[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5127 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5127

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate the Dr. Norman 
E. Borlaug Birthplace and Childhood Home in Cresco, Iowa, as a National 
   Historic Site and unit of the National Park System, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 23, 2008

 Mr. Latham (for himself, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Boswell, 
   and Mr. Braley of Iowa) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate the Dr. Norman 
E. Borlaug Birthplace and Childhood Home in Cresco, Iowa, as a National 
   Historic Site and 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,

SECTION 1. DR. NORMAN E. BORLAUG BIRTHPLACE AND CHILDHOOD HOME NATIONAL 
              HISTORIC SITE.

    (a) Acquisition of Property; Establishment of Historic Site.--
Should the Secretary of the Interior acquire, by donation from the 
Norman Borlaug Heritage Foundation, fee simple, unencumbered title to 
the Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace site located at 20399 Timber Avenue, 
Cresco, Iowa, and the Norman E. Borlaug Childhood Home site located at 
19518 200th Street, Cresco, Iowa, and any personal property related to 
the sites, the Secretary shall designate that property as a National 
Historic Site and unit of the National Park System to be known as the 
``Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace Home National Historic Site''.
    (b) Applicability of Other Laws.--The Secretary shall administer 
the Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace Home National Historic Site in 
accordance with the laws generally applicable to national historic 
sites, including the Act titled ``An Act to establish a National Park 
Service, and for other purposes'', approved August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 
1-4), and the Act titled ``An Act to provide for the preservation of 
historic American sites, buildings, objects and antiquities of national 
significance, and for other purposes'', approved August 21, 1935 (16 
U.S.C. 461 et seq.).
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