[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5504 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5504

 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate the President 
   William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home in Hope, Arkansas, 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

                           February 27, 2008

    Mr. Ross (for himself, Mr. Snyder, Mr. Berry, and Mr. Boozman) 
 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 President 
   William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home in Hope, Arkansas, 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. WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON BIRTHPLACE HOME NATIONAL HISTORIC 
              SITE.

    (a) Acquisition of Property; Establishment of Historic Site.--
Should the Secretary of the Interior acquire, by donation only from the 
Clinton Birthplace Foundation, Inc., fee simple, unencumbered title to 
the William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home site located at 117 South 
Hervey Street, Hope, Arkansas, 71801, and to any personal property 
related to that site, the Secretary shall designate the William 
Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home site as a National Historic Site and 
unit of the National Park System, to be known as the ``President 
William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site''.
    (b) Applicability of Other Laws.--The Secretary shall administer 
the President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National 
Historic Site in accordance with the laws generally applicable to 
national historic sites, including the Act entitled ``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 entitled ``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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