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110 STAT. 4252 PUBLIC LAW 104-333—NOV. 12, 1996 (2) authorize any Federal agency to promulgate an occupational, safety, conservation, or environmental regulation for the Heritage ^ea that is more stringent than the regulations applicable to the Heritage Area in existence on the date of enactment of this title, solely as a result of the designation of the Heritage Area under section 303. SEC. 309. LAND USE REGULATION. Nothing in this title shall be construed to— (1) modify, enlarge, or diminish any authority of Federal, State, and local governments to regulate any use of land as provided for by law or regulation; or (2) grant powers of zoning or land use to the Augusta Canal Authority. SEC. 310. SUNSET. The Secretary may not make any grant or provide any assistance under this title after September 30, 2012. SEC. 311. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) IN GENERAL. —There is authorized to be appropriated under this title not more thein $1,000,000 for any fiscal year. Not more than a total of $10,000,000 may be appropriated for the Heritage Area under this title. (b) 50 PERCENT MATCH.— Federal funding provided under this title, after the designation of the Heritage Area, may not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of any assistance or grant provided or authorized under this title. steeundustty TITLE IV—STEEL INDUSTRY HERITAGE Heritage Area PROelECT Act of 1996. riS'4^note. SEC.401.SHORT'ITrLE. This title may be cited as the "Steel Industry American Heritage Area Act of 1996". SEC. 402. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. (a) FINDINGS.— The Congress finds that— (1) the industrial and cultural heritage of southwestern Pennsylvania, including the city of Pittsburgh, and the counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Fayette, Greene, Washington, and Westmoreland, related directly to steel and steel-related industries, is nationally significant; (2) these industries include steelmaking, ironmaking, aluminum, specialty metals, glass, coal mining, coke production, machining and foundries, transportation, and electrical industries; (3) the industrial and cultural heritage of the steel and related industries in this region includes the social history and living cultural traditions of the people of the region; (4) the labor movement of the region played a significant role in the development of the Nation, including the formation of many key unions such as the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and the United Steel Workers of America (USWA), and crucial struggles to improve wages and working conditions, such as the Rail Strike of 1877, the Homestead Strike of 1892, and the Great Steel Strike of 1919;