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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Sep 7, 2023
Finger Lakes National Heritage Area Act
This bill designates the Finger Lakes National Heritage Area in New York as a component of the National Heritage Area System. The area consists of Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Livingston, Monroe, Onondaga, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Wayne, and Yates Counties. (The National Park Service administers National Heritage Areas, which Congress designates as places where natural, cultural, and historic resources come together to form a nationally important landscape.)
The Finger Lakes Tourism Alliance is designated as the local coordinating entity for the area and must submit to the National Park Service a proposed management plan for the area.
People & committees
Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] · D–NY
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 590.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. Without written report.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. Without written report.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-336.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Introduced in Senate
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