{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://cleaver.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congress-passes-rep-cleavers-legislation-reauthorize-freedoms-frontier", "Congress Passes Rep. Cleaver\u2019s Legislation to Reauthorize the Freedom\u2019s Frontier National Heritage Area", "2022-12-22", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MO", "Emanuel Cleaver", "C001061", "cleaver.house.gov", "cleaver", "https://cleaver.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "(Washington, D.C.) \u2013 Today, the House of Representatives passed S. 1942, the National Heritage Area Act (NHAA), to support National Heritage Areas across the country. Included in the legislation was Rep. Cleaver\u2019s Freedom\u2019s Frontier National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act, which reauthorizes the Freedom\u2019s Frontier National Heritage Area (FFNHA) for another 15 years. The NHAA also establishes standard criteria for the funding, management and designation of National Heritage Areas throughout the United States and sets an annual authorization of $1 million for all National Heritage Areas, including the FFNHA.\n\n\u201cFor more than 15 years, Freedom\u2019s Frontier National Heritage Area has helped tell the full story of our regional history while supporting local economies by bringing tourists to museums and historical sites throughout the area,\u201d said Congressman Cleaver. \u201cWith passage of the National Heritage Area Act, I\u2019m thrilled that we will be able to preserve these invaluable assets, boost tourism and stimulate economic activity in communities across Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas, and continue to enlighten the next generation about our shared history.\u201d\n\n\u201cFreedom\u2019s Frontier National Heritage Area brings tourists interested in our Civil War history to the communities up and down the Kansas \u2013 Missouri border,\u201d said Lucinda Adams, Freedom\u2019s Frontier Executive Director. \u201cThis supports local economies as the tourists eat at restaurants, purchase gas, and stay in our hotels\u2014bringing the benefits of tourism alongside our historical importance as one of the birthplaces of the Civil War.\u201d\n\nEstablished in 2006, the FFNHA is one of 55 National Heritage Areas throughout the United States. FFNHA tells the stories and builds awareness of Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas\u2019 past, present, and future, including the Kansas-Missouri border war, the Civil War, and the settlement of the western frontier and rural America. The FFNHA supports and promotes roughly 323 partners, including historic sites, museums, historical societies, libraries, and other cultural-heritage tourism destinations in 41 counties across the Missouri-Kansas border. Some notable FFNHA partners in the Fifth Congressional District of Missouri include the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Truman Presidential Library, American Jazz Museum, the National WWI Museum and Memorial, and more.\n\nIn September 2021, Rep. Cleaver joined Reps. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO) and Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) to introduce the Freedom\u2019s Frontier National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act to preserve the FFNHA as a National Heritage Area. Following passage by the House of Representatives and the United States Senate, the NHAA will now go to President Biden to be signed into law, ensuring the FFNHA can continue to serve communities across the region for years to come.\n\nOfficial text of the NHAA is available here.\n\nOfficial text of Rep. Cleaver\u2019s Freedom\u2019s Frontier National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act is available here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://cleaver.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congress-passes-rep-cleavers-legislation-reauthorize-freedoms-frontier"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8518449030816555, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}