[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1104 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1104

 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative 
jurisdiction over land within the boundaries of the Home of Franklin D. 
Roosevelt National Historic Site to the Archivist of the United States 
               for the construction of a visitor center.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 1999

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative 
jurisdiction over land within the boundaries of the Home of Franklin D. 
Roosevelt National Historic Site to the Archivist of the United States 
               for the construction of a visitor center.

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

SECTION 1. VISITOR CENTER FOR HOME OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT NATIONAL 
              HISTORIC SITE, HYDE PARK, NEW YORK.

    (a) Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction.--The Secretary of the 
Interior may transfer to the Archivist of the United States 
administrative jurisdiction over land located in the Home of Franklin 
D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, for use by the Archivist for the 
construction of a visitor center facility to jointly serve the Home of 
Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site and the Franklin D. 
Roosevelt Presidential Library, located in Hyde Park, New York.
    (b) Conditions of Transfer.--
            (1) Protection of historic site.--The transfer authorized 
        in subsection (a) shall be subject to an agreement between the 
        Secretary and the Archivist that shall include such provisions 
        for the protection of the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt 
        National Historic Site and the joint use of the facility to be 
        constructed as the Secretary and the Archivist may consider 
        necessary.
            (2) Consideration.--A transfer made pursuant to subsection 
        (a) shall be made without consideration or reimbursement.
            (3) Termination.--If use by the Archivist of the land 
        referred to in subsection (a) is terminated by the Archivist at 
        any time, administrative jurisdiction over the land shall 
        automatically revert to the Department of the Interior.
    (c) Description of Land.--The land referred to in subsection (a) 
shall consist of not more than 1 acre of land as may be mutually agreed 
to by the Secretary and the Archivist and more particularly described 
in the agreement required under subsection (b)(1).
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