[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8114 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8114

    To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and 
  Recreation Act to designate as a component of the National Heritage 
 Area System the Endless Mountains National Heritage Area in the State 
                of Pennsylvania, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 26, 2026

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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and 
  Recreation Act to designate as a component of the National Heritage 
 Area System the Endless Mountains National Heritage Area in the State 
                of Pennsylvania, 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 ``Endless Mountains National Heritage 
Area Act''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF ENDLESS MOUNTAINS NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA.

    (a) Designation.--Section 6001(a) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. 
Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116-9; 133 
Stat. 768; 136 Stat. 6163) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(14) Endless mountains national heritage area.--
                    ``(A) In general.--There is established as a 
                component of the National Heritage Area System the 
                Endless Mountains National Heritage Area in the State 
                of Pennsylvania, to consist of Bradford, Sullivan, 
                Susquehanna, and Wyoming Counties, Pennsylvania, and 
                any portions of other counties in the State of 
                Pennsylvania identified in the feasibility study for 
                the Endless Mountains National Heritage Area, the 
                specific boundaries of which shall be established by 
                the Secretary based on that feasibility study.
                    ``(B) Local coordinating entity.--The Endless 
                Mountains Heritage Region, Inc., shall be the local 
                coordinating entity for the National Heritage Area 
                designated by subparagraph (A).''.
    (b) Management Plan.--For the purposes of section 6001(c) of the 
John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act 
(Public Law 116-9; 133 Stat. 772; 136 Stat. 6173), the local 
coordinating entity for the Endless Mountains National Heritage Area 
designated under the amendment made by subsection (a) shall submit to 
the Secretary of the Interior for approval a proposed management plan 
for the Endless Mountains National Heritage Area not later than 3 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (c) Termination of Authority.--For the purposes of subsection 
(g)(4) of section 6001 of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, 
Management, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116-9; 133 Stat. 776), the 
authority of the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance under 
that section for the Endless Mountains National Heritage Area 
designated under the amendment made by subsection (a) shall terminate 
on the date that is 15 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
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