[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1943 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1943

  To expand the boundary of the George Washington Birthplace National 
                   Monument, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 13, 2002

 Mr. Warner (for himself and Mr. Allen) 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 expand the boundary 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 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.
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