[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1518 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1518

  To require the Secretary of the Interior to include on the National 
   Register of Historic Places the Avery Point Lighthouse in Groton, 
     Connecticut, and provide $200,000 for the restoration of that 
                              lighthouse.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 4, 2001

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of the Interior to include on the National 
   Register of Historic Places the Avery Point Lighthouse in Groton, 
     Connecticut, and provide $200,000 for the restoration of that 
                              lighthouse.

    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 ``Avery Point Lighthouse Restoration 
Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Coast Guard built the Avery Point Lighthouse in 
        Groton, Connecticut, as a memorial to lighthouse keepers.
            (2) The Avery Point Lighthouse is the only such memorial in 
        the Nation.
            (3) Because of years of neglect, the Avery Point Lighthouse 
        has suffered substantial deterioration.
            (4) Restoration of the Avery Point Lighthouse to its 
        original state will cost $300,000.

SEC. 3. INCLUSION ON NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND 
              RESTORATION FUNDING FOR AVERY POINT LIGHTHOUSE.

    (a) Inclusion on National Register of Historic Places.--The 
Secretary of the Interior shall include on the National Register of 
Historic Places the Avery Point Lighthouse, located in Groton, 
Connecticut, on the Avery Point campus of the University of 
Connecticut.
    (b) Restoration Funding.--From amounts appropriated to carry out 
the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) for 
fiscal year 2002, the Secretary of the Interior shall provide $200,000 
for the restoration of the Avery Point Lighthouse to the University of 
Connecticut Fund, Incorporated (a nonprofit corporation incorporated 
under the laws of the State of Connecticut).
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