[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1471 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1471

 To expand the boundary of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in 
the State of Georgia, to redesignate the unit as a National Historical 
                     Park, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 12, 2009

Mr. Bishop of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, 
 Mr. Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, 
Mr. Marshall, and Mr. Barrow) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To expand the boundary of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in 
the State of Georgia, to redesignate the unit as a National Historical 
                     Park, 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. BOUNDARY EXPANSION.

    Section 1 of Public Law 100-206 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (3) and 
        inserting:
            ``(3) preserve and interpret a southern agricultural-based 
        rural community during the early to middle years of the 20th 
        century.'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``map entitled `Jimmy 
        Carter National Historic Site and Preservation District 
        Boundary Map', numbered NHS-JC-80000 and dated April 1987'' and 
        inserting ``map entitled `_____', numbered ___ and dated 
        ____'';
            (3) in subsection (b)(2)--
                    (A) by striking ``and described more particularly 
                as follows--'' and inserting ``or is needed to enhance 
                the visitor experience, and includes--'';
                    (B) by striking ``15'' and inserting ``18'' in 
                subparagraph (C);
                    (C) by striking ``Carter.'' in subparagraph (F) and 
                inserting ``Carter, and properties in the vicinity of 
                the residence along West Church Street that are needed 
                for administrative and visitor uses and to protect 
                scenic values, not to exceed 10 acres;''; and
                    (D) by adding the following new subparagraphs:
                    ``(G) the Billy Carter Service Station at 104 West 
                Church Street, consisting of less than one acre;
                    ``(H) the property at 147 Old Plains Highway, known 
                locally as the `Haunted House', where Jimmy and 
                Rosalynn Carter resided from 1956 to 1961, consisting 
                of approximately one acre;
                    ``(I) the Georgia Welcome Center on State Route 
                280/27, consisting of approximately 18 acres; and
                    ``(J) two corridors of land no wider than 50 feet 
                each between the Georgia Welcome Center and the 
                President Carter boyhood home for the purpose of 
                establishing walking and biking trails while using, to 
                the greatest extent practicable, the right-of-way for 
                the Shoreline Excursion Train.''; and
            (4) in subsection (c)(2), by inserting ``the Georgia 
        Welcome Center (referred to in subsection (b)(2)(I)),'' after 
        ``subsection (b)(2)(A)),''.

SEC. 2. REDESIGNATION AS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.

    (a) Public Law 100-206 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``National Historic Site'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``National Historical Park''; and
            (2) by striking ``historic site'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``national historic park''.
    (b) Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or 
other record of the United States to the ``Jimmy Carter National 
Historic Site'' shall be deemed a reference to the ``Jimmy Carter 
National Historical Park''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 7 of Public Law 100-206 is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this Act.''.
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