[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H.R. 1522 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1522

  To extend the authorization for the National Historic Preservation 
                     Fund, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 1, 1997

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To extend the authorization for the National Historic Preservation 
                     Fund, 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. AMENDMENT OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT.

    The National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 and 
following; Public Law 89-665) is amended as follows:
            (1) By adding the following new sentence at the end of 
        section 101(a)(1)(B): ``Any National Historic Landmark 
        Districts for which the Secretary has not published boundaries 
        in the Federal Register by January 1, 2007, shall be removed 
        from the National Register of Historic Places.''
            (2) By striking the third sentence of section 101(a)(6).
            (3) Section 101(e)(2) is repealed.
            (4) Section 101(g) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(g) The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation shall 
promulgate guidelines for Federal agency responsibilities under section 
110 of this title.''.
            (5) Section 103 is amended by adding the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(e) The State shall be solely responsible for determining which 
professional employees (in accordance with section 112), are necessary 
to carry out the duties of the State.''.
            (6) Section 107 is repealed.
            (7) Section 108 is amended by striking ``1997'' and 
        inserting ``2002''.
            (8) Section 110(a)(1) is amended by inserting the following 
        before the period at the end of the second sentence: ``, 
        especially those located in central business areas. When 
        locating Federal facilities, Federal agencies shall give first 
        consideration to historic properties in historic districts. If 
        no such property is suitable, then Federal agencies shall 
        consider other developed or undeveloped sites within historic 
        districts. Federal agencies shall then consider historic 
        properties outside of historic districts, if no suitable site 
        within a district exists. Any rehabilitation or construction 
        that is undertaken pursuant to this Act must be architecturally 
        compatible with the character of the surrounding historic 
        district or properties.''.
            (9) Section 110(b) is amended by inserting a period after 
        the phrase ``appropriate agency'' and striking the remainder of 
        the subsection.
            (10) Section 110(e) is repealed.
            (11) Subsection (h) of section 110 is amended by striking 
        ``The Secretary'' and inserting ``The Council'' and by 
        redesignating such subsection as section 215.
            (12) Subsection (j) of section 110 is amended by striking 
        ``The Secretary'' and inserting ``The Council'' and 
        redesignating such subsection as section 216.
            (13) Title II is amended by adding the following new 
        section after section 216:

``SEC. 217. DISPUTE RESOLUTION.

    ``Whenever a disagreement arises between two or more Federal 
agencies, or between a State or political subdivision thereof and one 
or more Federal agencies, or between a project applicant and any level 
of government concerning an undertaking, and such disagreement is 
referred to the Council by one or more of the parties involved in that 
disagreement, the Council is authorized to take appropriate action to 
resolve such disagreement.''.
            (15) Paragraph (7) of section 301 is amended by inserting 
        ``with potential to affect historic resources'' immediately 
        after the word ``program''.
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