---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 410ccc–24"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "410ccc–24"
heading: "Termination of Heritage Area Commission"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/410ccc-24"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LIX–AA — Cane River Creole National Historical Park and National Heritage Area"
  - "Part B — Cane River National Heritage Area"
---

# §410ccc–24. Termination of Heritage Area Commission

- (a) **Termination—** The [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) shall terminate on the day occurring 10 years after the first official meeting of the [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c).
- (b) **Extension—** The [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) may petition to be extended for a period of not more than 5 years beginning on the day referred to in [subsection (a)](#a), provided the [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) determines a critical need to fulfill the purposes of this subchapter; and the [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) obtains approval from the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1), in consultation with the Governor of Louisiana.
- (c) **Heritage area management following termination of Commission—** The national heritage [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) status for the Cane River region shall continue following the termination of the [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c). The [management plan](/usc/16/544.md?p=k), and partnerships and agreements subject to the plan shall guide the future management of the heritage [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A). The [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c), prior to its termination, shall recommend to the Governor of the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Louisiana and the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1), appropriate entities, including the potential for a nonprofit corporation, to assume the responsibilities of the [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–449, title IV, § 404, Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4764.)