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119-s-1288119th Congress

Finger Lakes National Heritage Area Act

Sponsored By: Senator Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]

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Summary

Creates the Finger Lakes National Heritage Area. This bill would designate a new component of the National Heritage Area System covering 14 counties in New York and name the Finger Lakes Tourism Alliance as the local coordinating entity.

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  • Local communities in 14 New York counties would be included in the heritage area, spanning Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Livingston, Monroe, Onondaga, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Wayne, and Yates.
  • The Finger Lakes Tourism Alliance would serve as the local coordinating entity and must submit a proposed management plan to the Secretary of the Interior within 3 years.
  • The Secretary of the Interior's authority to provide assistance for the Finger Lakes National Heritage Area would terminate 15 years after enactment.

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Create Finger Lakes heritage area

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 be the local coordinating entity. That entity would have to send a proposed management plan to the Secretary of the Interior within 3 years of enactment. The Secretary's authority to provide assistance under subsection (g)(4) would end 15 years after enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]

NY • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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