[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 742 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 742

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 30, 2009

Mr. Chambliss (for himself, Mr. Isakson, and Mr. Pryor) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Energy and 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Jimmy Carter National Historic Site 
Expansion Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. BOUNDARY EXPANSION.

    Section 1 of Public Law 100-206 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; 101 Stat. 
1434) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (3) and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(3) preserve and interpret a southern agricultural-based 
        rural community during the early to middle years of the 20th 
        century.'';
            (2) in the first sentence of 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) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                inserting ``or is needed to enhance the visitor 
                experience at the Park'' after ``Georgia,'';
                    (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 the period at 
                the end and inserting ``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:
                    ``(G) the Billy Carter Service Station at 104 West 
                Church Street, consisting of less than 1 acre of land;
                    ``(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 1 acre of land;
                    ``(I) the Georgia Welcome Center on State Route 
                280/27, consisting of approximately 18 acres of land; 
                and
                    ``(J) 2 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 maximum extent practicable, the right-of-way for 
                the Shoreline Excursion Train.''; and
            (4) in subsection (c)(2), by inserting ``the Georgia 
        Welcome Center (described in subsection (b)(2)(I)),'' after 
        ``subsection (b)(2)(A)),''.

SEC. 3. REDESIGNATION AS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.

    (a) In General.--Public Law 100-206 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; 101 Stat. 
1434) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``National Historic Site'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``National Historical Park''; and
            (2) by striking ``the historic site'' each place it appears 
        and inserting ``the Park''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 6 of Public Law 100-206 (16 
U.S.C. 461 note; 101 Stat. 1437) is amended by striking ``historic 
site'' and inserting ``Park''.
    (c) 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 to be a reference to the 
``Jimmy Carter National Historical Park''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 7 of Public Law 100-206 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; 101 Stat. 
1437) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

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