PUBLIC LAW 104-333—NOV. 12, 1996 110 STAT. 4265 (2) these resources offer outstanding and unique opportunities to acknowledge and appreciate the development of American agriculture; (3) the National Park Service has determined that the story of American agriculture is nationally significant, that northeast Iowa is an ideal place to tell that story, and that this story could be divided into 4 principal topics for interpretation in northeast Iowa: the Amazing Science of Agriculture, Agriculture as a Way of Life, Organizing for Survived, and Crops from Field to Table; (4) the responsibility for interpreting, retaining, enhancing, and promoting the resources, values, and amenities of Waterloo, Iowa, and northeast Iowa resides with volunteer associations, private businesses, political subdivisions of the State, and the State of Iowa; and (5) despite the efforts by volunteer associations, private businesses, political subdivisions of the. State, and the State of Iowa, the cultural and historical resources of the area have not realized full potential and may be lost without some assistance from the Federal Government. (b) PURPOSES. —The purposes of this title are— (1) to interpret, retsdn, enhance, and promote the unique and significant contributions to national and international agriculture of certain natural, historic, and cultural resources within Waterloo, Iowa, and northeast Iowa; (2) to provide a partnership management framework to assist volunteer associations, private businesses, political subdivisions of the State, and the State of Iowa in developing and implementing Management Plan policies and programs that will assist in the interpretation, retention, enhancement, and promotion of the cultural, natural, and recreational resources of northeast Iowa; (3) to allow for local. State, and Federal contributions through limited grants and technical assistsince to create America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership through cooperative agreements among volunteer associations, private businesses, political subdivisions of the State, the State of Iowa, and residents of the area; and (4) to provide for an economically self-sustaining Partnership for the educational and inspirational benefit of cvrrent and future generations concerning the story of American agriculture. SEC. 702. DEFINITIONS. As used in this title: (1) PARTNERSHiP.The term "Partnership" means the America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership as established by section 703(a). (2) MANAGEMENT ENTiTY.The term "management entity" means the management entity as established by section 704(a). (3) POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.— The term "poUtical subdivision" means a political subdivision of the State of Iowa, any part of which is located in or adjacent to the area in which the Partnership's activities occur, including a county, city, or town. (4) STATE.— The term "State" means the State of Iowa.
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