Monterey Bay National Heritage Area Study Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to study whether a Monterey Bay National Heritage Area would be suitable and feasible. The study area includes Monterey, San Mateo, Santa Cruz and San Luis Obispo Counties in California, and may include nearby areas with similar heritage. The study must follow the statutory national-heritage-area study framework. The bill orders a study; it does not itself designate an area, transfer land, or award operating grants.
Who Benefits and How
Local communities and historic-preservation organizations gain a federal review of possible recognition and coordinated heritage work. The Monterey Bay Economic Partnership is expressly included in consultation. Benefits from eventual tourism or preservation investments remain contingent on the study and later action; private landowners receive no new land-use restriction from a designation that this bill does not make.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Department of the Interior staff must conduct the study and consult California officials, local governments, Tribal governments and nonprofit organizations. Those participants may spend time supplying information and discussing the boundary and management proposal. The text does not quantify the study's cost or create a dedicated appropriation.
Key Provisions
- Requires Interior to evaluate suitability and feasibility under the national heritage area study statute.
- Includes four named California counties and permits consideration of nearby areas with similar heritage.
- Requires consultation with state, local and Tribal governments, nonprofit organizations and the Monterey Bay Economic Partnership.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Require a federal feasibility and suitability study for a possible Monterey Bay National Heritage Area.
Key Policy Areas
Public Lands, Historic Preservation
Primary Purpose
Require a federal feasibility and suitability study for a possible Monterey Bay National Heritage Area.
Policy Domains
Monterey Bay National Heritage Area Study Act
Identified Gains
- Local heritage organizations
- Monterey Bay communities
Identified Costs
- Department of the Interior
- Participating local governments
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. …
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee …
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported …
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. …
Mr. Padilla (for himself and Mr. Schiff) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "states"
- → California officials
- "tribes"
- → Tribal governments
- "secretary"
- → Secretary of the Interior
- "partnership"
- → Monterey Bay Economic Partnership
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