This bill establishes the Arkansas Delta National Heritage Area as an official component of the National Heritage Area System, covering 16 counties in eastern Arkansas including Clay, Greene, Craighead, Poinsett, Mississippi, Cross, Crittenden, St. Francis, Lee, Phillips, Monroe, Arkansas, Lincoln, Jefferson, Desha, Drew, and Chicot Counties. Arkansas State University Heritage Sites will serve as the local coordinating entity responsible for managing the heritage area and developing its policies. The local coordinating entity must submit a management plan to the Secretary of the Interior for approval within three years of the bill's enactment. Federal assistance for the heritage area is authorized for 15 years from the date the bill becomes law, after which the government's funding authority expires. The bill aims to preserve and promote the cultural, historical, and natural heritage of the Arkansas Delta region.