[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2992 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2992

To designate certain units of the National Park System as the Manhattan 
           National Historical Park, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 6, 1993

  Mr. Rangel introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To designate certain units of the National Park System as the Manhattan 
           National Historical Park, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MANHATTAN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established the Manhattan National 
Historical Park (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ``park'').
    (b) Units of Park.--The park shall be comprised of the following 
units: Castle Clinton National Monument, Federal Hall National 
Memorial, Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site, General 
Grant National Memorial, Hamilton Grange National Memorial, Saint 
Paul's Church National Historic Site, and the headquarters facility 
located at 26 Wall Street, Manhattan.

SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATION OF MANHATTAN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.

    (a) In General.--Each of the units of the park shall be 
administered in accordance with this Act, with the provisions of law 
which established the respective unit, and with the provisions of law 
generally applicable to units of the national park system, including 
the Act entitled ``An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for 
other purposes'', approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1, 
2, 3, and 4) and the Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666; 16 U.S.C. 
461-467).
    (b) Cooperative Agreements.--(1) The Secretary of the Interior is 
authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with the city of New 
York, the State of New York (or political subdivisions thereof), or any 
private organization to mark, interpret, maintain, restore, or provide 
technical assistance for the preservation, interpretation, and 
maintenance of any property, or portions thereof, located within the 
units of the park.
    (2) In administering the park, the Secretary is authorized to enter 
into cooperative agreements with the State of New York, or any 
political subdivision thereof, for the rendering, on a reimbursable 
basis, of rescue, firefighting, and law enforcement services and 
cooperative assistance by nearby law enforcement and fire preventive 
agencies.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this Act, subject to the limitation on amounts 
authorized to be appropriated for development at Hamilton Grange 
National Memorial specified in section 5 of the Joint Resolution of 
April 27, 1962, as amended by Public Law 100-701 (102 Stat. 4641).

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