Monterey Bay National Heritage Area Study Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Directs the Department of the Interior to study whether specified California counties and adjacent areas should be designated as the Monterey Bay National Heritage Area.
Who Benefits and How
Monterey Bay heritage organizations, local governments, and related community groups could gain a federally backed pathway toward future heritage-area designation and associated recognition.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Interior Department officials would have to conduct and coordinate the feasibility and suitability study.
Key Provisions
- Requires the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a national heritage area study.
- Covers Monterey, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, and San Luis Obispo Counties and nearby similar areas.
- Requires the study to follow the existing federal heritage-area study framework in title 54.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Directs the Department of the Interior to study whether specified California counties and adjacent areas should be designated as the Monterey Bay National Heritage Area.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Education, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Directs the Department of the Interior to study whether specified California counties and adjacent areas should be designated as the Monterey Bay National Heritage Area.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Monterey Bay heritage organizations and local communities seeking future national heritage area designation
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Interior Department officials responsible for conducting and coordinating the study
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. 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.
Monterey Bay heritage and cultural organizations that could benefit from a favorable heritage-area study
Interior Department officials responsible for conducting the study
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of the Interior
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