[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 326 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 326

 To revise the boundaries of the George Washington Birthplace National 
                   Monument, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 4 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

 Mr. Warner (for himself and Mr. Robb) 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 revise the boundaries of the George Washington Birthplace National 
                   Monument, 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. GEORGE WASHINGTON BIRTHPLACE NATIONAL MONUMENT.

    The Act of January 23, 1930 (46 Stat. 58, chapter 24; 16 U.S.C. 
442) is amended--
            (1) in section 2--
                    (A) by inserting after ``structures thereon'' the 
                following: ``(including lands described in section 
                3)''; and
                    (B) by inserting after ``Secretary of the 
                Interior'' the following: ``(referred to in this Act as 
                the `Secretary')'';
            (2) by redesignating section 3 as section 6; and
            (3) by inserting after section 2 the following new 
        sections:

``SEC. 3. BOUNDARIES OF GEORGE WASHINGTON BIRTHPLACE NATIONAL MONUMENT.

    ``The boundaries of the George Washington Birthplace National 
Monument shall include the area comprising approximately 12 acres and 
generally depicted as the `National Monument Boundary' on the map 
entitled `George Washington Birthplace National Monument Boundary Map', 
numbered NPS 332/80,011A, and dated September 1992. The map shall be on 
file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Director 
of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

``SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION OF NATIONAL MONUMENT.

    ``In administering the George Washington Birthplace National 
Monument, the Secretary shall take such action as is necessary to 
preserve and interpret--
            ``(1) the history and resources associated with George 
        Washington;
            ``(2) the generations of the Washington family who lived in 
        the vicinity and their contemporaries; and
            ``(3) 18th century plantation life and society.

``SEC. 5. ACQUISITION OF LANDS.

    ``The Secretary may acquire lands or interests in lands within the 
boundaries of the George Washington Birthplace National Monument by 
donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange.''.

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