119-hr2697

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2697 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2697

 To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and 
 Recreation Act to designate as a component of the National Heritage 
Area System the Finger Lakes National Heritage Area in the State of New 
 York, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 7, 2025

 Ms. Tenney 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 Finger Lakes National Heritage Area in the State of New 
 York, and for other purposes.

 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 ``Finger Lakes National Heritage Area 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF FINGER LAKES 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:
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    (14) Finger lakes national heritage area.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--There is established as a 
 component of the National Heritage Area System the 
 Finger Lakes National Heritage Area in the State of New 
 York, consisting of Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, 
 Livingston, Monroe, Onondaga, Ontario, Schuyler, 
 Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Wayne, and Yates 
 Counties, New York.
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        (B) Local coordinating entity.--The Finger Lakes 
 Tourism Alliance 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 Finger Lakes 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 Finger Lakes 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 Finger Lakes 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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