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[H.R. 1471 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 173
111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1471

                          [Report No. 111-307]

 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

                            October 21, 2009

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 
                               12, 2009]





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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 titled `Jimmy Carter National Historical 
        Park and Preservation District, Proposed Boundary Map', 
        numbered 330/80,019, and dated September 2009'';
            (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) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``15'' and 
                inserting ``18'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (D) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``Carter.'' 
                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
                    (E) by adding at the end 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.'';
            (4) in subsection (c)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) after subparagraph (B), insert the following:
                    ``(C) by donation only, other lands and interests 
                in lands in the environs of Plains that the Secretary 
                deems appropriate to add to the national historical 
                park which, upon acquisition, shall be included in and 
                administered as part of the national historical 
                park.''; and
            (5) 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) Redesignation.--Public Law 100-206 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``National Historic Site'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``National Historical Park'';
            (2) by striking ``historic site'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``national historical park'';
            (3) in the section heading of section 1, by striking 
        ``national historic site'' and inserting ``national historical 
        park'';
            (4) in the subsection heading of section 1(b), by striking 
        ``National Historic Site'' and inserting ``National Historical 
        Park''; and
            (5) in the section heading of section 3, by striking 
        ``historic site'' and inserting ``national historical park''.
    (b) References.--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.

    Public Law 100-206 is further amended by striking section 7.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 173

111th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1471

                          [Report No. 111-307]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            October 21, 2009

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed