Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor and the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act

Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor and the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act

This bill reauthorizes through FY2036 the Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor and the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

The bill also repeals the limitation on the total amount of funding that may be appropriated for the corridor and heritage area.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5975 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5975

To reauthorize The Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor and the 
Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 2020

  Mr. Courtney (for himself, Mrs. Hayes, and Mr. Neal) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To reauthorize The Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor and the 
Upper Housatonic Valley 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 ``Last Green Valley National Heritage 
Corridor and the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area 
Reauthorization Act''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE LAST GREEN VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE 
              CORRIDOR AND THE UPPER HOUSATONIC VALLEY NATIONAL 
              HERITAGE AREA.

    (a) Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor.--
            (1) Reauthorization.--Section 106(b) of the Quinebaug and 
        Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 
        (54 U.S.C. 320101 note; Public Law 103-449; 108 Stat. 4755; 113 
        Stat. 1728; 123 Stat. 1291; 128 Stat. 3802) is amended by 
        striking ``2021'' and inserting ``2036''.
            (2) Repeal of total funding cap.--Section 109(a) of the 
        Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage 
        Corridor Act of 1994 (54 U.S.C. 320101 note; Public Law 103-
        449; 108 Stat. 4756; 113 Stat. 1729; 123 Stat. 1292) is amended 
        by striking the second sentence.
    (b) Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area.--
            (1) Repeal of total funding cap.--Section 280A(a) of the 
        Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area Act (54 U.S.C. 
        320101 note; Public Law 109-338; 120 Stat. 1819) is amended by 
        striking the second sentence.
            (2) Reauthorization.--Section 280B of the Upper Housatonic 
        Valley National Heritage Area Act (54 U.S.C. 320101 note; 
        Public Law 109-338; 120 Stat. 1819) is amended by striking ``15 
        years'' and inserting ``30 years''.
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