A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an inventory of historic sites, buildings, and artifacts in the Champlain Valley and the upper Hudson River Valley, including the Lake George area, and for other purposes.
American Heritage Corridor Study Act of 1996 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide technical and financial assistance to State and local partners (a cooperative working group comprised of Vermont and New York State and local officials and other interested persons) in developing and conducting a study of the area of the Champlain Valley, upper Hudson River Valley, and Lake George in Vermont and New York (Corridor) to: (1) determine the important conflicts that occurred in the Corridor between 1609 and 1865; (2) identify the cultural and natural resources associated with these conflicts; (3) determine which resources best illustrate such conflicts; (4) assess the suitability and feasibility for incorporation of those resources into the Corridor; (5) conduct an economic analysis of the effects that incorporation would have on the immediate area that contains the resources; and (6) identify potential management entities to coordinate resources included in the Corridor.
Directs the Secretary to facilitate consultation among the Secretary, the State and local partners, and officials of Canada and the Province of Quebec to determine means of linking historic sites along the Richelieu River and related U.S. sites in the Corridor.
Provides that after completion of the study, the Secretary is: (1) authorized to provide assistance to the State and local partners in preparation of a general management plan for the Corridor; and (2) required to make recommendations to the Congress on the areas within the Corridor that should be included in a congressionally designated American Heritage Corridor. Prohibits inclusion of private property within such recommendations without the owner's consent.
Authorizes appropriations.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E12961)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Referred to Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Department of the Interior, and Office of Management and Budget.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Department of the Interior, and Office of Management and Budget.
Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 104-580.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Department of the Interior, and Office of Management and Budget.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 104-297.
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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 104-297.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 472.