Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1049) to authorize a National Heritage Area Program, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 1049 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``National Heritage Area Act of 2020''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Sec. 3. National Heritage Area System. Sec. 4. National Heritage Area System management. Sec. 5. Study areas. Sec. 6. Local coordinating entities. Sec. 7. Property owners and regulatory protections. Sec. 8. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 9. Statutory Clarification. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Feasibility study.--The term ``feasibility study'' means a study conducted by the Secretary, or conducted by one or more other interested parties and reviewed and approved by the Secretary, in accordance with the criteria and processes required by section 5, to determine whether a study area meets the criteria to be designated by Federal statute as a National Heritage Area.…
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