[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4137 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4137

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide preservation and 
interpretation assistance for resources associated with the New Bedford 
Whaling National Historical Park in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 19, 2009

  Mr. Frank of Massachusetts 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 provide preservation and 
interpretation assistance for resources associated with the New Bedford 
Whaling National Historical Park in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 
                        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.

    The Act may be cited as the ``New Bedford Whaling Nation Historical 
Park Resources Assistant Act''.

SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE TO RESOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH NEW BEDFORD WHALING 
              NATION HISTORICAL PARK.

    Section 511 of division I of the Omnibus Park and Public Lands 
Management Act (110 Stat. 4159; 16 U.S.C. 410ddd) is amended--
            (1) by adding at the end of subsection (c)(2)(B), the 
        following:
                            ``(vi) The Lewis Temple House, located at 
                        54 Bedford Street.
                            ``(vii) The Nathan and Polly Johnson House, 
                        located at 21 Seventh Street.
                            ``(viii) The Backer-Robinson Whale Oil 
                        Refinery, located at 144 South Water 
                        Extension.'';
            (2) in subsection (e)(3)(A)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``and'';
                    (B) in clause (ii), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) after clause (ii), by adding the following new 
                clause:
                            ``(iii) cooperative agreement under 
                        paragraph (2) for the preservation of the 
                        Schooner Ernestina shall be expended in the 
                        ratio of one dollar of Federal funds for each 
                        dollar contributed by non-Federal sources.''; 
                        and
            (3) by amending subsection (f)(2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) Exceptions.--In carrying out this section, none of 
        the funds authorized to be appropriated by this section may be 
        used for the operation and routine maintenance of the Schooner 
        Ernestina.''.
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