Shenandoah VALOR Act

This bill would expand the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District to include Rockbridge County, Virginia, and Berkeley, Jefferson, and Morgan Counties, West Virginia. The District would be run by its existing management entity as a separate partnership model, and its management plan would be updated to cover the added areas. The District would not be subject to the rules and funding formulas for National Heritage Areas, but would keep receiving at least its fiscal year 2026 funding level and stay eligible for National Heritage Area grants and technical assistance. The bill authorizes $1,250,000 per year for the management entity and $2,500,000 per year from 2027 through 2033 for grants, technical assistance, and land purchases from willing sellers. The Secretary of the Interior would report to Congress within 2 years on ways to use this partnership model elsewhere in the National Park System.

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Sponsors

• Riley M. Moore Republican sponsor
• 12 cosponsors