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106th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5518
To authorize the Hoosier Automobile & Truck National Heritage Trail
Area.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 19, 2000
Mr. Souder (for himself, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Roemer, Ms. Carson,
Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Hill of Indiana, and Mr. Hostettler) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources
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A BILL
To authorize the Hoosier Automobile & Truck National Heritage Trail
Area.
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 ``Hoosier Automobile & Truck National
Heritage Trail Area Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds as follows:
(1) The industrial, cultural, and natural heritage legacies
of Indiana's automobile and truck industry are nationally
significant.
(2) The design and manufacture of the automobile and truck
within the State of Indiana helped establish and expand the
United States industrial power.
(3) The industrial strength of automobile and truck
manufacturing was vital to defending freedom and democracy in 2
world wars and played a defining role in American victories.
(4) The economic strength of our Nation is connected
integrally to the vitality of the automobile and truck
industry, which employs millions of workers and upon which 1
out of 7 United States jobs depends.
(5) The industrial and cultural heritage of the automobile
and truck industry in Indiana includes the social history and
living cultural traditions of several generations.
(6) The United Auto Workers and other unions played a
significant role in the history and progress of the labor
movement and the automobile and truck industry.
(7) The Department of the Interior is responsible for
protecting and interpreting the Nation's cultural and historic
resources, and there are significant examples of these
resources within Indiana to merit the involvement of the
Federal Government to develop programs and projects in
cooperation with the Hoosier Automobile & Truck National
Heritage Trail Area Partnership, Inc., (an Indiana not-for-
profit corporation), the State of Indiana, and other local and
governmental bodies, to adequately conserve, protect, and
interpret this heritage for the educational and recreational
benefit of this and future generations of Americans.
(8) The Hoosier Automobile & Truck National Heritage Trail
Area Partnership, Inc., would be an appropriate entity to
oversee the development of the Hoosier Automobile & Truck
National Heritage Trail Area.
(9) Multiple museums of regional, national, and
international stature are located within the Hoosier Automobile
& Truck National Heritage Trail Area as follows:
(A) Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum at Auburn,
Indiana.
(B) National Automotive and Truck Museum of the
United States at Auburn, Indiana.
(C) S. Ray Miller Museum at Elkhart, Indiana.
(D) RV/MH Hall of Fame, Museum, and Library at
Elkhart, Indiana.
(E) Studebaker National Museum at South Bend,
Indiana.
(F) Door Prairie Museum at LaPorte, Indiana.
(G) Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum at
Indianapolis, Indiana.
(10) Auburn, Indiana, because it is located on Interstate
Highway 69, is the home of the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum,
the National Automotive and Truck Museum of the United States,
and the Kruse Auction Park, designates itself as the
``Collector Car Capital of the World'', and is adjacent to the
Michigan Automobile National Heritage Area, is the appropriate
focal point for the Hoosier Automobile & Truck National
Heritage Trail Area.
(11) The natural, cultural, historic, and scenic resources
of the Hoosier Automobile & Truck National Heritage Trail Area
have combined to form a cohesive, nationally distinctive
landscape arising from patterns of human activity, shaped by
geography which has resulted in the Hoosier National Automobile
& Truck National Trail Area being representative of the
national experience through the physical features that remain,
the traditions which have evolved within them, and the
continued use of the Hoosier National Automobile & Truck
National Trail Area by people whose traditions and activities
have helped to shape such landscape.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to establish the Hoosier
Automobile & Truck National Heritage Trail Area to--
(1) foster a close working relationship with all levels of
government, the private sector, and the local communities in
Indiana and empower communities in Indiana to conserve their
automotive and truck heritage while strengthening future
economic opportunities; and
(2) conserve, interpret, and develop the historical,
cultural, natural, and recreational resources related to the
industrial and cultural heritage of the Hoosier Automobile &
Truck National Heritage Trail Area.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) Board.--The term ``Board'' means the Board of Directors
of the Partnership.
(2) Heritage area.--The term ``Heritage Area'' means the
Hoosier Automobile & Truck National Heritage Trail Area
established by section 4.
(3) Partnership.--The term ``Partnership'' means the
Hoosier Automobile & Truck National Heritage Trail Area,
Incorporated (a nonprofit corporation established under the
laws of the State of Indiana).
(4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
SEC. 4. AUTOMOBILE NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA.
(a) Establishment.--There is established in the State of Indiana
the Hoosier Automobile & Truck National Heritage Trail Area.
(b) Boundaries.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the boundaries
of the Heritage Area shall include lands in the following
counties in the State of Indiana: Lake, Porter, LaPorte,
Starke, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Steuben, Noble, DeKalb,
Whitley, Allen, Huntington, Wells, Adams, Jay, Clinton, Tipton,
Madison, Delaware, Randolph, Hamilton, Henry, Wayne, Marion,
Hancock, Morgan, Johnson, Shelby, Rush, Fayette, Union, Brown,
Bartholomew, Decatur, Franklin, Jackson, Jennings, Ripley,
Dearborn, Washington, Scott, Jefferson, Ohio, Switzerland,
Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Crawford, Dubois, Perry, Spencer,
Sullivan, Greene, Monroe, Knox, Daviess, Martin, Lawrence,
Orange, Gibson, Pike, Posey, Vanderburgh, and Warrick.
(2) Specific boundaries.--The specific boundaries of the
Heritage Area shall be those specified in the management plan
approved under section 6.
(3) Map.--The Secretary shall prepare a map of the Heritage
Area which shall be on file and available for public inspection
in the office of the Director of the National Park Service.
(4) Consent of local governments.--The Partnership shall
provide to the government of each city, village, and township
that has jurisdiction over property proposed to be included in
the Heritage Area written notice of that proposal.
(5) Conditions for inclusion of property in heritage
area.--Property may not be included in the Heritage Area if--
(A) the Partnership fails to give notice of the
inclusion in accordance with paragraph (4);
(B) any local government to which the notice is
required to be provided objects to the inclusion, in
writing to the Partnership, by not later than the end
of the period provided pursuant to subparagraph (C); or
(C) fails to provide a period of at least 60 days
for objection under subparagraph (B).
(6) Administration.--The Heritage Area shall be
administered in accordance with this Act.
(7) Additions and deletions of lands.--The Secretary may
add or remove lands to or from the Heritage Area in response to
a request from the Partnership.
SEC. 5. DESIGNATION OF PARTNERSHIP AS MANAGEMENT ENTITY.
(a) In General.--The Partnership shall be the management entity for
the Heritage Area.
(b) Federal Funding.--
(1) Authorization to receive funds.--The Partnership may
receive amounts appropriated to carry out this Act.
(2) Disqualification.--If a management plan for the Area is
not submitted to the Secretary as required under section 6
within the time specified in that section, the Partnership
shall cease to be authorized to receive Federal funding under
this Act until such a plan is submitted to the Secretary.
(c) Authorities of Partnership.--The Partnership may, for purposes
of preparing and implementing the management plan for the Heritage
Area, use Federal funds made available under this Act--
(1) to make grants and loans to the State of Indiana, its
political subdivisions, nonprofit organizations, and other
persons;
(2) to enter into cooperative agreements with or provide
technical assistance to Federal agencies, the State of Indiana,
its political subdivisions, nonprofit organizations, and other
persons;
(3) to hire and compensate staff;
(4) to obtain money from any source under any program or
law requiring the recipient of such money to make a
contribution in order to receive such money; and
(5) to contract for goods and services.
(d) Prohibition of Acquisition of Real Property.--The Partnership
may not use Federal funds received under this Act to acquire real
property or any interest in real property.
SEC. 6. MANAGEMENT DUTIES OF THE HOOSIER AUTOMOBILE & TRUCK NATIONAL
HERITAGE TRAIL AREA PARTNERSHIP.
(a) Heritage Area Management Plan.--
(1) Submission for review by secretary.--The Board of
Directors of the Partnership shall, within 3 years after the
date of enactment of this Act, develop and submit for review to
the Secretary a management plan for the Heritage Area.
(2) Plan requirements, generally.--A management plan
submitted under this section shall--
(A) present comprehensive recommendations for the
conservation, funding, management, and development of
the Heritage Area;
(B) be prepared with public participation;
(C) take into consideration existing Federal,
State, county, and local plans and involve residents,
public agencies, and private organizations in the
Heritage Area;
(D) include a description of actions that units of
government and private organizations are recommended to
take to protect the resources of the Heritage Area; and
(E) specify existing and potential sources of
Federal and non-Federal funding for the conservation,
management, and development of the Heritage Area.
(3) Additional plan requirements.--The management plan
shall also include the following, as appropriate:
(A) An inventory of resources contained in the
Heritage Area, including a list of property in the
Heritage Area that should be conserved, restored,
managed, developed, or maintained because of the
natural, cultural, or historic significance of the
property as it relates to the themes of the Heritage
Area. The inventory may not include any property that
is privately owned unless the owner of the property
consents in writing to that inclusion.
(B) A recommendation of policies for resource
management that consider and detail the application of
appropriate land and water management techniques,
including (but not limited to) the development of
intergovernmental cooperative agreements to manage the
historical, cultural, and natural resources and
recreational opportunities of the Heritage Area in a
manner consistent with the support of appropriate and
compatible economic viability.
(C) A program for implementation of the management
plan, including plans for restoration and construction
and a description of any commitments that have been
made by persons interested in management of the
Heritage Area.
(D) An analysis of means by which Federal, State,
and local programs may best be coordinated to promote
the purposes of this Act.
(E) An interpretive plan for the Heritage Area.
(4) Approval and disapproval of the management plan.--
(A) In general.--Not later than 60 days after
submission of the Heritage Area management plan by the
Board, the Secretary shall approve or disapprove the
plan. If the Secretary has taken no action after 60
days, the plan shall be considered approved.
(B) Disapproval and revisions.--If the Secretary
disapproves the management plan, the Secretary shall
advise the Board, in writing, of the reasons for the
disapproval and shall make recommendations for revision
of the plan. The Secretary shall approve or disapprove
proposed revisions to the plan not later than 60 days
after receipt of such revisions from the Board. If the
Secretary has taken no action for 60 days after
receipt, the plan and revisions shall be considered
approved.
(b) Priorities.--The Partnership shall give priority to the
implementation of actions, goals, and policies set forth in the
management plan for the Heritage Area, including--
(1) assisting units of government, regional planning
organizations, and nonprofit organizations--
(A) in conserving the Heritage Area;
(B) in establishing and maintaining interpretive
exhibits in the Heritage Area;
(C) in developing recreational opportunities in the
Heritage Area;
(D) in increasing public awareness of and
appreciation for the natural, historical, and cultural
resources of the Heritage Area;
(E) in the restoration of historic buildings that
are located within the boundaries of the Heritage Area
and related to the theme of the Heritage Area; and
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