[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[S. 2240 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2240

To establish the Adams National Historical Park in the Commonwealth of 
                 Massachusetts, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 26, 1998

 Mr. Murkowski 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 establish the Adams National Historical Park in the Commonwealth of 
                 Massachusetts, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Adams National Historical Park Act 
of 1998''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) in 1946, Secretary of the Interior J.A. Krug, by means 
        of the authority granted the Secretary of the Interior under 
        section 2 of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935, 
        established the Adams Mansion National Historic Site, located 
        in Quincy, Massachusetts;
            (2) in 1952, Acting Secretary of the Interior Vernon D. 
        Northrup enlarged the site and renamed it the Adams National 
        Historic Site, using the Secretary's authority as provided in 
        the Historic Sites Act;
            (3) in 1972, Congress, through Public Law 92-272, 
        authorized the Secretary of the Interior to add approximately 
        3.68 acres at Adams National Historic Site;
            (4) in 1978, Congress, through Public Law 95-625, 
        authorized the Secretary of the Interior to accept by 
        conveyance the birthplaces of John Adams and John Quincy Adams, 
        both in Quincy, Massachusetts, to be managed as part of the 
        Adams National Historic Site;
            (5) in 1980, Congress, through Public Law 96-435, 
        authorized the Secretary of the Interior to accept the 
        conveyance of the United First Parish Church in Quincy, 
        Massachusetts, the burial place of John Adams, Abigail Adams, 
        and John Quincy Adams and his wife, to be administered as part 
        of the Adams National Historic Site;
            (6) the actions taken by past Secretaries of the Interior 
        and past Congresses 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, John 
        Quincy Adams, and Abigail Adams, have resulted in a multi-site 
        unit of the National Park System with no overarching enabling 
        or authorizing legislation; and
            (7) that the sites and resources associated with John 
        Adams, 2nd President of the United States, his wife Abigail 
        Adams, and John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United 
        States, require recognition as a national historical park in 
        the National Park System.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to establish the Adams 
National Historical Park in the City of Quincy, in the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts, to preserve, maintain and interpret the home, property, 
birthplaces, and burial site of John Adams and his wife Abigail, John 
Quincy Adams, and subsequent generations of the Adams family associated 
with the Adams property in Quincy, Massachusetts, for the benefit, 
education and inspiration of present and future generations of 
Americans.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act:
            (1) Adams property.--The term ``Adams property'' means the 
        property currently owned by the National Park Service and 
        commonly referred to as the Old House and Stone Library 
        situated at the northwest corner of the intersection of Adams 
        Street and Newport Avenue in Quincy, Massachusetts.
            (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 and 
inspiration of the people of the United States as a national historical 
park certain properties in Quincy, Massachusetts, there is established 
as a unit of the National Park System the Adams National Historical 
Park.
    (b) Boundaries.--(1) The historical park shall be comprised of all 
property currently owned by the National Park Service as generally 
depicted on the map entitled ``Adams National Historical Park'', 
numbered ________ and dated ________, 1997. Such map shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
National Park Service.
    (2) To preserve the historical setting of the Adams property, the 
Secretary is authorized to acquire up to 10 additional 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) of this 
section. Any lands acquired shall be administered by the Secretary as 
part of the park and the park's boundary shall be modified to include 
the additional land parcels upon their conveyance.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) In General.--The park shall be administered by the Secretary in 
accordance with this section and the provisions of law generally 
applicable to units of the National Park System, including the Act 
entitled ``An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other 
purposes'', approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1, 2, 3, 
and 4) and the Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666; 16 U.S.C. 461-
467), as amended.
    (b) Cooperative Agreements.--(1) 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 park.
    (2) Any payment made by the Secretary pursuant to a cooperative 
agreement under this paragraph shall be subject to an agreement that 
conversion, use, or disposal of the project so assisted for purposes 
contrary to the purposes of this Act, as determined by the Secretary, 
shall result in a right of the United States to reimbursement of all 
funds made available to such a project or the proportion of the 
increased value of the project attributable to such funds as determined 
at the time of such conversion, use, or disposal, whichever is greater.
    (c) Acquisition of Real Property.--For the purposes of the park, 
the Secretary is authorized to acquire real property with appropriated 
or donated funds, by donation, or by exchange, within the boundaries of 
the park.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

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