[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1759 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1759

  To reauthorize the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 2021

 Mr. McHenry introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To reauthorize the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area, 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 ``Blue Ridge National Heritage Area 
Reauthorization Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE BLUE RIDGE NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA.

    The Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Act of 2003 (54 U.S.C. 320101 
note; Public Law 108-108; 117 Stat. 1274; 131 Stat. 461; 132 Stat. 661; 
133 Stat. 778) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (i)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
        to carry out this section $1,000,000 for each fiscal year.''; 
        and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``subsection 
                (a)'' and inserting ``paragraph (1)''; and
            (2) in subsection (j), by striking ``2021'' and inserting 
        ``2036''.
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