S. 4238 — Endless Mountains National Heritage Area Act

This section designates the Endless Mountains National Heritage Area in Bradford, Sullivan, Susquehanna, and Wyoming Counties, Pennsylvania—and portions of other counties identified in the relevant feasibility study—as a component of the National Heritage Area System, with boundaries to be established by the Secretary of the Interior and Endless Mountains Heritage Region, Inc., serving as the local coordinating entity. (National Heritage Areas partner with federal, state, and local entities to recognize, conserve, and promote significant cultural, historic, and natural resources.) It directs the local coordinating entity to submit a proposed management plan to the Secretary within three years of enactment. It terminates the Secretary's authority to provide assistance under the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act 15 years after enactment.

This section establishes the Endless Mountains National Heritage Area as part of the National Heritage Area System in Pennsylvania, consisting of Bradford, Sullivan, Susquehanna, and Wyoming Counties plus any additional portions identified in the feasibility study, with boundaries set by the Secretary of the Interior and Endless Mountains Heritage Region, Inc. serving as the local coordinating entity. It requires submission of a management plan within 3 years of enactment and terminates the Secretary’s authority to provide assistance 15 years after enactment.