[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1812 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1812

 To modify the boundary of the Lincoln Home National Historic Site in 
                         the State of Illinois.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 25, 2021

  Mr. Durbin (for himself and Ms. Duckworth) 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 modify the boundary of the Lincoln Home National Historic Site in 
                         the State of Illinois.

    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 ``Lincoln Home National Historic Site 
Boundary Modification Act''.

SEC. 2. LINCOLN HOME NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.

    Public Law 92-127 (54 U.S.C. 320101 note; 85 Stat. 347) is 
amended--
            (1) in the first section--
                    (A) by striking ``That, in order to'' and inserting 
                the following:

``SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF LINCOLN HOME NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE.

    ``(a) In General.--To''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Boundary Modification.--The boundary of the Lincoln Home 
National Historic Site established under subsection (a) is modified as 
generally depicted on the map entitled `Proposed Boundary Expansion of 
the Lincoln Home National Historic Site' and dated February 26, 
2021.'';
            (2) in section 2--
                    (A) by striking the section designation and all 
                that follows through ``The'' and inserting the 
                following:

``SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATION.

    ``(a) In General.--The''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Accessibility.--To improve accessibility, the Secretary of 
the Interior shall modify the following areas located within the 
boundary of the Lincoln Home National Historic Site to provide 
universal design and accessibility by raising the height of the street 
to match the height of the sidewalk with no sloped surfaces:
            ``(1) The intersection at 8th Street and Jackson Street.
            ``(2) The area in front of the home of Abraham Lincoln.''; 
        and
            (3) in section 3, by striking the section designation and 
        all that follows through ``There are'' and inserting the 
        following:

``SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are''.
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