[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 1836 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1836

  To amend the acquisition authority for land for the development of 
 visitor and administrative facilities at Weir Farm National Historic 
                   Site in the State of Connecticut.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 29, 2007

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the acquisition authority for land for the development of 
 visitor and administrative facilities at Weir Farm National Historic 
                   Site in the State of Connecticut.

    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 ``Weir Farm National Historic Site 
Amendment Act''.

SEC. 2. LOCATION OF VISITOR AND ADMINISTRATIVE FACILITIES FOR WEIR FARM 
              NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE.

    Section 4(d) of the Weir Farm National Historic Site Establishment 
Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 461 note) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``contiguous to'' and 
        all that follows and inserting ``within Fairfield County.'';
            (2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) Development.--
                    ``(A) Maintaining natural character.--The Secretary 
                shall keep development of the property acquired under 
                paragraph (1) to a minimum so that the character of the 
                acquired property will be similar to the natural and 
                undeveloped landscape of the property described in 
                subsection (b).
                    ``(B) Treatment of previously developed property.--
                Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall either prevent the 
                Secretary from acquiring property under paragraph (1) 
                that, prior to the Secretary's acquisition, was 
                developed in a manner inconsistent with subparagraph 
                (A), or require the Secretary to remediate such 
                previously developed property to reflect the natural 
                character described in subparagraph (A).''; and
            (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ``the appropriate zoning 
        authority'' and all that follows through ``Wilton, 
        Connecticut,'' and inserting the following: ``the chief elected 
        official of the unit of local government having jurisdiction 
        over the property acquired under paragraph (1) (as determined 
        in accordance with applicable State law)''.
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