the elementary or secondary level. For 
        purposes of the preceding sentence, the elementary or secondary 
        level means education which is the equivalent of education from 
        the kindergarten through the 12th grade in a United States-type 
        school.
            ``(2) Expenses included.--For purposes of paragraph (1), 
        the term `schooling expenses' means the cost of tuition, fees, 
        books, and local transportation and of other expenses required 
        by the school. Except as provided in paragraph (3), such term 
        does not include expenses of room and board or expenses of 
        transportation other than local transportation.
            ``(3) Room, board, and travel allowed in certain cases.--If 
        an adequate United States-type school is not available within a 
        reasonable commuting distance of the individual's tax home, the 
        expenses of room and board of the dependent and the expenses of 
        the transportation of the dependent each school year between 
        such tax home and the location of the school shall be treated 
        as schooling expenses.
            ``(4) Determination of reasonable expenses.--If--
                    ``(A) there is an adequate United States-type 
                school available within a reasonable commuting distance 
                of the individual's tax home, and
                    ``(B) the dependent attends a school other than the 
                school referred to in subparagraph (A),
        then the amount taken into account under paragraph (2) shall 
        not exceed the aggregate amount which would be charged for the 
        period by the school referred to in subparagraph (A).
            ``(5) Period taken into account.--An amount shall be taken 
        into account as a qualified schooling expense only if it is 
        attributable to education for a period during which the 
        individual's tax home is in a foreign country.
            ``(6) Special rules where schooling expenses not provided 
        by employer.--
                    ``(A) In general.--To the extent the qualified 
                schooling expenses of any individual for any taxable 
                year is not attributable to employer provided amounts, 
                such expenses shall be treated as a deduction allowable 
                in computing adjusted gross income to the extent of the 
                limitation of subparagraph (B).
                    ``(B) Limitation.--For purposes of subparagraph 
                (A), the limitation of this subparagraph is the excess 
                of--
                            ``(i) the foreign earned income of the 
                        individual for the taxable year, over
                            ``(ii) the amount of such income excluded 
                        from gross income under subsection (a) for the 
                        taxable year.
                    ``(C) 1-year carryover of expenses not allowed by 
                reason of subparagraph (b).--
                            ``(i) In general.--The amount not allowable 
                        as a deduction for any taxable year under 
                        subparagraph (A) by reason of the limitation of 
                        subparagraph (B) shall be treated as a 
                        deduction allowable in computing adjusted gross 
                        income for the succeeding taxable year (and 
                        only for the succeeding taxable year) to the 
                        extent of the limitation of clause (ii) for 
                        such succeeding taxable year.
                            ``(ii) Limitation.--For purposes of clause 
                        (i), the limitation of this clause for any 
                        taxable year is the excess of--
                                    ``(I) the limitation of 
                                subparagraph (B) for such taxable year, 
                                over
                                    ``(II) amounts treated as a 
                                deduction under subparagraph (A) for 
                                such taxable year.
                    ``(D) Employer provided amounts.--For purposes of 
                this paragraph, the term `employer provided amounts' 
                means any amount paid or incurred on behalf of the 
                individual by the individual's employer which is 
                foreign earned income included in the individual's 
                gross income for the taxable year (without regard to 
                this section).''
                    (C) Conforming amendment.--Section 911(d)(7) is 
                amended by inserting ``or (e)(6)(A)'' after 
                ``subsection (c)(3)(A)''.
            (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
        shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1997.
    (b) Savings From Welfare Reform.--If there is an overall decrease 
in Federal revenues for any fiscal year by reason of this Act (without 
regard to this subsection), such decrease shall be offset by the 
decrease in Federal expenditures for such fiscal year by reason of the 
amendments made by, and provisions of, the Personal Responsibility and 
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193).

A: Working Family Child Care Tax Relief Act of 1996 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the child and dependent care credit to:  (1) increase such credit and make it refundable; and (2) provide it with an income-based phaseout and limitation. 
Eliminates the foreign earned income exclusion as of a specified date.  Allows an exclusion for overseas qualified elementary and secondary schooling expenses.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

     This Act may be cited as the ``Arabia Mountain National Heritage 
Area Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Arabia Mountain area contains a variety of natural, 
        cultural, historical, scenic, and recreational resources that 
        together represent distinctive aspects of the heritage of the 
        United States that are worthy of recognition, conservation, 
        interpretation, and continuing use.
            (2) The best methods for managing the resources of the 
        Arabia Mountain area would be through partnerships between 
        public and private entities that combine diverse resources and 
        active communities.
            (3) Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve, a 535-acre 
        park in DeKalb County, Georgia--
                    (A) protects granite outcrop ecosystems, wetland, 
                and pine and oak forests; and
                    (B) includes federally-protected plant species.
            (4) Panola Mountain, a national natural landmark, located 
        in the 860-acre Panola Mountain State Conservation Park, is a 
        rare example of a pristine granite outcrop.
            (5) The archaeological site at Miners Creek Preserve along 
        the South River contains documented evidence of early human 
        activity.
            (6) The city of Lithonia, Georgia, and related sites of 
        Arabia Mountain and Stone Mountain possess sites that display 
        the history of granite mining as an industry and culture in 
        Georgia, and the impact of that industry on the United States.
            (7) The community of Klondike is eligible for designation 
        as a National Historic District.
            (8) The city of Lithonia has 2 structures listed on the 
        National Register of Historic Places.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are as follows:
            (1) To recognize, preserve, promote, interpret, and make 
        available for the benefit of the public the natural, cultural, 
        historical, scenic, and recreational resources in the area that 
        includes Arabia Mountain, Panola Mountain, Miners Creek, and 
        other significant sites and communities.
            (2) To assist the State of Georgia and the counties of 
        DeKalb, Rockdale, and Henry in the State in developing and 
        implementing an integrated cultural, historical, and land 
        resource management program to protect, enhance, and interpret 
        the significant resources within the heritage area.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

     For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Heritage area.--The term ``heritage area'' means the 
        Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area established by section 
        4.
            (2) Management entity.--The term ``management entity'' 
        means the Arabia Mountain Heritage Area Alliance or a successor 
        of the Arabia Mountain Heritage Area Alliance.
            (3) Management plan.--The term ``management plan'' means 
        the management plan for the heritage area developed under 
        section 6.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (5) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Georgia.

SEC. 4. ARABIA MOUNTAIN NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established the Arabia Mountain 
National Heritage Area in the State.
    (b) Boundaries.--The heritage area shall consist of certain parcels 
of land in the counties of DeKalb, Rockdale, and Henry in the State, as 
generally depicted on the map entitled ``The Preferred Concept'' 
contained in the document entitled ``Arabia Mountain National Heritage 
Area Feasibility Study'', dated February 28, 2001.
    (c) Availability of Map.--The map shall be on file and available 
for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park 
Service.
    (d) Management Entity.--The Arabia Mountain Heritage Area Alliance 
shall be the management entity for the heritage area.

SEC. 5. AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES OF THE MANAGEMENT ENTITY.

    (a) Authorities.--For purposes of developing and implementing the 
management plan, the management entity may--
            (1) make grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements 
        with, the State, political subdivisions of the State, and 
        private organizations;
            (2) hire and compensate staff; and
            (3) enter into contracts for goods and services.
    (b) Duties.--
            (1) Management plan.--
                    (A) In general.--The management entity shall 
                develop and submit to the Secretary the management 
                plan.
                    (B) Considerations.--In developing and implementing 
                the management plan, the management entity shall 
                consider the interests of diverse governmental, 
                business, and nonprofit groups within the heritage 
                area.
            (2) Priorities.--The management entity shall give priority 
        to implementing actions described in the management plan, 
        including the following:
                    (A) Assisting units of government and nonprofit 
                organizations in preserving resources within the 
                heritage area.
                    (B) Encouraging local governments to adopt land use 
                policies consistent with the management of the heritage 
                area and the goals of the management plan.
            (3) Public meetings.--The management entity shall conduct 
        public meetings at least quarterly on the implementation of the 
        management plan.
            (4) Annual report.--For any year in which Federal funds 
        have been made available under this Act, the management entity 
        shall submit to the Secretary an annual report that describes 
        the following:
                    (A) The accomplishments of the management entity.
                    (B) The expenses and income of the management 
                entity.
            (5) Audit.--The management entity shall--
                    (A) make available to the Secretary for audit all 
                records relating to the expenditure of Federal funds 
                and any matching funds; and
                    (B) require, with respect to all agreements 
                authorizing expenditure of Federal funds by other 
                organizations, that the receiving organizations make 
                available to the Secretary for audit all records 
                concerning the expenditure of those funds.
    (c) Use of Federal Funds.--
            (1) In general.--The management 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 precludes the 
        management entity from using Federal funds made available under 
        other Federal laws for any purpose for which the funds are 
        authorized to be used.

SEC. 6. MANAGEMENT PLAN.

    (a) In General.--The management entity shall develop a management 
plan for the heritage area that incorporates an integrated and 
cooperative approach to protect, interpret, and enhance the natural, 
cultural, historical, scenic, and recreational resources of the 
heritage area.
    (b) Basis.--The management plan shall be based on the preferred 
concept in the document entitled ``Arabia Mountain National Heritage 
Area Feasibility Study'', dated February 28, 2001.
    (c) Consideration of Other Plans and Actions.--The management plan 
shall--
            (1) take into consideration State and local plans; and
            (2) involve residents, public agencies, and private 
        organizations in the heritage area.
    (d) Requirements.--The management plan shall include the following:
            (1) An inventory of the resources in the heritage area, 
        including--
                    (A) a list of property in the heritage area that--
                            (i) relates to the purposes of the heritage 
                        area; and
                            (ii) should be preserved, restored, 
                        managed, or maintained because of the 
                        significance of the property; and
                    (B) an assessment of cultural landscapes within the 
                heritage area.
            (2) Provisions for the protection, interpretation, and 
        enjoyment of the resources of the heritage area consistent with 
        the purposes of this Act.
            (3) An interpretation plan for the heritage area.
            (4) A program for implementation of the management plan 
        that includes--
                    (A) actions to be carried out by units of 
                government, private organizations, and public-private 
                partnerships to protect the resources of the heritage 
                area; and
                    (B) the identification of existing and potential 
                sources of funding for implementing the plan.
            (5) A description and evaluation of the management entity, 
        including the membership and organizational structure of the 
        management entity.
    (e) Submission to Secretary for Approval.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 3 years after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the management entity shall submit 
        the management plan to the Secretary for approval.
            (2) Effect of failure to submit.--If a management plan is 
        not submitted to the Secretary by the date specified in 
        paragraph (1), the Secretary shall not provide any additional 
        funding under this Act until such date as a management plan for 
        the heritage area is submitted to the Secretary.
    (f) Approval and Disapproval of Management Plan.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after receiving the 
        management plan submitted under subsection (e), the Secretary, 
        in consultation with the State, shall approve or disapprove the 
        management plan.
            (2) Action following disapproval.--
                    (A) Revision.--If the Secretary disapproves a 
                management plan submitted under paragraph (1), the 
                Secretary shall--
                            (i) advise the management entity in writing 
                        of the reasons for the disapproval;
                            (ii) make recommendations for revisions to 
                        the management plan; and
                            (iii) allow the management entity to submit 
                        to the Secretary revisions to the management 
                        plan.
                    (B) Deadline for approval of revision.--Not later 
                than 90 days after the date on which a revision is 
                submitted under subparagraph (A)(iii), the Secretary 
                shall approve or disapprove the revision.
    (g) Revision of Management Plan.--
            (1) In general.--After approval by the Secretary of a 
        management plan, the management entity shall periodically--
                    (A) review the management plan; and
                    (B) submit to the Secretary, for review and 
                approval by the Secretary, the recommendations of the 
                management entity for any revisions to the management 
                plan that the management entity considers to be 
                appropriate.
            (2) Expenditure of funds.--No funds made available under 
        this Act shall be used to implement any revision proposed by 
        the management entity under paragraph (1)(B) until the 
        Secretary approves the revision.

SEC. 7. TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

    (a) In General.--At the request of the management entity, the 
Secretary may provide technical and financial assistance to the 
heritage area to develop and implement the management plan.
    (b) Priority.--In providing assistance under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall give priority to actions that facilitate--
            (1) the conservation of the significant natural, cultural, 
        historical, scenic, and recreational resources that support the 
        purposes of the heritage area; and
            (2) the provision of educational, interpretive, and 
        recreational opportunities that are consistent with the 
        resources and associated values of the heritage area.

SEC. 8. EFFECT ON CERTAIN AUTHORITY.

    (a) Occupational, Safety, Conservation, and Environmental 
Regulation.--Nothing in this Act--
            (1) imposes an occupational, safety, conservation, or 
        environmental regulation on the heritage area that is more 
        stringent than the regulations that would be applicable to the 
        land described in section 4(b) but for the establishment of the 
        heritage area by section 4; or
            (2) authorizes a Federal agency to promulgate an 
        occupational, safety, conservation, or environmental regulation 
        for the heritage area that is more stringent than the 
        regulations applicable to the land described in section 4(b) as 
        of the date of enactment of this Act, solely as a result of the 
        establishment of the heritage area by section 4.
    (b) Land Use Regulation.--Nothing in this Act--
            (1) modifies, enlarges, or diminishes any authority of the 
        Federal Government or a State or local government to regulate 
        any use of land as provided for by law (including regulations) 
        in existence on the date of enactment of this Act; or
            (2) grants powers of zoning or land use to the management 
        entity.

SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this Act $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
not more than $1,000,000 may be used in any fiscal year.
    (b) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of any project or 
activity carried out using funds made available under this Act shall 
not exceed 50 percent.

SEC. 10. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.

     The authority of the Secretary to make any grant or provide any 
assistance under this Act shall terminate on September 30, 2016.

A:
Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area in Georgia. Designates the Arabia Mountain Heritage Area Alliance as the Area's management entity. Requires the Alliance to develop a management plan for the Heritage Area and to implement that plan following approval by the Secretary of the Interior.
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