H.R. 10016 – Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area Act

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The bill amends the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to create the Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area as part of the National Heritage Area System. It covers 34 counties in eastern Kentucky and names the nonprofit Eastern Kentucky PRIDE as the local coordinating entity. The bill also requires a management plan within three years and ends federal assistance after fifteen years.

Key Provisions

Designates the Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area, encompassing 34 specific Kentucky counties, as a component of the National Heritage Area System.
Assigns Eastern Kentucky PRIDE, a Kentucky nonprofit, as the local coordinating entity for the heritage area.
Mandates that the coordinating entity submit a management plan to the Interior Secretary for approval within three years of enactment.
Sets the Secretary of the Interior’s authority to provide assistance to terminate fifteen years after the law takes effect.

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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Natural Resources Committee

October 18, 2024

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Introduced in House

October 18, 2024

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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Natural Resources Committee

October 18, 2024

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Introduced in HouseIssued October 18, 2024

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118th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 10016

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 18, 2024

Mr. Rogers of Kentucky introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

A BILL

To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to designate as a component of the National Heritage Area System the Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area in the State of Kentucky.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area Act.

2.

Designation of Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area

(a)

Designation

Section 6001(a) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116–9; 133 Stat. 768; 136 Stat. 6163) is amended by adding at the end the following:

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Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area

(A)

In general

There is established as a component of the National Heritage Area System the Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area in the State of Kentucky, consisting of Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Floyd, Harlan, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Madison, Magoffin, Martin, McCreary, Menifee, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Rowan, Wayne, Whitley, and Wolfe Counties, Kentucky.

(B)

Local coordinating entity

Eastern Kentucky PRIDE, a nonprofit organization established under the laws of the State of Kentucky, shall be the local coordinating entity for the National Heritage Area designated by subparagraph (A).

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(b)

Management plan

For the purposes of section 6001(c) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116–9; 133 Stat. 772; 136 Stat. 6173), the local coordinating entity for the Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area designated under the amendment made by subsection (a) shall submit to the Secretary of the Interior for approval a proposed management plan for the Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act.

(c)

Termination of authority

For the purposes of subsection (g)(4) of section 6001 of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116–9; 133 Stat. 776), the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance under that section for the Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area designated under the amendment made by subsection (a) shall terminate on the date that is 15 years after the date of enactment of this Act.