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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
Calendar No. 499
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 117-156
NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA PROGRAM
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. MANCHIN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 1942]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 1942), to standardize the designation of Na-
tional Heritage Areas, and for other purposes, having considered
the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment, in the na-
ture of a substitute, and recommends that the bill, as amended, do
pass.
AMENDMENT
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 National Heritage Area Act.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA.-The term National Heritage Area means a
component of the National Heritage Area System described in section 3(b)(1).
(2) SECRETARY.-The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
SEC. 3. NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA SYSTEM.
(a) IN GENERAL.-To recognize certain areas of the United States that tell nation-
ally significant stories and to conserve, enhance, and interpret those nationally sig-
nificant stories and the natural, historic, scenic, and cultural resources of areas that
illustrate significant aspects of the heritage of the United States, there is estab-
lished a National Heritage Area System through the administration of which the
Secretary may provide technical and financial assistance to local coordinating enti-
ties to support the establishment, development, and continuity of the National Her-
itage Areas.
(b) NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA SYSTEM.-The National Heritage Area System shall
be composed of-
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