[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2763 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2763

To extend the authorization for the MotorCities National Heritage Area 
           in the State of Michigan, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 20, 2021

  Ms. Stabenow (for herself and Mr. Peters) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To extend the authorization for the MotorCities National Heritage Area 
           in the State of Michigan, 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 ``Preserving the MotorCities Heritage 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF MOTORCITIES NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA AUTHORIZATION.

    The Automobile National Heritage Area Act (Public Law 105-355; 112 
Stat. 3247 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 109, by striking ``September 30, 2021'' and 
        inserting ``September 30, 2036''; and
            (2) in section 110--
                    (A) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) Annual Appropriations; Limitation on Total Appropriations.--
            ``(1) Annual appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
        appropriated under this title not more than $1,000,000 for any 
        fiscal year.
            ``(2) Limitation on total appropriations.--Not more than a 
        total of $23,250,000 may be appropriated for the Heritage Area 
        under this title.''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b), by adding before the period 
                ``, except that for fiscal years 2022 and 2023 the 
                matching requirement shall be waived due to negative 
                economic ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic''.
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