[118th Congress Public Law 184]
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Public Law 118-184
118th Congress

                                 An Act


 
 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. <<NOTE: Dec. 23, 
                         2024 -  [H.R. 8219]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Lahaina National 
Heritage Area Study Act. Hawaii.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Lahaina National Heritage Area Study 
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 coordination with the County of Maui and 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''.

    Approved December 23, 2024.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 8219 (S. 4259):
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 118-770 (Comm. on Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 170 (2024):
            Dec. 3, 4, considered and passed House.
            Dec. 16, considered and passed Senate.

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