[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8219 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8219

 To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess 
  the suitability and feasibility of designating certain land as the 
        Lahaina National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 1, 2024

Ms. Tokuda (for herself, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Takano, Mr. Case, 
 Mr. Huffman, and Mr. Sablan) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess 
  the suitability and feasibility of designating certain land as the 
        Lahaina National Heritage Area, 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 ``Lahaina National Heritage Area 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (2) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Hawaii.
            (3) Study area.--The term ``study area'' means the census-
        designated place of Lahaina in Maui County in the State.

SEC. 3. LAHAINA NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA STUDY.

    The Secretary, in consultation with State and local historic 
preservation officers, State and local historical societies, State and 
local tourism offices, and other appropriate organizations and 
governmental agencies, shall carry out, in accordance with section 
120103(a) of title 54, United States Code, a study to assess the 
suitability and feasibility of designating the study area as a National 
Heritage Area, to be known as the ``Lahaina National Heritage Area''.
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