110 STAT. 4276 PUBLIC LAW 104-333—NOV. 12, 1996 (5) The Hudson River Valley, in its cities and towns and in its rural landscapes— (A) displays exceptional surviving physical resources illustrating these themes and the social, industrial, and cultural history of the 19th and early 20th centuries; and (B) includes many National Historic Sites and Landmarks. (6) The Hudson River Valley is the home of traditions associated with Dutch and Huguenot settlements dating to the 17th and 18th centuries, was the locus of characteristic American stories such as "Rip Van Winkle" and the "Legend of Sleepy Hollow", and retains physical, social, and cultural evidence of these traditions and the traditions of other more recent ethnic and social groups. (7) New York State has established a structure for the Hudson River Valley communities to join together to preserve, conserve, and manage these resources, and to link them through trails and other means, in the Hudson River Greenway Communities Council and the Greenway Conservancy. SEC. 903. PURPOSES. The purposes of this title are the following: (1) To recognize the importance of the history and the resources of the Hudson River Valley to the Nation. (2) To assist the State of New York and the communities of the Hudson River Valley in preserving, protecting, and interpreting these resources for the benefit of the Nation. (3) To authorize Federal financial and technical assistance to serve these purposes. SEC. 904. HUDSON RIVER VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA. (a) ESTABLISHMENT. —There is hereby established a Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area (in this title referred to as the "Heritage Area"). (b) BOUNDARIES.— (1) IN GENERAL. —Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2), the Heritage Area shall be comprised of the counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Columbia, Greene, Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Westchester, and Rockland, New York, and the Village of Waterford in Saratoga County, New York. (2) AREAS EXCLUDED. — The Heritage Area shall not include any of the following: (A) The counties of Greene and Columbia. (B) Those portions of the counties of Rensselaer and Dutchess located entirely within the 22d Congressional District of New York (as such district exists on the date of the enactment of this Act). (c) MANAGEMENT ENTITIES.— The management entities for the Heritage Area shall be the Hudson River Valley Greenway Communities Council and the Greenway Conservancy (agencies established by the State of New York in its Hudson River Greenway Act of 1991, in this title referred to as the "management entities"). The management entities shall jointly establish a Heritage Area Committee to manage the Heritage Area. SEC. 905. COMPACT. To carry out the purposes of this title, the Secretary of the Interior (in this title referred to as the "Secretary") shall enter
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