[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5555 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5555

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess 
    the suitability and feasibility of designating certain land in 
 California as the Monterey Bay National Heritage Area, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 23, 2025

 Mr. Panetta (for himself, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Carbajal, Ms. Lofgren, and 
Mr. Liccardo) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess 
    the suitability and feasibility of designating certain land in 
 California as the Monterey Bay 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 ``Monterey Bay National Heritage Area 
Study Act''.

SEC. 2. STUDY.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior, in consultation 
with the State of California, local organizations and governmental 
agencies, Tribal Governments, nonprofit organizations, and other 
appropriate entities, including the Monterey Bay Economic Partnership, 
shall conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of 
designating the areas described in subsection (b) as a National 
Heritage Area, to be known as the ``Monterey Bay National Heritage 
Area''.
    (b) Description of Study Area.--The areas to be studied under 
subsection (a) include--
            (1) Monterey, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, and San Luis Obispo 
        counties in the State of California; and
            (2) any other area in the State of California that--
                    (A) has heritage aspects that are similar to the 
                heritage aspects of an area described in paragraph (1); 
                and
                    (B) is adjacent to, or in the vicinity of, an area 
                described in paragraph (1).
    (c) Applicable Law.--The study required under subsection (a) shall 
be conducted in accordance with section 120103(a) of title 54, United 
States Code.
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