S 3217 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

National Heritage Area Act

Introduced Jan 16, 2020 Originated Senate Sponsor Debbie Stabenow D-MI

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 16, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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.

  1. IntroducedJan 16, 2020
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

National Heritage Area Act

This bill requires a standard for the designation of National Heritage Areas.

The bill establishes a National Heritage Area System through which the Department of the Interior may furnish technical and financial assistance to local coordinating entities to support the establishment, development, and continuity of the National Heritage Areas.

Such system shall be composed of

  • each existing National Heritage Area, National Historic District, National Heritage Corridor, National Heritage Canalway, Cultural Heritage Corridor, and National Heritage Partnership designated by Congress; and
  • each National Heritage Area designated by Congress after enactment of this bill, unless the law designating the area exempts that area from the system by specific reference to this bill.

Under the system, Interior shall

  • review and approve management plans for heritage areas, and
  • submit to Congress reports on the activities conducted with respect to such areas.

Interior may carry out or review a study that assesses the suitability and feasibility of each proposed heritage area. Interior must review and certify whether a study conducted by others determines an area meets specified requirements, including that it has natural, historic, and cultural resources that represent distinctive aspects of the heritage of the United States.

The bill declares that a heritage area may be designated only by an Act of Congress.

Management plans must be developed for heritage areas designated under this bill.

Cosponsors 15

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 16, 2020 to Jun 15, 2020, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalJan 16, 2020
D-MIGary C. PetersOriginalJan 16, 2020
D-NMMartin HeinrichOriginalJan 16, 2020
R-KSPat RobertsOriginalJan 16, 2020
D-CTRichard BlumenthalJan 28, 2020
D-ILTammy DuckworthFeb 4, 2020
D-NVCatherine Cortez MastoFeb 12, 2020
D-MDChris Van HollenFeb 13, 2020
D-CTChristopher MurphyFeb 13, 2020
D-ALDoug JonesFeb 24, 2020
D-MAElizabeth WarrenFeb 24, 2020
D-NVJacky RosenFeb 27, 2020
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinMar 9, 2020
I-VTBernard SandersJun 11, 2020
D-NJCory A. BookerJun 15, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 16, 2020Introduced in Senate
  2. Jan 16, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Subjects

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  1. Jan 16, 2020Introduced in Senate

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