Mark Souder: “H.R. 280, as amended by the Committee on Resources, contains seven titles, a sort of national heritage area omnibus…”

“H.R. 280, as amended by the Committee on Resources, contains seven titles, a sort of national heritage area omnibus bill. Title I of the bill would establish the National Aviation Heritage Area across eight counties in Ohio consisting of historically significant sites, buildings and districts associated with the development of the aviation and aerospace industry in America. Title II would authorize a special resource study that would update the study required under section 104 of the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 and detail alternatives for incorporating the Wright Company factory as a unit of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park. Title III would establish the Steel Industry National Historic Park in southwestern Pennsylvania encompassing the United States Steel Homestead Works, site of the 1862 bloody Homestead Steel strike, the Carrie Furnace complex from the Homestead Works, and the famous Hot Metal Bridge. Title IV would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the suitability and feasibility of establishing the St. Croix National Heritage Area in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.”