[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 150 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 150

To provide for assistance in the preservation of Taliesin in the State 
                 of Wisconsin, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 21 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

   Mr. Kohl introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for assistance in the preservation of Taliesin in the State 
                 of Wisconsin, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Taliesin Preservation Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that the nationally significant land, 
improvements, and landscapes in the State of Wisconsin that comprise 
the complex known as ``Taliesin''--
            (1) was the home and studio of America's most important 
        artist of this century, architect Frank Lloyd Wright, from 1911 
        until 1959;
            (2) was designated as a National Historic Landmark on 
        January 7, 1976;
            (3) includes other projects designed by Wright, including--
                    (A) the Romeo and Juliet Windmill, designed in 
                1897;
                    (B) the Hillside Home School, designed in 1901;
                    (C) the Tan-y-deri residence, designed in 1907;
                    (D) the Midway Farm, designed in 1937; and
                    (E) 600 acres of landscape;
            (4) includes the adjoining--
                    (A) Unity Chapel, which Wright worked on in 1887 
                for architect Joseph Silsbee; and
                    (B) Michels Farm property, which was the farm of 
                Wright's uncle Thomas (Jones);
            (5) is the preeminent single site in the world for 
        interpreting the life, work, and ideas of Wright; and
            (6) can best achieve the goals of the National Park Service 
        by becoming an affiliated area of the National Park System, 
        while remaining under private ownership and management.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to provide for the 
preservation and interpretation by the Secretary of the Interior, 
acting through the Director of the National Park Service, of the 
complex in Wisconsin known as the ``Taliesin'', for the benefit of 
present and future generations.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act:
            (1) Owner or operator.--The term ``owner or operator'' 
        means the owner or operator of the Taliesin site.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (3) Taliesin site.--The term ``Taliesin site'' means the 
        properties described in section 2.

SEC. 4. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AND PLAN.

    (a) Cooperative Agreement.--
            (1) In general.--In furtherance of the purpose of this Act, 
        and after approving a comprehensive plan in accordance with 
        subsection (b), the Secretary may enter into one or more 
        cooperative agreements containing the provisions described in 
        paragraph (3) with the owner or operator to provide assistance 
        in accordance with paragraph (2).
            (2) Assistance.--Pursuant to a cooperative agreement 
        described in paragraph (1), in accordance with the 
        comprehensive plan described in subsection (b), and for the 
        benefit of the public, the Secretary may provide technical and 
        financial assistance for the protection, restoration, and 
        interpretation of the Taliesin site.
            (3) Provisions.--Each agreement shall provide that the 
        owner or operator--
                    (A) shall permit public access to the Taliesin site 
                at reasonable times through conducted tours that 
                interpret the culturally significant portions of the 
                Taliesin site; and
                    (B) may make no change or alteration of the 
                Taliesin site that is not consistent with the 
                comprehensive plan.
    (b) Comprehensive Plan.--
            (1) Preparation and adoption.--As a condition of entering 
        into a cooperative agreement under subsection (a), the owner or 
        operator shall prepare and adopt a comprehensive plan for the 
        continued preservation and public use of the Taliesin site and 
        submit the plan to the Secretary for approval.
            (2) Approval.--The Secretary shall approve the 
        comprehensive plan if the plan is consistent with, and in 
        furtherance of, the purpose of this Act.
            (3) Amendment.--The plan may be amended or revised from 
        time to time, but no assistance, financial or otherwise, may be 
        made available pursuant to any cooperative agreement unless the 
        amendment or revision is approved by the Secretary in 
        accordance with this subsection.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In general.--Subject to subsection (b), there are authorized to 
be appropriated $8,000,000 to carry out this Act.
    (b) Matching Funds.--As a condition of the availability of funds 
pursuant to this Act, the funds must be supplemented with matching non-
Federal funds on a one-to-one basis. The non-Federal matching funds 
shall come from both State and private funding sources.

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