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 102 STAT. 4618

PUBLIC LAW 100-698—NOV. 19, 1988

Public Law 100-698 100th Congress An Act Nov. 19, 1988 [H.R. 3313]

To establish in the Department of the Interior the Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Preservation Commission, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 16 USC 461 note.

SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— (1) the iron and steelmaking, coal, and transportation industries and the labor of their workers contributed significantly to America's movement westward, allowed for the growth of the Nation's cities, and helped fuel and move its industrial growth and development and establish its standing among nations of the world; (2) there are only a few recognized historic sites that are devoted to portraying the development and growth of heavy industry and the industrial labor movement in America; and (3) the 9-county region in southwestern Pennsylvania known as the Allegheny Highlands contain significant examples of iron and steel, coal, and transportation industries, and is a suitable region in which the story of American industrial heritage can be appropriately interpreted to present and future generations. (b) PURPOSE.—In furtherance of the findings set forth in subsection (a) of this section, it is the purpose of this Act to establish, through a commission representing all concerned levels of government, the means by which the cultural heritage of the 9-county region in southwestern Pennsylvania associated with the three basic industries of iron and steel, coal, and transportation may be recognized, preserved, promoted, interpreted, and made available for the benefit of the public.

1 USC 4 1 note TITLE I—SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVA6 6 NIA HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT.

(a) IN GENERAL.—To carry out the purpose of this title and to implement, as appropriate, the document which is entitled "Action Plan—America's Industrial Heritage Project" and which is dated August 1987, there is hereby established in the Department of the Interior the Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Preservation Commission (hereinafter referred to as the "Commission"). The Commission shall exercise the responsibilities and authorities herein conferred on the Commission with respect to that region in southwestern Pennsylvania comprising the counties of Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fayette, Fulton, Huntingdon, Indiana, Somerset,

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