[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2482 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2482

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 30 (legislative day, September 12), 1994

  Mr. Wofford 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 the restoration of Washington Square in Philadelphia, 
    Pennsylvania, and for the inclusion of Washington Square 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) may provide a grant to 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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 may--
            (1) enter into an agreement with Philadelphia, 
        Pennsylvania, for the lease of the area to the National Park 
        Service; and
            (2) 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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