Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10016 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10016

    To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and 
  Recreation Act to designate as a component of the National Heritage 
Area System the Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area in the State 
                              of Kentucky.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 18, 2024

    Mr. Rogers of Kentucky introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and 
  Recreation Act to designate as a component of the National Heritage 
Area System the Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area in the State 
                              of Kentucky.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage 
Area Act''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF KENTUCKY WILDLANDS NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA.

    (a) Designation.--Section 6001(a) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. 
Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116-9; 133 
Stat. 768; 136 Stat. 6163) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(14) Kentucky wildlands national heritage area.--
                    ``(A) In general.--There is established as a 
                component of the National Heritage Area System the 
                Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area in the State 
                of Kentucky, consisting of Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, 
                Carter, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Floyd, Harlan, Jackson, 
                Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, 
                Letcher, Madison, Magoffin, Martin, McCreary, Menifee, 
                Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, 
                Rockcastle, Rowan, Wayne, Whitley, and Wolfe Counties, 
                Kentucky.
                    ``(B) Local coordinating entity.--Eastern Kentucky 
                PRIDE, a nonprofit organization established under the 
                laws of the State of Kentucky, shall be the local 
                coordinating entity for the National Heritage Area 
                designated by subparagraph (A).''.
    (b) Management Plan.--For the purposes of section 6001(c) of the 
John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act 
(Public Law 116-9; 133 Stat. 772; 136 Stat. 6173), the local 
coordinating entity for the Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area 
designated under the amendment made by subsection (a) shall submit to 
the Secretary of the Interior for approval a proposed management plan 
for the Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area not later than 3 
years after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (c) Termination of Authority.--For the purposes of subsection 
(g)(4) of section 6001 of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, 
Management, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116-9; 133 Stat. 776), the 
authority of the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance under 
that section for the Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area 
designated under the amendment made by subsection (a) shall terminate 
on the date that is 15 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
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