This bill amends the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to add the Finger Lakes National Heritage Area to the National Heritage Area System. The designated area would include Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Livingston, Monroe, Onondaga, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Wayne, and Yates Counties. The Finger Lakes Tourism Alliance is named as the local coordinating entity. That entity must submit a proposed management plan to the Secretary of the Interior within 3 years of the bill's enactment. The Secretary of the Interior may provide assistance for the heritage area, but that authority ends 15 years after enactment.
If you live, work, or run an organization in one of the listed counties, this bill formally recognizes the region as a National Heritage Area and names a local coordinating entity (the Finger Lakes Tourism Alliance) to prepare a management plan and coordinate activities. The plan must be submitted to the Secretary of the Interior within three years, and federal assistance is time-limited to 15 years after enactment.
No publicly available information on specific funding amounts or cost estimates appears in the bill text or provided metadata. The bill authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance for the designated area but sets a 15-year limit on that assistance.
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