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[S. 2401 Reported in Senate (RS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 637
105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2401

  To authorize the addition of the Paoli Battlefield site in Malvern, 
        Pennsylvania, to Valley Forge National Historical Park.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 31, 1998

  Mr. Specter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

                           September 25, 1998

              Reported by Mr. Murkowski, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize the addition of the Paoli Battlefield site in Malvern, 
        Pennsylvania, to Valley Forge National Historical Park.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. ADDITION OF THE PAOLI BATTLEFIELD SITE TO VALLEY 
              FORGE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 2(a) of Public Law 94-337 (16 U.S.C. 410aa-1(a)) 
is amended in the first sentence by striking ``which shall'' and 
inserting ``and the area known as the `Paoli Battlefield', located in 
the borough of Malvern, Pennsylvania, as depicted on the map numbered 
</DELETED>____ <DELETED>and dated </DELETED>____ <DELETED>(referred to 
in this Act as the `Paoli Battlefield'), which maps shall''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF PAOLI BATTLEFIELD.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 3 of Public Law (16 U.S.C. 410aa-2), is amended by 
adding at the end the following: ``The Secretary may enter into a 
cooperative agreement with the borough of Malvern, Pennsylvania for the 
management by the borough of the Paoli Battlefield.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR PAOLI BATTLEFIELD.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 4(a) of Public Law 94-337 (16 U.S.C. 410aa-3) is 
amended by striking ``not more than $13,895,000 for the acquisition of 
lands and interests in lands'' and inserting ``not more than--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) $13,895,000 for the acquisition of land and 
        interests in land; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) if non-Federal funds in the amount of not 
        less than $1,000,000 are available for the acquisition and 
        donation to the National Park Service of land and interests in 
        land within the Paoli Battlefield, $2,500,000 for the 
        acquisition of land and interests in land within the Paoli 
        Battlefield''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. STUDY.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 18 months after the date on which 
funds are made available for the purpose, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives a 
resource study of the Paoli Battlefield Site and the Brandywine 
Battlefield Site in Pennsylvania.
    (b) Contents.--The study under subsection (a) shall--
            (1) identify the full range of resources and historic 
        themes associated with the battlefields and their relationship 
        to the American Revolutionary War and the Valley Forge National 
        Historical Park; and
            (2) identify alternatives for National Park Service 
        involvement at the sites and include cost estimates for any 
        necessary acquisition, development, interpretation, operation, 
        and maintenance associated with the alternatives identified.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
                                     





                                                       Calendar No. 637

105th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2401

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To authorize the addition of the Paoli Battlefield site in Malvern, 
        Pennsylvania, to Valley Forge National Historical Park.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 25, 1998

                       Reported with an amendment