[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1434 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  1st Session
                                S. 1434

  To amend the National Historic Preservation Act to reauthorize that 
                      Act, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 26, 1999

 Ms. Landrieu (for herself, Mr. Akaka, and Mr. Cleland) 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 amend the National Historic Preservation Act to reauthorize that 
                      Act, 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 ``National Historic Preservation 
Extension Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS.

    Section 101(e) of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
470a(e)) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
following:
            ``(2) Grants.--The Secretary may administer grants to the 
        National Trust for Historic Preservation in accordance with--
                    ``(A) the Act of October 26, 1949 (16 U.S.C. 468 et 
                seq.); and
                    ``(B) this Act.''.

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

    Section 102 of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
470b) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by moving the margin of paragraph (3) so as to 
                align with the margin of paragraph (2); and
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph 
                (3) and inserting a semicolon;
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``, in which case'' and 
        all that follows through ``to the Secretary''; and
            (3) by redesignating the first subsection (d), as amended 
        by section 201(1) of Public Law 94-422, as subsection (c).

SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN FEDERAL PROPERTY.

    Section 107 of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
470g) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 107. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN FEDERAL PROPERTY.

    ``(a) In General.--Nothing in this Act is applicable to--
            ``(1) the White House and grounds of the White House;
            ``(2) the Supreme Court building and grounds; or
            ``(3) the United States Capitol buildings and grounds.
    ``(b) Capitol Exemption Areas.--
            ``(1) In general.--For the purposes of this Act, the 
        exemption for the United States Capitol and related buildings 
        and grounds shall apply to those areas depicted within the 
        shaded areas on the map entitled `Map Showing Properties Under 
        the Jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol,' and dated 
        November 6, 1996.
            ``(2) Availability of map.--The map described in paragraph 
        (1) shall be on file in the office of the Secretary of the 
        Interior.''.

SEC. 5. HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND.

    Section 108 of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
470h) is amended in the first sentence of the second paragraph by 
striking ``1997'' and inserting ``2005''.

SEC. 6. FEDERAL ROLE.

    Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
470h-2) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
        paragraph (4); and
            (2) by striking ``Sec. 110.'' and all that follows through 
        the end of subsection (a)(1) and inserting the following:

``SEC. 110. FEDERAL ROLE.

    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) Responsibility for preservation.--The head of each 
        Federal agency shall be responsible for the preservation of 
        historic property that is owned or controlled by that agency.
            ``(2) Location of federal facilities in historic 
        districts.--Prior to acquiring, constructing, or leasing 
        buildings for the purpose of carrying out the responsibilities 
        of a Federal agency, the head of each Federal agency shall 
        consider properties or sites in the following order of 
        priority:
                    ``(A) If operationally appropriate and economically 
                prudent, historic properties in historic districts.
                    ``(B) If no property in a historic district is 
                operationally appropriate and economically prudent, 
                other developed or undeveloped sites in historic 
                districts.
                    ``(C) If no suitable site in a historic district 
                exists, historic property outside of historic 
                districts.
            ``(3) Architectural compatibility.--Any rehabilitation or 
        construction under this Act shall be architecturally compatible 
        with the character of the surrounding historic district or 
        properties.
            ``(4) Additional responsibilities.--Each Federal agency 
        shall carry out, consistent with the preservation of 
        properties, the mission of the Federal agency, and the 
        professional guidelines established under section 101(g), any 
        preservation that is necessary to carry out this section.''.

SEC. 7. ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

    Section 212(a) of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
470t(a)) is amended in the second sentence by striking ``2000'' and 
inserting ``2005''.
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