PUBLIC LAW 105-355—NOV. 6, 1998
112 STAT. 3247
Public Law 105-355
105th Congress
An Act
To authorize the Automobile National Heritage Area in the State of Michigan,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
TITLE I—AUTOMOBILE NATIONAL
HERITAGE AREA OF MICHIGAN
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the "Automobile National Heritage
Area Act".
SEC. 102. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) FINDINGS. —The Congress finds that—
(1) the industrial, cultural, and natural heritage legacies
of Michigan's automobile industry are nationally significant;
(2) in the areas of Michigan including and in proximity
to Detroit, Dearborn, Pontiac, Flint, and Lansing, the design
and manufacture of the automobile helped establish and expand
the United States industrial power;
(3) the industrial strength of automobile manufacturing
was vital to defending freedom and democracy in 2 world wars
and played a defining role in American victories;
(4) the economic strength of our Nation is connected
integrally to the vitality of the automobile industry, which
employs millions of workers and upon which 1 out of 7 United
States jobs depends;
(5) the industrial and cultural heritage of the automobile
industry in Michigan includes the social history and living
cultural traditions of several generations;
(6) the United Auto Workers and other unions played a
significant role in the history and progress of the labor movement and the automobile industry;
(7) the Department of the Interior is responsible for protecting and interpreting the Nation's cultural and historic
resources, and there are significant examples of these resources
within Michigan to merit the involvement of the Federal
Government to develop programs and projects in cooperation
with the Automobile National Heritage Area Partnership, Incorporated, the State of Michigan, and other local and governmental bodies, to adequately conserve, protect, and interpret
Nov. 6, 1998
IH.R. 3910]
Automobile
National
Heritage Area
Act
16 USC 461 note
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