123STA T . 12 4 1 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 11 —M A R .3 0, 200 9(1)HERITAG E AREA .—Thet e rm‘ ‘Her i t ag e A rea ’ ’ mea ns the No rthern Pl ains National Heritage Area esta b lishe d b y s u b - se c tion (b)(1). ( 2 ) LOC A L COOR D I N ATING ENTIT Y .—The term ‘‘local coordi- nating entity’’ means the Northern Plains Heritage F oundation , the local coordinating entity f or the Heritage Area designated by subsection (c)(1). ( 3 ) M ANAGE M ENT P LAN.—The term ‘‘management p lan’’ means the management plan for the Heritage Area re q uired under subsection (d). ( 4 ) S ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the I nterior. ( 5 ) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State of North D a k ota. (b) ES TA B LIS H MENT.— (1) IN GENERAL.—There is established the Northern Plains National Heritage Area in the State of North Dakota. (2) B O U NDARIES.—The Heritage Area shall consist of— (A) a core area of resources in Burleigh, McLean, Mercer, Morton, and O li v er C ounties in the State
and (B) any sites, buildings, and districts w ithin the core area recommended by the management plan for inclusion in the Heritage Area. (3) MAP.—A map of the Heritage Area shall be— (A) included in the management plan; and (B) on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the local coordinating entity and the National Park Service. (c) LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The local coordinating entity for the Heritage Area shall be the Northern Plains Heritage Founda- tion, a nonprofit corporation established under the laws of the State. (2) DUTIES.—To further the purposes of the Heritage Area, the Northern Plains Heritage Foundation, as the local coordi- nating entity, shall— (A) prepare a management plan for the Heritage Area, and submit the management plan to the Secretary, in accordance with this section; (B) submit an annual report to the Secretary for each fiscal year for which the local coordinating entity receives Federal funds under this section, specifying— (i) the specific performance goals and accomplish- ments of the local coordinating entity; (ii) the e x penses and income of the local coordi- nating entity; (iii) the amounts and sources of matching funds; (iv) the amounts leveraged with Federal funds and sources of the leveraged funds; and (v) grants made to any other entities during the fiscal year; (C) make available for audit for each fiscal year for which the local coordinating entity receives Federal funds under this section, all information pertaining to the expenditure of the funds and any matching funds; and (D) encourage economic viability and sustainability that is consistent with the purposes of the Heritage Area. Records.D e a d lin e. Re p or t s. M ana g e m ent plan.
