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119-hr-2697119th Congress

Finger Lakes National Heritage Area Act

Sponsored By: Representative Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]

Introduced

Summary

designate the Finger Lakes National Heritage Area as a new component of the National Heritage Area System in New York. This creates a coordinated, place-based framework for heritage, tourism, and preservation across the Finger Lakes region.

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  • Communities and visitors: Covers 14 counties including Cayuga, Monroe, and Yates. The designation gives the region a shared National Heritage Area identity to guide local tourism and preservation planning.
  • Local coordinating entity: Names the Finger Lakes Tourism Alliance to lead the area. That group must submit a management plan to the Secretary of the Interior no later than 3 years after enactment.
  • Federal role and timing: Allows the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance under the Dingell Act framework. That assistance authority ends 15 years after enactment.

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Finger Lakes heritage area with 15-year aid

This bill would create the Finger Lakes National Heritage Area in New York. It would cover Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Livingston, Monroe, Onondaga, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Wayne, and Yates Counties. The Finger Lakes Tourism Alliance would lead local coordination and must submit a management plan to the Secretary of the Interior within 3 years of enactment. One type of federal assistance for this area would end 15 years after enactment. The bill would not add new funding beyond existing authorities.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]

NY • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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