1.This Act may be cited as the
Mississippi Delta National Heritage
Area Act of 2007
.
2.Congress finds that—
(1)the historic,
cultural, and natural heritage legacies of the Mississippi Delta are—
(A)nationally
significant; and
(B)in need of greater
recognition;
(2)in the alluvial
floodplain that comprises the Mississippi Delta there are a variety of diverse
heritage resources that demonstrate—
(A)the labors and
social activities of the earliest citizens of the United States, which are
revealed in—
(i)numerous
residential and ceremonial mound sites; and
(ii)sites significant
to the Quapaw, Tunica, Choctaw, and Chickasaw people and other Native
Americans;
(B)the clearing and
settlement of 1 of the last wilderness frontiers in the 48 contiguous
States;
(C)the immigration of
people of African, Asian, and European descent to the United States;
(D)the labors and
social activities of enslaved Africans who provided the bulk of the early labor
force for the development of—
(i)large-scale
plantation agriculture based on cotton, which is 1 of the most important
commodities ever produced in the United States; and
(ii)the birth and
subsequent perfection of the art form that is known as the Mississippi
Delta Blues
;
(E)the role of the
Mississippi River as—
(i)the architect and
sometimes unmerciful tyrant of land; and
(ii)an important
transportation artery throughout the history of the United States;
(F)the story of the
Great Flood of 1927, which was a defining event in the history of the United
States;
(G)the struggles and
triumphs of the Civil Rights Movement; and
(H)the emergence of
many local leaders from the Civil Rights Movement;
(3)the Mississippi
Delta is the ancestral home of hundreds of thousands of people of the United
States who—
(A)migrated north,
east, and west during the Great Migration seeking employment and freedom and
populating the cities of the United States in the process;
(B)struggled for
equal rights and equal opportunities; and
(C)carried their
culture, including their family life, faith, food, lifestyle, and music to the
rest of the United States, which transformed the United States in the
process;
(4)the scenic and
natural beauty of the alluvial floodplain known as the Yazoo-Mississippi
Delta
—
(A)is distinctive and
integral to the heritage stories of the region; and
(B)provides critical
habitat for migrating birds passing through the Mississippi Flyway;
(5)the agricultural
heritage of the Delta, especially with regards to the cultivation of cotton,
soybeans, rice, and catfish has contributed significantly to the story and
economy of the United States;
(6)many of the
greatest leaders of the United States in literature, music, civil rights,
politics, culinary arts, poetry, society, and religion have come from the
Mississippi Delta;
(7)the small towns,
inns, shops, restaurants, artist’s workshops, blues clubs, churches, landscape,
and vernacular architecture make the Mississippi Delta unique;
(8)the Mississippi
Delta is known internationally as the birthplace of the musical form known as
the Blues
, which provided the basis for much of modern popular
music; and
(9)there is broad
support from local governments and other interested individuals for the
establishment of the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area to coordinate and
assist in the preservation and interpretation of the resources of the
region.
3.In this Act:
(1)The
term Board means the Board of Directors of the coordinating entity
established under section 3(b).
(2)The term Heritage Area means the Mississippi
Delta National Heritage Area established by section 4(a).
(3)The term coordinating entity means the
coordinating entity for the Heritage Area designated by section 5(a).
(4)The term management plan means the management
plan for the Heritage Area developed under section 7.
(5)The
term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
(6)The
term State means the State of Mississippi.
4.Mississippi Delta
National Heritage Area
(a)There
is established in the State the Mississippi Delta National Heritage
Area.
(b)The
Heritage Area shall include all counties in the State that contain land located
in the alluvial floodplain of the Mississippi Delta, including Bolivar,
Carroll, Coahoma, Desoto, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Panola,
Quitman, Sharkey, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica, Warren, Washington,
and Yazoo Counties in the State.
(c)
(1)As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall prepare a map of the Heritage Area.
(2)The
map prepared under paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for public
inspection in the office of the Director of the National Park Service.
5.Designation of
partnership as coordinating entity
(a)The Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area Partnership
shall be the coordinating entity for the Heritage Area.
(b)
(1)
(A)The coordinating entity shall be governed by a Board of
Directors composed of 15 members, of whom—
(i)1 member shall be
appointed by Delta State University;
(ii)1 member shall be
appointed by Mississippi Valley State University;
(iii)1 member shall
be appointed by Alcorn State University;
(iv)1 member shall be
appointed by the Delta Foundation;
(v)1 member shall be
appointed by the Smith Robertson Museum;
(vi)1 member shall be
appointed from the Office of the Governor of the State;
(vii)1 member shall
be appointed by Delta Council;
(viii)1 member shall
be appointed from the Mississippi Arts Commission;
(ix)1 member shall be
appointed from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
(x)1 member shall be
appointed from the Mississippi Humanities Council; and
(xi)up to 5
additional members shall be appointed for staggered 1– and 2–year terms by
County boards in the Heritage Area.
(B)At least 7 members of the Board shall reside in the
Heritage Area.
(2)
(A)At the initial meeting of the Board, the members of the
Board shall appoint a Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, and
Secretary/Treasurer.
(B)
(i)The
duties of the Chairperson shall include—
(I)presiding over
meetings of the Board;
(II)executing
documents of the Board; and
(III)coordinating
activities of the Heritage Area with Federal, State, local, and nongovernmental
officials.
(ii)The Vice Chairperson shall act as Chairperson in the
absence or disability of the Chairperson.
(3)
(A)The Board shall—
(i)exercise all
corporate powers of the coordinating entity;
(ii)manage the
activities and affairs of the coordinating entity; and
(iii)subject to any
limitations in the articles and bylaws of the coordinating entity, this Act,
and any other applicable Federal or State law, establish the policies of the
coordinating entity.
(B)The
Board shall have the authority to employ any services and staff that are
determined to be necessary by a majority vote of the Board.
(4)
(A)The Board may amend or repeal the bylaws of the
coordinating entity at any meeting of the Board by a majority vote of the
Board.
(B)The
Board shall provide notice of any meeting of the Board at which an amendment to
the bylaws is to be considered that includes the text or a summary of the
proposed amendment.
(5)Not
later than 60 days after a meeting of the Board, the Board shall distribute the
minutes of the meeting among all Board members and the county supervisors in
each county within the Heritage Area.
6.Authorities and
duties of coordinating entity
(a)For
purposes of developing and implementing the management plan and otherwise
carrying out this Act, the coordinating entity may make grants and provide
technical assistance to tribal and local governments and other public and
private entities.
(b)In
carrying out this Act, the coordinating entity shall—
(1)implement the
management plan;
(2)assist local and
tribal governments and nonprofit organizations in—
(A)establishing and
maintaining interpretive exhibits in the Heritage Area;
(B)developing
recreational resources in the Heritage Area;
(C)increasing public
awareness of, and appreciation for, the Heritage Area;
(D)restoring historic
structures that relate to the Heritage Area; and
(E)carrying out any
other activity that the coordinating entity determines to be appropriate to
carry out this Act, consistent with the management plan;
(3)conduct public
meetings at least annually regarding the implementation of the management plan;
and
(4)for any fiscal
year for which Federal funds are made available for the Heritage Area—
(A)submit to the
Secretary a report that describes, for the fiscal year, the actions of the
coordinating entity in carrying out this Act;
(B)make available to
the Secretary for audit all records relating to the expenditure of funds by any
matching funds; and
(C)require, for all
agreements authorizing the expenditure of Federal funds by any entity, that the
receiving entity make available to the Secretary for audit all records relating
to the expenditure of the funds.
(c)Prohibition of
acquisition of real propertyThe coordinating entity shall not
use any Federal funds made available under this Act to acquire real property or
any interest in real property.
7.
(a)Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of
this Act, the coordinating entity shall develop and submit to the Secretary a
management plan for the Heritage Area.
(b)The
management plan shall—
(1)provide
recommendations for the conservation, funding, management, interpretation, and
development of the cultural, historical, archaeological, natural, and
recreational resources of the Heritage Area;
(2)identify sources
of funding for the Heritage Area;
(3)include—
(A)an inventory of
the cultural, historical, archeological, natural, and recreational resources of
the Heritage Area; and
(B)an analysis of
ways in which Federal, State, tribal, and local programs may best be
coordinated to promote the purposes of this Act;
(4)provide
recommendations for educational and interpretive programs to inform the public
about the resources of the Heritage Area; and
(5)involve residents
of affected communities and tribal and local governments.
(c)If a management plan is not submitted to the Secretary by
the date specified in subsection (a), the Secretary shall not provide any
additional funding under this Act until a management plan for the Heritage Area
is submitted to the Secretary.
8.Duties and
authorities of Federal agencies
(a)On the request of the coordinating entity, the Secretary
may provide technical and financial assistance to the coordinating entity for
use in the development and implementation of the management plan.
(b)Prohibition of
certain requirementsThe Secretary may not, as a condition of the
provision of technical or financial assistance under this section, require any
recipient of the assistance to impose or modify any land use restriction or
zoning ordinance.
9.Nothing in this Act—
(1)affects or
authorizes the coordinating entity to interfere with—
(A)the right of any
person with respect to private property; or
(B)any local zoning
ordinance or land use plan;
(2)restricts an
Indian tribe from protecting cultural or religious sites on tribal land;
(3)modifies,
enlarges, or diminishes the authority of any State, tribal, or local government
to regulate any use of land under any other law (including regulations);
(4)(A)modifies, enlarges, or
diminishes the authority of the State to manage fish and wildlife in the
Heritage Area, including the regulation of fishing and hunting; or
(B)authorizes the
coordinating entity to assume any authority to manage fish and wildlife in the
Heritage Area; or
(5)diminishes the
trust responsibilities or government-to-government obligations of the United
States of any federally recognized Indian tribe.
1.This Act may be cited as the
Mississippi Delta National Heritage
Area Act of 2008
.
2.In this Act:
(1)The
term Board means the Board of Directors of the local coordinating
entity.
(2)The term Heritage Area means the Mississippi
Delta National Heritage Area established by section 3(a).
(3)Local coordinating
entityThe term local coordinating entity means the
local coordinating entity for the Heritage Area designated by section
3(d)(1).
(4)The term management plan means the management
plan for the Heritage Area developed under section 5.
(5)The
term map
means the map entitled “Mississippi Delta National
Heritage Area”, numbered T13/80,000, and dated April 2008.
(6)The
term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
(7)The
term State means the State of Mississippi.
3.
(a)There
is established in the State the Mississippi Delta National Heritage
Area.
(b)The
Heritage Area shall include all counties in the State that contain land located
in the alluvial floodplain of the Mississippi Delta, including Bolivar,
Carroll, Coahoma, Desoto, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Panola,
Quitman, Sharkey, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica, Warren, Washington,
and Yazoo Counties in the State, as depicted on the map.
(c)The map shall be on file and available for public inspection
in the office of the Director of the National Park Service.
(d)Local coordinating
entity
(1)The
Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area Partnership shall be the local
coordinating entity for the Heritage Area.
(2)
(A)
(i)The local coordinating entity shall be governed by a
Board of Directors composed of 15 members, of whom—
(I)1 member shall be
appointed by Delta State University;
(II)1 member shall be
appointed by Mississippi Valley State University;
(III)1 member shall be
appointed by Alcorn State University;
(IV)1 member shall be
appointed by the Delta Foundation;
(V)1 member shall be
appointed by the Smith Robertson Museum;
(VI)1 member shall be
appointed from the office of the Governor of the State;
(VII)1 member shall be
appointed by Delta Council;
(VIII)1 member shall be
appointed from the Mississippi Arts Commission;
(IX)1 member shall be
appointed from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
(X)1 member shall be
appointed from the Mississippi Humanities Council; and
(XI)up to 5 additional
members shall be appointed for staggered 1- and 2-year terms by County boards
in the Heritage Area.
(ii)At least 7 members of the Board shall reside in the
Heritage Area.
(B)
(i)At the initial meeting of the Board, the members of the
Board shall appoint a Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, and
Secretary/Treasurer.
(ii)
(I)The
duties of the Chairperson shall include—
- (aa)presiding over meetings
of the Board;
- (bb)executing documents of
the Board; and
- (cc)coordinating activities
of the Heritage Area with Federal, State, local, and nongovernmental
officials.
(II)The Vice Chairperson shall act as Chairperson in the
absence or disability of the Chairperson.
(C)
(i)The Board shall—
(I)exercise all corporate
powers of the local coordinating entity;
(II)manage the activities
and affairs of the local coordinating entity; and
(III)subject to any
limitations in the articles and bylaws of the local coordinating entity, this
Act, and any other applicable Federal or State law, establish the policies of
the local coordinating entity.
(ii)The
Board shall have the authority to employ any services and staff that are
determined to be necessary by a majority vote of the Board.
(D)
(i)The Board may amend or repeal the bylaws of the local
coordinating entity at any meeting of the Board by a majority vote of the
Board.
(ii)The
Board shall provide notice of any meeting of the Board at which an amendment to
the bylaws is to be considered that includes the text or a summary of the
proposed amendment.
(E)Not
later than 60 days after a meeting of the Board, the Board shall distribute the
minutes of the meeting among all Board members and the county supervisors in
each county within the Heritage Area.
4.Duties and authorities
of local coordinating entity
(a)Duties of the local
coordinating entityTo further the purposes of the Heritage Area,
the local coordinating entity shall—
(1)prepare, and submit to
the Secretary, in accordance with section 5, a management plan for the Heritage
Area;
(2)assist units of local government, regional
planning organizations, and nonprofit organizations in implementing the
approved management plan by—
(A)carrying out programs and
projects that recognize, protect, and enhance important resource values within
the Heritage Area;
(B)establishing and
maintaining interpretive exhibits and programs within the Heritage Area;
(C)developing recreational
and educational opportunities in the Heritage Area;
(D)increasing public
awareness of, and appreciation for, natural, historic, scenic, and cultural
resources of the Heritage Area;
(E)protecting and restoring
historic sites and buildings in the Heritage Area that are consistent with the
themes of the Heritage Area;
(F)ensuring that signs
identifying points of public access and sites of interest are posted throughout
the Heritage Area; and
(G)promoting a wide range of
partnerships among governments, organizations, and individuals to further the
purposes of the Heritage Area;
(3)consider the interests of diverse units of
government, businesses, organizations, and individuals in the Heritage Area in
the preparation and implementation of the management plan;
(4)conduct meetings open to
the public at least semiannually regarding the development and implementation
of the management plan;
(5)submit an annual report
to the Secretary for each fiscal year for which the local coordinating entity
receives Federal funds under this Act specifying—
(A)the accomplishments of
the local coordinating entity;
(B)the expenses and income
of the local coordinating entity;
(C)the amounts and sources
of matching funds;
(D)the amounts leveraged
with Federal funds and sources of the leveraged funds; and
(E)grants made to any other
entities during the fiscal year;
(6)make available for audit for each fiscal
year for which the local coordinating entity receives Federal funds under this
Act, all information pertaining to the expenditure of the funds and any
matching funds;
(7)require in all agreements authorizing
expenditures of Federal funds by other organizations, that the receiving
organizations make available for audit all records and other information
pertaining to the expenditure of the funds; and
(8)encourage, by appropriate means, economic
development that is consistent with the purposes of the Heritage Area.
(b)The
local coordinating entity may, subject to the prior approval of the Secretary,
for the purposes of preparing and implementing the management plan, use Federal
funds made available under this Act to—
(1)make grants to the State, political
subdivisions of the State, nonprofit organizations, and other persons;
(2)enter into cooperative agreements with, or
provide technical assistance to, the State, political subdivisions of the
State, nonprofit organizations, Federal agencies, and other interested
parties;
(3)hire and compensate
staff;
(4)obtain funds or services
from any source, including funds and services provided under any other Federal
law or program;
(5)contract for goods or
services; and
(6)support activities of
partners and any other activities that further the purposes of the Heritage
Area and are consistent with the approved management plan.
(c)Prohibition on
acquisition of real propertyThe local coordinating entity may
not use Federal funds received under this Act to acquire any interest in real
property.
5.
(a)Not later than 3 years after the date on which funds are
made available to develop the management plan, the local coordinating entity
shall submit to the Secretary for approval a proposed management plan for the
Heritage Area.
(b)The
management plan for the Heritage Area shall—
(1)describe comprehensive
policies, goals, strategies, and recommendations for telling the story of the
heritage of the region and encouraging long-term resource protection,
enhancement, interpretation, funding, management, and development of the
Heritage Area;
(2)take into consideration
existing State, county, and local plans in the development and implementation
of the management plan;
(3)include a description of
actions and commitments that governments, private organizations, and citizens
plan to take to protect, enhance, and interpret the cultural, historical,
archaeological, natural, and recreational resources of the Heritage
Area;
(4)specify existing and
potential sources of funding or economic development strategies to protect,
enhance, interpret, fund, manage, and develop the Heritage Area;
(5)include an inventory of
the cultural, historical, archaeological, natural, and recreational resources
of the Heritage Area relating to the stories and themes of the region that
should be protected, enhanced, managed, or developed;
(6)recommend policies and
strategies for resource management including, the development of
intergovernmental and interagency agreements to protect the natural, historic,
cultural, educational, scenic, and recreational resources of the Heritage
Area;
(7)describe a program for
implementation of the management plan, including—
(A)performance goals;
(B)plans for resource
protection, enhancement, and interpretation; and
(C)specific commitments for
implementation that have been made by the local coordinating entity or any
government, organization, business, or individual;
(8)include an analysis of,
and recommendations for, ways in which Federal, State, tribal, and local
programs may best be coordinated (including the role of the National Park
Service and other Federal agencies associated with the Heritage Area) to
further the purposes of this Act;
(9)include an interpretive
plan for the Heritage Area; and
(10)include a business plan that—
(A)describes the role,
operation, financing, and functions of the local coordinating entity and of
each of the major activities described in the management plan; and
(B)provides adequate
assurances that the local coordinating entity has the partnerships and
financial and other resources necessary to implement the management plan for
the Heritage Area.
(c)If the management plan is not submitted to the Secretary
in accordance with this subsection, the local coordinating entity shall not
qualify for additional financial assistance under this Act until the management
plan is submitted to, and approved by, the Secretary.
(d)Approval of management
plan
(1)Not
later than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary receives the
management plan, the Secretary shall approve or disapprove the management
plan.
(2)The Secretary shall consult with the Governor of the
State and any tribal government in which the Heritage Area is located before
approving the management plan.
(3)In determining whether to approve the management plan,
the Secretary shall consider whether—
(A)the local coordinating
entity represents the diverse interests of the Heritage Area, including
governments, natural and historic resource protection organizations,
educational institutions, businesses, community residents, and recreational
organizations;
(B)the local coordinating
entity has afforded adequate opportunity for public and governmental
involvement (including through workshops and public meetings) in the
preparation of the management plan;
(C)the resource protection
and interpretation strategies described in the management plan, if implemented,
would adequately protect the cultural, historical, archaeological, natural, and
recreational resources of the Heritage Area;
(D)the management plan would
not adversely affect any activities authorized on Federal or tribal land under
applicable laws or land use plans;
(E)the Secretary has
received adequate assurances from the appropriate State, tribal, and local
officials whose support is needed to ensure the effective implementation of the
State, tribal, and local aspects of the management plan; and
(F)the local coordinating
entity has demonstrated the financial capability, in partnership with others,
to carry out the management plan.
(4)Action following
disapproval
(A)If the Secretary disapproves the management plan, the
Secretary—
(i)shall advise the local
coordinating entity in writing of the reasons for the disapproval; and
(ii)may make recommendations
to the local coordinating entity for revisions to the management plan.
(B)Not
later than 180 days after receiving a revised management plan, the Secretary
shall approve or disapprove the revised management plan.
(5)
(A)An amendment to the management plan that substantially
alters the purposes of the Heritage Area shall be reviewed by the Secretary and
approved or disapproved in the same manner as the original management
plan.
(B)The
local coordinating entity shall not use Federal funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act to implement an amendment to the management plan until
the Secretary approves the amendment.
6.Duties and authorities
of the secretary
(a)Technical and financial
assistance
(1)On the request of the local coordinating entity, the
Secretary may provide technical and financial assistance, on a reimbursable or
nonreimbursable basis (as determined by the Secretary), to the local
coordinating entity to develop and implement the management plan.
(2)The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements
with the local coordinating entity and other public or private entities to
provide technical or financial assistance under paragraph (1).
(3)In
assisting the Heritage Area, the Secretary shall give priority to actions that
assist in—
(A)conserving the
significant cultural, historical, archaeological, natural, and recreational
resources of the Heritage Area; and
(B)providing educational,
interpretive, and recreational opportunities consistent with the purposes of
the Heritage Area.
(4)Prohibition of certain
requirementsThe Secretary may not, as a condition of the
provision of technical or financial assistance under this subsection, require
any recipient of the assistance to impose or modify any land use restriction or
zoning ordinance.
(b)
(1)Not later than 3 years before the date on which authority
for Federal funding terminates for the Heritage Area under section 10, the
Secretary shall—
(A)conduct an evaluation of
the accomplishments of the Heritage Area; and
(B)prepare a report with
recommendations for the future role of the National Park Service, if any, with
respect to the Heritage Area, in accordance with paragraph (3).
(2)An evaluation conducted under paragraph
(1)(A) shall—
(A)assess the progress of
the local coordinating entity with respect to—
(i)accomplishing the
purposes of this Act for the Heritage Area; and
(ii)achieving the goals and
objectives of the approved management plan for the Heritage Area;
(B)analyze the Federal,
State, local, and private investments in the Heritage Area to determine the
leverage and impact of the investments; and
(C)review the management
structure, partnership relationships, and funding of the Heritage Area for
purposes of identifying the critical components for sustainability of the
Heritage Area.
(3)
(A)Based on the evaluation conducted under paragraph (1)(A),
the Secretary shall prepare a report that includes recommendations for the
future role of the National Park Service, if any, with respect to the Heritage
Area.
(B)If the report prepared under this paragraph recommends
that Federal funding for the Heritage Area be reauthorized, the report shall
include an analysis of—
(i)ways in which Federal
funding for the Heritage Area may be reduced or eliminated; and
(ii)the appropriate time
period necessary to achieve the recommended reduction or elimination.
(C)On completion of a report under this paragraph, the
Secretary shall submit the report to—
(i)the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate; and
(ii)the Committee on Natural Resources of the
House of Representatives.
7.Relationship to other
federal agencies
(a)Nothing in this Act affects the authority of a Federal
agency to provide technical or financial assistance under any other law.
(b)Consultation and
coordinationTo the maximum extent practicable, the head of any
Federal agency planning to conduct activities that may have an impact on the
Heritage Area is encouraged to consult and coordinate the activities with the
Secretary and the local coordinating entity.
(c)Nothing in this Act—
(1)modifies, alters, or amends any laws
(including regulations) authorizing a Federal agency to manage Federal land
under the jurisdiction of the Federal agency;
(2)limits the discretion of a Federal land
manager to implement an approved land use plan within the boundaries of the
Heritage Area; or
(3)modifies, alters, or amends any authorized
use of Federal land under the jurisdiction of a Federal agency.
8.Property owners and
regulatory protectionsNothing
in this Act—
(1)abridges the rights of
any owner of public or private property, including the right to refrain from
participating in any plan, project, program, or activity conducted within the
Heritage Area;
(2)requires any property
owner to—
(A)permit public access
(including Federal, tribal, State, or local government access) to the property;
or
(B)modify any provisions of
Federal, tribal, State, or local law with regard to public access or use of
private land;
(3)alters any duly adopted
land use regulations, approved land use plan, or any other regulatory authority
of any Federal, State, or local agency, or tribal government;
(4)conveys any land use or
other regulatory authority to the local coordinating entity;
(5)authorizes or implies the
reservation or appropriation of water or water rights;
(6)diminishes the authority
of the State to manage fish and wildlife, including the regulation of fishing
and hunting within the Heritage Area;
(7)creates any liability, or
affects any liability under any other law, of any private property owner with
respect to any person injured on the private property;
(8)restricts an Indian tribe
from protecting cultural or religious sites on tribal land; or
(9)diminishes the trust
responsibilities of government-to-government obligations of the United States
of any federally recognized Indian tribe.
9.Authorization of
appropriations
(a)There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
Act $10,000,000, of which not more than $1,000,000 may be made available for
any fiscal year.
(b)
(1)The Federal share of the total cost of any activity under
this Act shall be not more than 50 percent.
(2)The
non-Federal contribution—
(A)shall be from non-Federal
sources; and
(B)may be in the form of
in-kind contributions of goods or services fairly valued.
10.Termination of
financial assistanceThe
authority of the Secretary to provide financial assistance under this Act
terminates on the date that is 15 years after the date of enactment of this
Act.
June 16, 2008
Reported with an amendment