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S. 4238119th Congress
Official title: Endless Mountains National Heritage Area Act
Introduced:
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S 4238 would create a National Heritage Area in four northeastern Pennsylvania counties to support tourism and preservation.
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This bill would establish the Endless Mountains National Heritage Area, covering Bradford, Sullivan, Susquehanna, and Wyoming counties in Pennsylvania, plus possibly nearby areas. A local nonprofit, Endless Mountains Heritage Region, Inc., would coordinate preservation and tourism efforts with the National Park Service and must submit a management plan within three years. Federal funding authority for the area would expire after 15 years unless Congress extends it.
Residents, local governments, businesses, and tourism organizations in the four named Pennsylvania counties would be affected. It was introduced by Pennsylvania's two U.S. senators.
Heritage area status could bring federal grants and tourism promotion, but it does not create new land-use regulations or give the federal government control over private property.
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Right now: a Senate committee is reviewing it. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.