Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area Act

Harold Rogers

Republican · KY · Representative

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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

2026-09-01

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10217 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10217 To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to designate as a component of the National Heritage Area System the Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area in the State of Kentucky, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 1, 2026 Mr. Rogers of Kentucky introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to designate as a component of the National Heritage Area System the Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area in the State of Kentucky, 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 ``Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area Act''. SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF KENTUCKY WILDLANDS NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA. (a) Designation.--Section 6001(a) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116-9; 133 Stat. 768; 136 Stat. 6163) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(14) Kentucky wildlands national heritage area.-- ``(A) In general.--There is established the Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area in the State of Kentucky, to consist of Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Floyd, Harlan, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Madison, Magoffin, Martin, McCreary, Menifee, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Rowan, Wayne, Whitley, and Wolfe Counties, Kentucky. ``(B) Local coordinating entity.--The Center for Rural Development shall be the local coordinating entity for the National Heritage Area designated by subparagraph (A).''. (b) Management Plan.--For the purposes of section 6001(c) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116-9; 133 Stat. 772; 136 Stat. 6173), the local coordinating entity for the Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area designated under the amendment made by subsection (a) shall submit to the Secretary of the Interior for approval a proposed management plan for the Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act. (c) Termination of Authority.--For the purposes of subsection (g)(4) of section 6001 of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116-9; 133 Stat. 776), the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance under that section for the Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area designated under the amendment made by subsection (a) shall terminate on the date that is 15 years after the date of enactment of this Act. <all>

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