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[H.R. 733 Reported in Senate (RS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 130
108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 733

                          [Report No. 108-66]


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 9, 2003

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

                              June 9, 2003

  Reported by Mr. Domenici, with an amendment and an amendment to the 
                                 title
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the McLoughlin 
House National Historic Site in Oregon City, Oregon, and to administer 
the site as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the 
``McLoughlin House National Historic Site Act''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Definitions.--For the purposes of this Act, the 
following definitions apply:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Association.--The term ``Association'' means 
        the McLoughlin Memorial Association, an organization described 
        in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
        exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such 
        Code.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) City.--The term ``City'' means Oregon City, 
        Oregon.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Historic site.--The term ``Historic Site'' 
        means the McLoughlin House National Historic Site which is 
        described in the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Interior's 
        Order of June 27, 1941, and generally depicted on the map 
        entitled ``McLoughlin House National Historic Site'', numbered 
        007/80,000, and dated 12/01/01, and includes the McLoughlin 
        House, the Barclay House, and other associated real property, 
        improvements, and personal property.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the 
        Secretary of the Interior.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. FINDINGS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>     Congress finds the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) On June 27, 1941, Acting Assistant Secretary 
        of the Interior W.C. Mendenhall, by means of the authority 
        granted the Secretary under section 2 of the Historic Sites Act 
        of August 21, 1935, established the McLoughlin Home National 
        Historic Site, located in the City.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Since January 16, 1945, the site has been 
        known as McLoughlin House National Historic Site.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) The Historic Site includes the McLoughlin 
        House and Barclay House, which are owned and managed by the 
        Association.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) The Historic Site is located in a Charter Park 
        on Oregon City Block 40, which is owned by the City.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) A cooperative agreement was made in 1941 among 
        the Association, the City, and the United States, providing for 
        the preservation and use of the McLoughlin House as a national 
        historic site.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) The Association has had an exemplary and 
        longstanding role in the stewardship of the Historic Site but 
        is unable to continue that role.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) The Historic Site has been an affiliated area 
        of the National Park System and is worthy of recognition as 
        part of the National Park System.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. MCLOUGHLIN HOUSE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Acquisition.--The Secretary is authorized to acquire 
the Historic Site, from willing sellers only, by donation, purchase 
with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, except that lands or 
interests in lands owned by the City may be acquired by donation 
only.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Boundaries; Administration.--Upon acquisition of the 
Historic Site, the acquired property shall be included within the 
boundaries of, and be administered as part of, the Fort Vancouver 
National Historic Site in accordance with all applicable laws and 
regulations of the National Park System.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; DEFINITIONS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``McLoughlin House 
Addition to Fort Vancouver National Historic Site Act''.
    (b) Definitions.--For the purposes of this Act, the following 
definitions apply:
            (1) City.--The term ``City'' means Oregon City, Oregon.
            (2) McLoughlin house.--The term ``McLoughlin House'' means 
        the McLoughlin House National Historic Site which is described 
        in the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Interior's Order of 
        June 27, 1941, and generally depicted on the map entitled 
        ``McLoughlin House, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site'', 
        numbered 389/92,002, and dated 5/01/03, and includes the 
        McLoughlin House, the Barclay House, and other associated real 
        property, improvements, and personal property.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 2. MCLOUGHLIN HOUSE ADDITION TO FORT VANCOUVER.

    (a) Acquisition.--The Secretary is authorized to acquire the 
McLoughlin House, from willing sellers only, by donation, purchase with 
donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, except that lands or 
interests in lands owned by the City may be acquired by donation only.
    (b) Map Availability.--The map identifying the McLoughlin House 
referred to in section 1(b)(2) shall be on file and available for 
inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service, 
Department of the Interior.
    (c) Boundaries; Administration.--Upon acquisition of the McLoughlin 
House, the acquired property shall be included within the boundaries 
of, and be administered as part of, the Fort Vancouver National 
Historic Site in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.
    (d) Name Change.--Upon acquisition of the McLoughlin House, the 
Secretary shall change the name of the site from the ``McLoughlin House 
National Historic Site'' to the ``McLoughlin House''.
    (e) Federal Laws.--After the McLoughlin House is acquired and added 
to Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, any reference in a law, map, 
regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to 
the ``McLoughlin House National Historic Site'' (other than this Act) 
shall be deemed a reference to the ``McLoughlin House'', a unit of Fort 
Vancouver National Historic Site.
            Amend the title so as to read, ``A bill to authorize the 
        Secretary of the Interior to acquire the McLoughlin House in 
        Oregon City, Oregon, for inclusion in Fort Vancouver National 
        Historic Site, and for other purposes.''.




                                                       Calendar No. 130

108th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 733

                          [Report No. 108-66]

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                                 AN ACT

 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the McLoughlin 
House National Historic Site in Oregon City, Oregon, and to administer 
the site as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

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                              June 9, 2003

        Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the title