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PUBLIC LAW 104-333—NOV. 12, 1996 110 STAT. 4267 Department of Transportation, and the America's Agricultursil/ Industrial Heritage Landscape, Inc. SEC. 705. PARTNERSHIP MANAGEMENT PLAN. (a) PREPARATION OF PARTNERSHIP MANAGEMENT PLAN. — A Partnership Management Plan shall be submitted to the Secretary for approval no later than three years after the date of the enactment of this title. (b) ASSISTANCE. — The Secretary may provide technical assistance in the preparation of the Partnership Management Plan. SEC. 706. LAND USE REGULATION AND PRIVATE PROPERTY PROTECTION. (a) REGULATION. — Nothing in this title shall be construed to modify, enlarge, or diminish any authority of Federal, State, and local governments to regulate any use of privately owned land provided by law or regulation. (b) LAND USE. —Nothing in this title shall be construed to grant the powers of zoning, land use, or condemnation to the Partnership Management Entity, the Secretary or any other Federal, State, or local government entity. SEC. 707. SUNSET. The Secretary may not make any grant or provide any assistance under this title after September 30, 2012. SEC. 708. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) IN GENERAL.— There is authorized to be appropriated under this title not more than $1,000,000 for any fiscal year. Not more than a total of $10,000,000 may be appropriated for the Partnership under this title. (b) 50 PERCENT MATCH. —Federal funding provided under this title, after the designation of this Partnership, may not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of any assistance or grant provided or authorized under this title. TITLE VIII—OHIO & ERIE CANAL NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor Act of 1996. SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE. 16 USC 461 note. This title may be cited as the "Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor Act of 1996". SEC. 802. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. (a) FINDINGS. —Congress finds the following: (1) The Ohio & Erie Canal, which opened for commercial navigation in 1832, was the first inland waterway to connect the Great Lakes at Lake Erie with the Gulf of Mexico via the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and a part of a canal network in Ohio that was one of America's most extensive and successful systems during a period in history when canals were essential to the Nation's growth. (2) The Ohio & Erie Canal spurred economic growth in the State of Ohio that took the State from near bankruptcy to the third most economically prosperous State in the Union in just 20 years.