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119-s-5422119th CongressWALLET

Arkansas Delta National Heritage Area Act

Sponsored By: Senator Cotton, Tom [R-AR]

Introduced

Summary

Create the Arkansas Delta National Heritage Area. The bill would add a new area to the National Heritage Area System and set local governance along with timing rules for planning and federal assistance.

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  • Residents and local governments in the 17 listed Arkansas counties would get a coordinated heritage-area designation to guide preservation and tourism planning.
  • Arkansas State University Heritage Sites 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 under the Dingell Act for the area would terminate 15 years after enactment.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

New Arkansas Delta heritage area

This bill would create the Arkansas Delta National Heritage Area covering these 17 Arkansas counties: Clay, Greene, Craighead, Poinsett, Mississippi, Cross, Crittenden, St. Francis, Lee, Phillips, Monroe, Arkansas, Lincoln, Jefferson, Desha, Drew, and Chicot. Arkansas State University Heritage Sites would be the local coordinating entity. The coordinating entity would have to submit a proposed management plan to the Secretary of the Interior for approval within 3 years of enactment. The Secretary's authority to provide the referenced federal assistance for this Area would end 15 years after enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Cotton, Tom [R-AR]

AR • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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