S.Amdt. 2469

SA 2469. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2441 submitted by Mr. Dorgan and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

Beginning on page 1, strike line 3 and all that follows through page 2, line 13, and insert the following:

“(g) Requirements for Inclusion and Removal of Property in a National Heritage Area.--

“(1) Private property inclusion.--No privately owned property shall be included in a National Heritage Area unless the owner of the private property provides to the management entity a written request for the inclusion.

“(2) Property removal.--

“(A) Private property.--At the request of an owner of private property included in a National Heritage Area pursuant to paragraph (1), the private property shall be immediately withdrawn from the National Heritage Area if the owner of the property provides to the management entity a written notice requesting removal.

“(B) Public property.--

“(i) Inclusion.--Only on written notice from the appropriate State or local government entity may public property be included in a National Heritage Area.

“(ii) Withdrawal.--On written notice from the appropriate State or local government entity, public property shall be immediately withdrawn from a National Heritage Area.”.

(b) Prohibition on Use of Funds.--None of the funds made available by this Act shall be made available for a Heritage Area that does not comply with section 8004(g) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-11; 123 Stat. 1240) (as amended by this section).