[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 563 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 563

    To amend the National Historic Preservation Act to prohibit the 
inclusion of certain sites on the National Register of Historic Places, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 18, 1995

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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the National Historic Preservation Act to prohibit the 
inclusion of certain sites on the National Register of Historic Places, 
                        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. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION ON NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC 
              PLACES.

    Section 101(a)(6) of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 
U.S.C. 470 and following) is amended by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(6)'' 
and by adding the following at the end thereof:
    ``(B) After the date of the enactment of this subparagraph, any 
unimproved or unmodified natural landscape feature which does not 
contain artifacts or other physical evidence of human activity that 
have unique significance in history or pre-history shall not be--
            ``(i) eligible for inclusion on the National Register of 
        Historic Places;
            ``(ii) included on the National Register of Historic 
        Places; or
            ``(iii) considered to be a historic or pre-historic 
        property or historic resource for purposes of this Act or any 
        other Federal law.
Nothing in this subparagraph shall invalidate or otherwise affect any 
determination made under this Act or under any other Federal law prior 
to the enactment of this subparagraph with respect to any site.''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF DESIGNATION OF MT. SHASTA

    The Mt. Shasta area in the State of California, as generally 
depicted on the United States Forest Service map entitled ``Geographic 
Limits Multiple Property Form Mt. Shasta Native American Culture and 
History'', numbered 1, and dated April 1993, may not be designated by 
any agency or authority of the United States as a historic district, 
historic site or national monument under the National Historic 
Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 and following) or the Antiquities Act 
(16 U.S.C. 431-433). Any designation made prior to the enactment of 
this Act which is inconsistent with the preceding sentence shall cease 
to have any force and effect upon the enactment of this Act. The map 
referred to in this section shall be on file and available for public 
inspection in the offices of the United States Forest Service, 
Department of Agriculture.
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