Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area Act
Latest action · Jun 5, 2006 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 462.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 8, 2006
- Passed HouseMay 9, 2006
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
Designates the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area, Inc., as the Area's management entity (the entity), which shall: (1) submit to the Secretary of the Interior for approval a management plan which includes policies, strategies, and recommendations for conservation, funding, management, development, and interpretation of the Area; and (2) assist local governments, regional planning organizations, and nonprofit organizations in implementing the plan.
Prohibits the entity from using Federal funds received under this Act to acquire real property.
Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical and financial assistance to the Area and enter into cooperative agreements with the entity and other public or private entities to develop and implement the plan.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 8, 2006.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Original | May 8, 2006 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 5, 2006Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 462.
- May 26, 2006Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
- May 10, 2006Received in the Senate.
- May 9, 2006Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2189-2191)
- May 9, 2006DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5311.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 938 | Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area Act | Related bill | May 17, 2005 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Administrative procedure
- Arts, Culture, Religion
- Auditing
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commemorations
- Commerce
- Congress
- Connecticut
- Cultural property
- Department of the Interior
- Economics and Public Finance
- Environmental Protection
- Exhibitions
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Grants-in-aid
- Historic sites
- History
- Land use
- Landowners
- Landscape protection
- Law
- Massachusetts
- Nature conservation
- Outdoor recreation
- Planning
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Public meetings
- Public-private partnerships
- Regional economic development
- Right of property
- Signs and signboards
- Social life and customs
- Sports and Recreation
- Sunset legislation
- Water Resources Development
- Watersheds
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 9, 2006Engrossed in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.