ʻO Explore America Act, nā kānāwai e kākoʻo ana i ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka hoʻoilina hoʻoilina moʻomeheu ma o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka Preserve America Grant Program i hoʻokomo ʻia e Today, US Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawaiʻi), Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.), a me Jack Ua hoʻokomo hou ʻo Reed (DR.I.) i ka th. ʻO nā hoʻololi i ka papahana e kōkua i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā malihini i nā ʻāina ʻāina a me nā wahi hoʻoilina moʻomeheu ʻAmelika i ka National Parks System, hoʻomaikaʻi i nā papahana e kū nei, a hoʻonui i ka laulima ma waena o nā kaiāulu a me ke aupuni pekelala.
"ʻO kēia bila e pili ana i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka mana i ka poʻe e noho ana ma nā wahi a nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e makemake ai e kipa," wahi a Senatoa Schatz. “Hāʻawi ia i nā kaiāulu kūloko i ka manawa e ʻike ai i nā pōmaikaʻi hou aʻe mai ka mākaʻikaʻi, me nā hana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, a ke waiho nei i ka moʻolelo o Hawaiʻi i ka lima o ko mākou poʻe kamaʻāina ponoʻī. Me kēia bila, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻoikaika i ka mea a Hawaiʻi e hāʻawi aku ai, a e hōʻoia i ka poʻe o ka ʻāina e pōmaikaʻi ma ke ala."
“He mau moʻolelo koʻikoʻi ko nā kaiāulu Louisiana. Pono lākou e ʻōlelo nui i ke ʻano o kā lākou moʻolelo i kaʻana like ʻia me nā malihini a me nā mākaʻikaʻi, " wahi a Senatoa Cassidy. "Hoʻonui ka Reforming the Preserve America Grant Program i ka hopena maikaʻi o ka mākaʻikaʻi i nā ʻoihana kūloko a hoʻomaikaʻi i nā ʻike o nā miliona o nā ʻohana e kipa ana i nā paka ʻāina i kēlā me kēia makahiki."
"Hāʻawi ka mākaʻikaʻi hoʻoilina moʻomeheu i ka ʻike maoli i ka ʻokoʻa o nā kaiāulu i kōkua i ka moʻolelo ʻAmelika a hāʻawi i kahi puka no ka lehulehu e aʻo ai a hauʻoli i nā moʻolelo moʻomeheu like ʻole o kēia mau kaiāulu," wahi a Senatoa Reed. "E hoʻoikaika pū kēia hana i nā ʻoihana kūloko a hana i nā hana ma ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi. ʻO nā Pāka Lahui a me nā ʻĀina Hoʻoilina i waena o nā waiwai nui o ko mākou lāhui, a haʻaheo wau e hui pū me kaʻu mau hoa hana i kēia hoʻoikaika bipartisan e kōkua i nā kaiāulu e hōʻike i ko lākou mōʻaukala a me ka nani maoli i ka wā e kūkulu ana i kā lākou ʻoihana waiwai.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka Preserve America Program e ka Executive Order ma 2003 e kākoʻo i nā hana aupuni mokuʻāina, ʻohana, a me ke aupuni kūloko e mālama a hoʻonui i ka mākaʻikaʻi hoʻoilina. ʻO ka ʻāpana hāʻawi o ka Preserve America Program he hui like ia ma waena o ke Kōmike Kūkākūkā no ka Preservation Historical a me ke Keʻena Kalaiaina.
Na ke Kanawai ʻAmelike ʻAmelika e hoʻololi i ka Polokalamu Grant Grant America i:
- Hāʻawi i ke kōkua ʻenehana. Ke kuhikuhi nei ka bila i nā 'Oihana Kālepa a me Kalaiaina, a me ke Kōmike Kūkākūkā no ka Preservation Historic (ACHP) e hāʻawi i ke kōkua ʻenehana ma kahi o nā kālā kālā.
- E nānā i ka ulu waiwai. Ke kuhikuhi nei ia i ke Kakauolelo Kalepa e hui pū me ke Kakauolelo Kalaiaina a me ka ACHP e loiloi i ka hiki i ka papahana ke hoʻonui i ka hana, hoʻonui i ka ulu waiwai, a hoʻoikaika i ka mākaʻikaʻi.
- E hoʻonui i ke kuleana. Hoʻokumu ia i nā ana papahana e ana i ka pono a hōʻike i nā ʻike i ka Congress.
- E hoʻonohonoho mua i ka hui kaiaulu. Ke alakaʻi nei ka bila i ka hana like ʻana me nā kaiāulu puka (nā kaiāulu e pili ana i nā Pāka Lahui) ma o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kōkua kālā a me ka ʻenehana, ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi, nā lawelawe hoʻokele malihini, a me ke komo ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai federal.
"Ke hilinaʻi nei nā haneli o nā kaiāulu ma ka ʻāina i nā paka ʻāina no ko lākou ola waiwai a me nā hana kūloko," wahi a Monica Smith, Pelekikena a me Luna Nui o ka Hikina Hema Tourism Society. “Ke kākoʻo ʻoliʻoli nei ʻo Southeast Tourism Society i ka Explore America Act, kahi e kūkulu ai ma luna o nā māka mākaʻikaʻi e kū nei e paipai i ka pilina ma waena o ka National Park Service a me nā mea kuleana kūloko, a hāʻawi i ka mana i nā kaiāulu e hoʻohana i nā waiwai huakaʻi moʻomeheu a me ka hoʻoilina e hoʻoikaika i ka kipa ʻana a me ka haʻi maikaʻi ʻana i nā moʻolelo kūʻokoʻa. keia mau kaiaulu."
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “Southeast Tourism Society enthusiastically endorses the Explore America Act, which builds on existing parks tourism to encourage partnerships between the National Park Service and local stakeholders, and empowers gateway communities to leverage cultural and heritage tourism assets to promote visitation and to better tell the unique stories of these communities.
- “Cultural heritage tourism provides an authentic view into the diversity of communities that have contributed to the American story and provides a gateway for the public to learn about and enjoy the various cultural histories of these communities,” said Senator Reed.
- Ke kuhikuhi nei ia i ke Kakauolelo Kalepa e hui pū me ke Kakauolelo Kalaiaina a me ka ACHP e loiloi i ka hiki i ka papahana ke hoʻonui i ka hana, hoʻonui i ka ulu waiwai, a hoʻoikaika i ka mākaʻikaʻi.
