[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1493 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1493

 To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to 
 transfer Federal participation in the America's Agricultural Heritage 
Partnership in the State of Iowa to the Secretary of the Interior, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 20, 1999

  Mr. Nussle introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to 
 transfer Federal participation in the America's Agricultural Heritage 
Partnership in the State of Iowa to the Secretary of the Interior, 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 ``America's Agricultural Heritage 
Partnership Amendments of 1999''.

SEC. 2. PARTICIPATION OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.

    (a) Role of the Secretary.--Section 702(5) of the Omnibus Parks and 
Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (division II of the Public Law 104-
333; 110 Stat. 4265) is amended by striking ``Secretary of 
Agriculture'' and inserting ``Secretary of the Interior''.
    (b) Effect on Approval of Partnership Management Plan.--The 
amendment made by subsection (a) shall not affect the approval or 
continued vitality of the management plan that was prepared for 
establishment of the America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership, which 
was approved by the Secretary of Agriculture on July 8, 1998, by 
publication of a notice of approval in the Federal Register of July 15, 
1998 (63 Fed. Reg. 38147).
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