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H. Rept. 114-430 1 (2016-02-24)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxrjc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP 114TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 114-430 AMENDING THE GULLAH/GEECHEE CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT TO EX- TEND THE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE GULLAH/GEECHEE CULTURAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR COMMISSION FEBRUARY 24, 2016.-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. 3004] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 3004) to amend the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Act to extend the authorization for the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. PURPOSE OF THE BILL The purpose of H.R. 3004 is to amend the Gullah/Geechee Cul- tural Heritage Act to extend the authorization for the Gullah/ Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION Congress designated the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Cor- ridor, an area of land stretching from North Carolina to Florida, on October 12, 2006 (Public Law 109-338). As a National Heritage Area, the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor is not part of the National Park System; however, the act authorizes the Sec- retary of the Interior to provide technical and financial assistance for the development and implementation of a management plan. The Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Act (Public Law 109-338) authorized the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Com- mission to implement the Corridor's management plan, ultimately adopted in 2012. Although the Heritage Corridor was authorized through October 12, 2021, the Commission was only authorized through October 12, 2016. Without any legislative change, the Cor- ridor will have to be managed by a different, yet unconstituted en- 59-006

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