[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2384 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2384

 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement 
   with Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana, to 
construct a curatorial center for the use of Cane River Creole National 
 Historical Park, the National Center for Preservation Technology and 
         Training, and the University, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 13, 2009

 Mr. Fleming 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 enter into an agreement 
   with Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana, to 
construct a curatorial center for the use of Cane River Creole National 
 Historical Park, the National Center for Preservation Technology and 
         Training, and the University, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Park Service and 
Northwestern State University Collections Conservation Center Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) Cane River Creole National Historical Park has a 
        nationally significant museum collection of more than 1,000,000 
        objects that is housed in leased space that fails to meet 
        National Park Service museum standards;
            (2) there is no land within the boundary of the historical 
        park in Natchitoches Parish that is above the 500-year 
        floodplain, which is the level required for constructing 
        curatorial facilities under National Park Service policies;
            (3) the historical park has a longstanding partnership with 
        Northwestern State University, with which the historical park 
        is required under the enabling legislation for the historical 
        park to coordinate a Cane River region comprehensive research 
        program, including a program for curation methods;
            (4) in 1992, the National Center for Preservation 
        Technology and Training, which is administered by the National 
        Park Service, was established at Northwestern University under 
        section 403 of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 
        U.S.C. 470x-2);
            (5) the National Center for Preservation Technology and 
        Training requires additional space to house equipment and 
        workspace connected with the development and dissemination of 
        preservation and conservation skills and technologies; and
            (6) contingent on the approval by the Board of Supervisors 
        for the University of Louisiana System, Northwestern State 
        University is willing to make available land suitable for the 
        National Park Service to construct a facility for curatorial 
        and workspace needs of the National Center for Preservation 
        Technology and Training if the University is able to use space 
        in the facility for educational purposes relating to the 
        Williamson Museum collection of the University.

SEC. 3. COLLECTIONS CONSERVATION CENTER.

    Section 304 of the Cane River Creole National Historical Park and 
National Heritage Area Act (16 U.S.C. 410ccc-2) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
    ``(f) Collections Conservation Center.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may enter into an 
        agreement with Northwestern State University (referred to in 
        this subsection as the `University') to construct a facility on 
        land owned by the University to be used--
                    ``(A) to house the museum collection of the 
                historical park;
                    ``(B) to provide additional space for use by the 
                National Center for Preservation Technology and 
                Training; and
                    ``(C) to provide space to the University for 
                educational purposes relating to the Williamson Museum 
                collection, if the University pays an appropriate 
                rental fee to the National Park Service, as determined 
                in the agreement entered into under this paragraph.
            ``(2) Use of fee.--Proceeds from the rental fees collected 
        under paragraph (1)(C) shall be available, without further 
        appropriation, for the historical park.''.

SEC. 4. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

    The Cane River Creole National Historical Park and National 
Heritage Area Act (16 U.S.C. 410ccc et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in the third sentence of section 304(e) (16 U.S.C. 
        410ccc-2(e)), by striking ``of Technology'' and inserting 
        ``Technology''; and
            (2) in section 305(a) (16 U.S.C. 41ccc-3(a)), by striking 
        ``interest'' and inserting ``interests''.
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