[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H.R. 3703 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3703

To establish the Adams National Historical Park in the Commonwealth of 
  Massachusetts as the successor to the Adams National Historic Site.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 22, 1998

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish the Adams National Historical Park in the Commonwealth of 
  Massachusetts as the successor to the Adams National Historic Site.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Adams National 
Historical Park Act of 1998''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Adams National Historical Park.
Sec. 5. Administration.
Sec. 6. Authorization of appropriations.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) In 1946, the Secretary of the Interior, by means of the 
        authority provided to the Secretary under section 2 of the Act 
        of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 462; commonly known as the 
        Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act), established 
        the Adams Mansion National Historic Site in Quincy, 
        Massachusetts.
            (2) In 1952, again using the authority provided under the 
        Act of August 21, 1935, the Secretary enlarged the historic 
        site and renamed it the Adams National Historic Site.
            (3) In 1972, title III of Public Law 92-272 (86 Stat. 121) 
        authorized the Secretary to expand the boundaries of the Adams 
        National Historic Site to include an additional 3.68 acres and 
        to acquire lands and interests in lands within the expanded 
        boundaries.
            (4) Section 312 of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 
        1978 (Public Law 95-625; 92 Stat. 3479) authorized the 
        Secretary to accept the conveyance of the birthplaces in 
        Quincy, Massachusetts, of John Adams, second President of the 
        United States, and John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the 
        United States, and to administer the birthplaces as part of the 
        Adams National Historic Site.
            (5) In 1980, Public Law 96-435 (94 Stat. 1861) authorized 
        the Secretary to accept the conveyance of the United First 
        Parish Church in Quincy, Massachusetts, the burial site of John 
        Adams and his wife, Abigail Adams, and John Quincy Adams and 
        his wife, Louisa Adams, and to administer the burial site as 
        part of the Adams National Historic Site.
            (6) The actions described in the preceding paragraphs to 
        preserve for the benefit, education, and inspiration of present 
        and future generations of Americans the home, property, 
        birthplaces, and burial site of John Adams, Abigail Adams, John 
        Quincy Adams, and Louisa Adams, have resulted in a multi-site 
        unit of the National Park System with no overarching enabling 
        or authorizing legislation.
            (7) The sites and resources associated with John Adams and 
        his wife, Abigail Adams, and John Quincy Adams and his wife, 
        Louisa Adams, deserve recognition as a national historical park 
        in the National Park System.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act:
            (1) Historical park.--The term ``historical park'' means 
        the Adams National Historical Park established in section 4.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 4. ADAMS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.

    (a) Establishment.--In order to preserve for the benefit, 
education, and inspiration of the people of the United States certain 
properties in Quincy, Massachusetts, associated with John Adams, second 
President of the United States, his wife, Abigail Adams, John Quincy 
Adams, sixth President of the United States, and his wife, Louisa 
Adams, there is established the Adams National Historical Park as a 
unit of the National Park System.
    (b) Boundaries.--The historical park shall be comprised of--
            (1) all property owned by the National Park Service in the 
        Adams National Historic Site as of the date of the enactment of 
        this Act, as well as all property previously authorized to be 
        acquired by the Secretary for inclusion in the Adams National 
        Historic Site, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
        ``Adams National Historical Park'', numbered NARO 386/92001, 
        and dated July 22, 1992; and
            (2) all property authorized to be acquired for inclusion in 
        the historical park by this Act or other law enacted after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Visitor and Administrative Sites.--To preserve the historical 
character and landscape of the main features of the historical park, 
the Secretary may acquire up to 10 acres for the development of 
visitor, administrative, museum, curatorial, and maintenance facilities 
adjacent to or in the general proximity of the property depicted on the 
map identified in subsection (b)(1).
    (d) Map.--The map of the historical park shall be on file and 
available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
National Park Service.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) In General.--The park shall be administered by the Secretary in 
accordance with this Act and the provisions of law generally applicable 
to units of the National Park System, including the Act of August 25, 
1916 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.; commonly known as the National Park Service 
Organic Act), and the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.; 
commonly known as the Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act).
    (b) Cooperative Agreements.--
            (1) Agreements authorized.--The Secretary may consult and 
        enter into cooperative agreements with interested entities and 
        individuals to provide for the preservation, development, 
        interpretation, and use of the historical park.
            (2) Condition.--Any payments made by the Secretary pursuant 
        to a cooperative agreement under this subsection shall be 
        subject to the condition that conversion, use, or disposal of 
        the project for which the payments are made for purposes 
        contrary to the purposes for which the historical park is 
        established, as determined by the Secretary, will result in a 
        right of the United States to reimbursement in an amount equal 
        to the greater of--
                    (A) all payments made by the Secretary in 
                connection with the project; or
                    (B) the proportion of the increased value of the 
                project attributable to the payments, as determined at 
                the time of such conversion, use, or disposal.
    (c) Acquisition of Real Property.--To advance the purposes for 
which the historical park is established, the Secretary may acquire 
real property within the boundaries of the historical park by any of 
the following methods:
            (1) Purchase using funds appropriated or donated to the 
        Secretary.
            (2) Acceptance of a donation of the real property.
            (3) Use of a land exchange.
    (d) Repeal of Superseded Administrative Authorities.--(1) Section 
312 of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-
625; 92 Stat. 3479) is amended--
            (A) by striking ``(a)'' after ``Sec. 312.''; and
            (B) by striking subsection (b).
    (2) The first section of Public Law 96-435 (94 Stat. 1861) is 
amended--
            (A) by striking ``(a)'' after ``That''; and
            (B) by striking subsection (b).
    (e) References to Historic Site.--Any reference in any law (other 
than this Act), regulation, document, record, map, or other paper of 
the United States to the Adams National Historic Site shall be 
considered to be a reference to the historical park.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out the purposes for which the historical park is 
established, for annual operations and maintenance of the historical 
park, and for acquisition of property and development of facilities 
necessary to operate and maintain the historical park, as may be 
outlined in an approved general management plan for the historical 
park.
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