Bill would create the Finger Lakes National Heritage Area across 14 New York counties

Congress would establish the Finger Lakes National Heritage Area as part of the National Heritage Area System and name the Finger Lakes Tourism Alliance as its local coordinating entity. The area covers Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Livingston, Monroe, Onondaga, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Wayne, and Yates Counties in New York.

The Finger Lakes Tourism Alliance would have to send the Secretary of the Interior a proposed management plan for approval. The plan covers the Finger Lakes National Heritage Area. The Interior Secretary's authority to provide assistance to this area would end 15 years after the bill is enacted. The plan is due no later than 3 years after the date of enactment.