US Congress House Bill 581 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 28 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Federal Lands Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

National Heritage Area Act of 2015 Establishes a system of National Heritage Areas through which the Department of the Interior may provide technical and financial assistance to local coordinating entities to support the establishment, development, and continuity of the National Heritage Areas. Specifies the criteria that Interior shall apply to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating proposed National Heritage Areas. States that designation of a National Heritage Area shall be by federal statute and contingent on the prior completion of a management plan and an affirmative determination by Interior that the area meets such criteria. Sets forth requirements for National Heritage Area management plans.

National Heritage Area Act of 2015

Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]
Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]
Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Rick Allen [R-GA]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]
Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]
Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]
Rep. David Trott [R-MI]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]
Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]
Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
2015-01-28	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2015-01-28	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/581/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr581/BILLS-114hr581ih.pdf