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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-709
MOUNTAINS TO SOUND GREENWAY NATIONAL HERITAGE
ACT
JUNE 1, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 1791]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1791) to establish the Mountains to Sound Greenway Na-
tional Heritage Area in the State of Washington, and for other pur-
poses, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with
an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage
Act.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES; CONSTRUCTION.
The purposes of this Act include-
(1) to recognize the national importance of the natural and cultural legacies
of the area, as demonstrated in the study entitled Mountains to Sound Green-
way National Heritage Area Feasibility Study dated April 2012 and its adden-
dum dated May 2014;
(2) to recognize the heritage of natural resource conservation in the Pacific
Northwest and in the Mountains to Sound Greenway;
(3) to preserve, support, conserve, and interpret the legacies of natural re-
source conservation, community stewardship, and Indian tribes and nations
from time immemorial, within the Mountains to Sound National Heritage Area;
(4) to promote heritage, cultural, and recreational tourism and to develop edu-
cational and cultural programs for visitors and the general public;
(5) to recognize and interpret important events and geographic locations rep-
resenting key developments in the creation of America, particularly the settle-
ment of the American West and the stories of diverse ethnic groups, Indian
tribes, and others;
(6) to enhance a cooperative management framework to assist Federal, State,
local, and Tribal governments, the private sector, and citizens residing in the
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