[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4480 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4480

 To expand the boundary of the Weir Farm National Historic Site in the 
                         State of Connecticut.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 24, 1994

 Mr. Franks of Connecticut (for himself, Mrs. Kennelly, Mr. Shays, Mr. 
Gejdenson, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, and Ms. DeLauro) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To expand the boundary of the Weir Farm National Historic Site in the 
                         State of Connecticut.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Weir Farm National Historic Site 
Expansion Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to preserve the last remaining 
undeveloped parcels of the historic Weir Farm that remain in private 
ownership by including the parcels within the boundary of the Weir Farm 
National Historic Site.

SEC. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

    (a) Adjustment.--Section 4(b) of the Weir Farm National Historic 
Site Establishment Act of 1990 (104 Stat. 1171) is amended--
            (1) by striking out ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1);
            (2) by striking out the flush material below paragraph (2); 
        and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) the approximately 2-acre parcel of land situated in 
        the town of Wilton, Connecticut, designated as lot 18 on a map 
        entitled `Revised Map of Section I, Thunder Lake at Wilton, 
        Connecticut, Scale 1''= 100', October 27, 1978, Ryan and Faulds 
        Land Surveyors, Wilton, Connecticut', that is on file in the 
        office of the town clerk of the town of Wilton, and therein 
        numbered 3673; and
            ``(4) the approximately 0.6-acre western portion of a 
        parcel of land situated in the town of Wilton, Connecticut, 
        designated as Tall Oaks Road on the map referred to in 
        paragraph (3).''.
    (b) General Depiction.--Section 4 of such Act, as amended by 
subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) General Depiction.--The parcels referred to in paragraphs (1) 
through (4) of subsection (b) are all as generally depicted on a map 
entitled `Boundary Map, Weir Farm National Historic Site', dated March 
1994. Such map shall be on file and available for public inspection in 
the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.''.

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