[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4642 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4642

To provide for the restoration of Washington Square in Philadelphia and 
for its inclusion within Independence National Historical Park, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 23, 1994

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the restoration of Washington Square in Philadelphia and 
for its inclusion within Independence 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. RESTORATION OF WASHINGTON SQUARE.

    (a) Restoration.--The Secretary of the Interior (acting through the 
Director of the National Park Service) is authorized to provide a grant 
to the City of Philadelphia to undertake the restoration of the area 
known as Washington Square, as depicted on the map numbered       , and 
dated       . Such grant may not be used to fund more than 66.6 percent 
of the costs of such restoration. The grant shall be conditioned on the 
conduct of such restoration in accordance with such standards as may be 
established by the Secretary in order to facilitate the inclusion of 
the square in Independence National Historical Park pursuant to section 
2 of this Act.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated for the purposes of this section not more than $2,600,000 
for the fiscal year 1995.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION WITHIN INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.

    Upon completion of the restoration, pursuant to section 1, of 
Washington Square (as depicted on the map referred to in section 1), 
the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into a lease 
agreement with the city of Philadelphia for the lease of such area to 
the National Park Service, and the Secretary is authorized to modify 
the boundaries of Independence National Historical Park to include such 
area within such boundaries, and to provide for the administration of 
such area as part of such Park.

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