[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3449 Engrossed in House (EH)]


  2d Session

                               H. R. 3449

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                                 AN ACT

 To revise the boundaries of the George Washington Birthplace National 
                   Monument, and for other purposes.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3449

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To revise the boundaries of the George Washington Birthplace National 
                   Monument, 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. ADDITION TO NATIONAL MONUMENT.

    The boundaries of the George Washington Birthplace National 
Monument (hereinafter referred to as the ``National Monument'') are 
hereby modified to include the area comprising approximately 115 acres, 
as generally depicted on the map entitled ``George Washington 
Birthplace National Monument Boundary Map'', numbered 332/80,023 and 
dated October 2001, which shall be on file and available for public 
inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service, 
Department of the Interior.

SEC. 2. ACQUISITION OF LANDS.

    Within the boundaries of the National Monument, the Secretary of 
the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the ``Secretary'') is 
authorized to acquire lands, or interests therein, from willing owners 
by donation, purchase with donated money or appropriated funds, or 
exchange.

SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION OF NATIONAL MONUMENT.

    In administering the National Monument, the Secretary shall take 
actions necessary to preserve and interpret the history and resources 
associated with George Washington, the generations of the Washington 
family who lived in the vicinity and their contemporaries, and 18th 
century plantation life and society.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 24, 2002.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.