Endless Mountains National Heritage Area Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4238 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4238

    To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and
  Recreation Act to designate as a component of the National Heritage
 Area System the Endless Mountains National Heritage Area in the State
                of Pennsylvania, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 26, 2026

Mr. McCormick (for himself and Mr. Fetterman) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
                           Natural Resources

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                                 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 Endless Mountains National Heritage Area in the State
                of Pennsylvania, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Endless Mountains National Heritage
Area Act''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF ENDLESS MOUNTAINS 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:
            ``(14) Endless mountains national heritage area.--
                    ``(A) In general.--There is established as a
                component of the National Heritage Area System the
                Endless Mountains National Heritage Area in the State
                of Pennsylvania, to consist of Bradford, Sullivan,
                Susquehanna, and Wyoming Counties, Pennsylvania, and
                any portions of other counties in the State of
                Pennsylvania identified in the feasibility study for
                the Endless Mountains National Heritage Area, the
                specific boundaries of which shall be established by
                the Secretary based on that feasibility study.
                    ``(B) Local coordinating entity.--The Endless
                Mountains Heritage Region, Inc., shall be the local
                coordinating entity for the National Heritage Area
                designated by subparagraph (A).''.
    (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 Endless Mountains 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 Endless Mountains 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 Endless Mountains 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.
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