Pennsylvania National Heritage Areas Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7239 To reauthorize the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area, the Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area, the Delaware and Lehigh National Herit- age Corridor, the Schuylkill River Valley National Heritage Area, and the Oil Region National Heritage Area, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 18, 2020 Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. DEAN, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Ms. WILD, and Mr. LAMB) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To reauthorize the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area, the Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area, the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, the Schuylkill River Valley National Heritage Area, and the Oil Region National Heritage Area, and for other pur- poses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pennsylvania National 4 Heritage Areas Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:32 Jul 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7239.IH H7239 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7239 IH SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF, AND REPEAL OF FUNDING 1 LIMITATIONS FOR, NATIONAL HERITAGE 2 AREAS AND CORRIDOR. 3 (a) RIVERS OF STEEL NATIONAL HERITAGE 4 AREA.— 5 (1) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 408 of the 6 Steel Industry American Heritage Area Act of 1996 7 (54 U.S.C. 320101 note; Public Law 104–333; 110 8 Stat. 4256; 127 Stat. 420; 128 Stat. 314; 128 Stat. 9 3801) is amended by striking ‘‘2021’’ and inserting 10 ‘‘2036’’. 11 (2) REPEAL OF FUNDING LIMITATION.—Section 12 409(a) of the Steel Industry American Heritage 13 Area Act of 1996 (54 U.S.C. 320101 note; Public 14 Law 104–333; 110 Stat. 4256; 129 Stat. 2551; 133 15 Stat. 778) is amended by striking the second sen- 16 tence. 17 (b) LACKAWANNA VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE 18 AREA.— 19 (1) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 108 of the 20 Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area Act of 21 2000 (54 U.S.C. 320101 note; Public Law 106–278; 22 114 Stat. 818; 127 Stat. 420; 128 Stat. 314; 128 23 Stat. 3802) is amended by striking ‘‘2021’’ and in- 24 serting ‘‘2036’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:32 Jul 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7239.IH H7239 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 7239 IH (2) REPEAL OF FUNDING LIMITATION.—Section 1 109 of the Lackawanna Valley National Heritage 2 Area Act of 2000 (54 U.S.C. 320101 note; Public 3 Law 106–278; 114 Stat. 818) is amended by strik- 4 ing subsection (a) and inserting the following: 5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro- 6 priated to carry out this title $1,000,000 for each fiscal 7 year.’’. 8 (c) REAUTHORIZATION OF DELAWARE AND LEHIGH 9 NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR.—Section 12 of the 10 Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage 11 Corridor Act of 1988 (54 U.S.C. 320101 note; Public Law 12 100–692; 102 Stat. 4558; 112 Stat. 3260; 123 Stat. 13 1293; 127 Stat. 420; 128 Stat. 314; 128 Stat. 3801) is 14 amended— 15 (1) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘2021’’ and 16 inserting ‘‘2036’’; and 17 (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘2021’’ and 18 inserting ‘‘2036’’. 19 (d) SCHUYLKILL RIVER VALLEY NATIONAL HERIT- 20 AGE AREA.— 21 (1) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 209 of the 22 Schuylkill River Valley National Heritage Area Act 23 (54 U.S.C. 320101 note; Public Law 106–278; 114 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:32 Jul 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7239.IH H7239 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 7239 IH Stat. 824; 128 Stat. 3802) is amended by striking 1 ‘‘2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2036’’. 2 (2) REPEAL OF FUNDING LIMITATION.—Section 3 210 of the Schuylkill River Valley National Heritage 4 Area Act (54 U.S.C. 320101 note; Public Law 106– 5 278; 114 Stat. 824) is amended by striking sub- 6 section (a) and inserting the following: 7 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro- 8 priated to carry out this title $1,000,000 for each fiscal 9 year.’’. 10 (e) REAUTHORIZATION OF THE OIL REGION NA- 11 TIONAL HERITAGE AREA.—Section 608 of the Oil Region 12 National Heritage Area Act (54 U.S.C. 320101 note; Pub- 13 lic Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 3372; 133 Stat. 2713) is 14 amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2022’’ and inserting 15 ‘‘September 30, 2036’’. 16 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:32 Jul 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H7239.IH H7239 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS