This bill adds the Endless Mountains National Heritage Area to the National Heritage Area System by changing the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act. The area would include Bradford, Sullivan, Susquehanna, and Wyoming Counties and any parts of other counties identified in a feasibility study. The Secretary of the Interior will set the exact boundaries based on that feasibility study. The Endless Mountains Heritage Region, Inc. is named as the local coordinating entity. That local coordinating entity must submit a management plan to the Secretary within 3 years after the bill becomes law. The Secretary may provide assistance under the existing Heritage Area provisions, and that authority ends 15 years after the bill becomes law.
If you live or work in the named counties, this bill creates a new National Heritage Area covering your region. A local nonprofit (Endless Mountains Heritage Region, Inc.) will lead planning and coordination and must deliver a management plan within 3 years. The federal government can offer assistance under the heritage-area program, but the bill does not specify projects or funding amounts and federal assistance authority ends after 15 years. The Secretary will use the feasibility study to draw the final boundaries.
No publicly available information on estimated costs or specific funding levels. The bill does not set dollar amounts. It allows the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance under section 6001 of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Act, and that authority for this area terminates 15 years after enactment.
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