II 112th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3623 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 22 (legislative day, September 21), 2012 Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Portman) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To extend the authorizations of appropriations for certain national heritage areas, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the National Heritage Area Authorizations Extension Act of 2012.

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Extension of National Heritage area authorizations

(a)Division II of Public Law 104–333 is amended by striking 2012 each place it appears in sections 107, 208, 310, 408, 507, 607, 707, 809, and 910 and inserting 2016 . (b)Section 108 of Public Law 106–278 is amended by striking 2012 and inserting 2016 . (c)Section 12 of Public Law 100–692 is amended— (1)in subsection (c)(1), by striking 2012 and inserting 2016; and (2)by striking subsection (d). (d)Section 7 of Public Law 99–647 is amended by striking 6 years and inserting 10 years.

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Funding

Any amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out the amendments made by section 2 shall be subject to a determination made by the National Park Service of the applicable funding amounts based on an annual distribution formula.