[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 139 (Wednesday, October 7, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11818-S11820]
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               ADAMS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK ACT OF 1998

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 2240) to establish the 
Adams National Historic Park in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and 
for other purposes, which had been reported from the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources, with amendments, as follows:
  (The parts of the bill intended to be stricken are shown in boldface 
brackets and the parts of the bill intended to be inserted are shown in 
italic.)

                                S. 2240

       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 ``Adams National Historical 
     Park Act of 1998''.

     SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--

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       (1) in 1946, Secretary of the Interior J.A. Krug, by means 
     of the authority granted the Secretary of the Interior under 
     section 2 of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935, 
     established the Adams Mansion National Historic Site, located 
     in Quincy, Massachusetts;
       (2) in 1952, Acting Secretary of the Interior Vernon D. 
     Northrup enlarged the site and renamed it the Adams National 
     Historic Site, using the Secretary's authority as provided in 
     the Historic Sites Act;
       (3) in 1972, Congress, through Public Law 92-272, 
     authorized the Secretary of the Interior to add approximately 
     3.68 acres at Adams National Historic Site;
       (4) in 1978, Congress, through Public Law 95-625, 
     authorized the Secretary of the Interior to accept by 
     conveyance the birthplaces of John Adams and John Quincy 
     Adams, both in Quincy, Massachusetts, to be managed as part 
     of the Adams National Historic Site;
       (5) in 1980, Congress, through Public Law 96-435, 
     authorized the Secretary of the Interior to accept the 
     conveyance of the United First Parish Church in Quincy, 
     Massachusetts, the burial place of John Adams, Abigail Adams, 
     and John Quincy Adams and his wife, to be administered as 
     part of the Adams National Historic Site;
       (6) the actions taken by past Secretaries of the Interior 
     and past Congresses to preserve for the benefit, education 
     and inspiration of present and future generations of 
     Americans the home, property, birthplaces and burial site of 
     John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and Abigail Adams, have 
     resulted in a multi-site unit of the National Park System 
     with no overarching enabling or authorizing legislation; and
       (7) that the sites and resources associated with John 
     Adams, 2nd President of the United States, his wife Abigail 
     Adams, and John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United 
     States, require recognition as a national historical park in 
     the National Park System.
       (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to establish the 
     Adams National Historical Park in the City of Quincy, in the 
     Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to preserve, maintain and 
     interpret the home, property, birthplaces, and burial site of 
     John Adams and his wife Abigail, John Quincy Adams, and 
     subsequent generations of the Adams family associated with 
     the Adams property in Quincy, Massachusetts, for the benefit, 
     education and inspiration of present and future generations 
     of Americans.

     SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

       As used in this Act:
       [(1) Adams property.--The term ``Adams property'' means the 
     property currently owned by the National Park Service and 
     commonly referred to as the Old House and Stone Library 
     situated at the northwest corner of the intersection of Adams 
     Street and Newport Avenue in Quincy, Massachusetts.]
       (1) Historical park.--The term ``historical park'' means 
     the Adams National Historical Park established in section 4.
       (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.

     [SEC. 4. ADAMS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.

       [(a) Establishment.--In order to preserve for the benefit 
     and inspiration of the people of the United States as a 
     national historical park certain properties in Quincy, 
     Massachusetts, there is established as a unit of the National 
     Park System the Adams National Historical Park.
       [(b) Boundaries.--(1) The historical park shall be 
     comprised of all property currently owned by the National 
     Park Service as generally depicted on the map entitled 
     ``Adams National Historical Park'', numbered ________ and 
     dated ________ , 1997. Such map shall be on file and 
     available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of 
     the National Park Service.
       [(2) To preserve the historical setting of the Adams 
     property, the Secretary is authorized to acquire up to 10 
     additional acres for the development of visitor, 
     administrative, museum, curatorial, and maintenance 
     facilities adjacent to or in the general proximity of the 
     property depicted on the map identified in subsection (b)(1) 
     of this section. Any lands acquired shall be administered by 
     the Secretary as part of the park and the park's boundary 
     shall be modified to include the additional land parcels upon 
     their conveyance.]

     SEC. 4. ADAMS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.

       (a) Establishment.--In order to preserve for the benefit 
     and inspiration of the people of the United States as a 
     national historical park certain properties in Quincy, 
     Massachusetts, associated with John Adams, second President 
     of the United States, his wife, Abigail Adams, John Quincy 
     Adams, sixth President of the United States, and his wife, 
     Louisa Adams, there is established the Adams National 
     Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System.
       (b) Boundaries.--
       (1) The historical park shall be comprised of the 
     following:
       (A) All property administered by the National Park Service 
     in the Adams National Historic Site as of the date of 
     enactment of this Act, as well as all property previously 
     authorized to be acquired by the Secretary for inclusion in 
     the Adams National Historic Site, as generally depicted on 
     the map entitled ``Adams National Historical Park'', numbered 
     NERO 386/80,000, and dated April 1998;
       (B) all property authorized to be acquired for inclusion in 
     the historical park by this Act or other law enacted after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (c) Visitor and Administrative Sites.--To preserve the 
     historical character and landscape of the main features of 
     the historical park, the Secretary may acquire up to 10 acres 
     for the development of visitor, administrative, museum, 
     curatorial, and maintenance facilities adjacent to or in the 
     general proximity of the property depicted on the map 
     identified in subsection (b)(1)(A).
       (d) Map.--The map of the historical park shall be on file 
     and available for public inspection in the appropriate 
     offices of the National Park Service.

     SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.

       (a) In General.--The park shall be administered by the 
     Secretary in accordance with this section and the provisions 
     of law generally applicable to units of the National Park 
     System, including the Act entitled ``An Act to establish a 
     National Park Service, and for other purposes'', approved 
     August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1, 2, 3, and 4) and 
     the Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666; 16 U.S.C. 461-467), 
     as amended.
       (b) Cooperative Agreements.--(1) The Secretary may consult 
     and enter into cooperative agreements with interested 
     entities and individuals to provide for the preservation, 
     development, interpretation, and use of the park.
       (2) Any payment made by the Secretary pursuant to a 
     cooperative agreement under this paragraph shall be subject 
     to an agreement that conversion, use, or disposal of the 
     project so assisted for purposes contrary to the purposes of 
     this Act, as determined by the Secretary, shall result in a 
     right of the United States to reimbursement of all funds made 
     available to such a project or the proportion of the 
     increased value of the project attributable to such funds as 
     determined at the time of such conversion, use, or disposal, 
     whichever is greater.
       (c) Acquisition of Real Property.--For the purposes of the 
     park, the Secretary is authorized to acquire real property 
     with appropriated or donated funds, by donation, or by 
     exchange, within the boundaries of the park.
       (d) Repeal of Superceded Administrative Authorities.--
       (1) Section 312 of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 
     1978 (Public Law 95-625; 92 Stat. 3479) is amended by 
     striking ``(a)'' after ``SEC. 312''; and strike subsection 
     (b) in its entirety.
       (2) The first section of Public Law 96-435 (94 Stat. 1861) 
     is amended by striking ``(a)'' after ``That''; and strike 
     subsection (b) in its entirety.
       (e) References to the Historic Site.--Any reference in any 
     law (other than this Act), regulation, document, record, map, 
     or other paper of the United States to the Adams National 
     Historic Site shall be considered to be a reference to the 
     historical park.

     SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       [There are authorized such sums as may be necessary to 
     carry out the purposes of this Act for annual operations and 
     maintenance of the park and for acquisition of property and 
     development of facilities necessary to operate and maintain 
     the park as may be outlined in an approved general management 
     plan for the park.]
       There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
     necessary to carry out this Act.

  The committee amendments were agreed to.
  The bill (S. 2240), as amended, was considered read the third time 
and passed, as follows:

                                S. 2240

       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 ``Adams National Historical 
     Park Act of 1998''.

     SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) in 1946, Secretary of the Interior J.A. Krug, by means 
     of the authority granted the Secretary of the Interior under 
     section 2 of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935, 
     established the Adams Mansion National Historic Site, located 
     in Quincy, Massachusetts;
       (2) in 1952, Acting Secretary of the Interior Vernon D. 
     Northrup enlarged the site and renamed it the Adams National 
     Historic Site, using the Secretary's authority as provided in 
     the Historic Sites Act;
       (3) in 1972, Congress, through Public Law 92-272, 
     authorized the Secretary of the Interior to add approximately 
     3.68 acres at Adams National Historic Site;
       (4) in 1978, Congress, through Public Law 95-625, 
     authorized the Secretary of the Interior to accept by 
     conveyance the birthplaces of John Adams and John Quincy 
     Adams, both in Quincy, Massachusetts, to be managed as part 
     of the Adams National Historic Site;
       (5) in 1980, Congress, through Public Law 96-435, 
     authorized the Secretary of the Interior to accept the 
     conveyance of the United First Parish Church in Quincy, 
     Massachusetts, the burial place of John Adams, Abigail Adams, 
     and John Quincy Adams and his wife, to be administered as 
     part of the Adams National Historic Site;
       (6) the actions taken by past Secretaries of the Interior 
     and past Congresses to preserve for the benefit, education 
     and inspiration of present and future generations of 
     Americans the home, property, birthplaces and burial site of 
     John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and Abigail Adams, have 
     resulted in a multi-site unit of the National Park System 
     with no overarching enabling or authorizing legislation; and
       (7) that the sites and resources associated with John 
     Adams, second President of the

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     United States, his wife Abigail Adams, and John Quincy Adams, 
     sixth President of the United States, require recognition as 
     a national historical park in the National Park System.
       (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to establish the 
     Adams National Historical Park in the City of Quincy, in the 
     Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to preserve, maintain and 
     interpret the home, property, birthplaces, and burial site of 
     John Adams and his wife Abigail, John Quincy Adams, and 
     subsequent generations of the Adams family associated with 
     the Adams property in Quincy, Massachusetts, for the benefit, 
     education and inspiration of present and future generations 
     of Americans.

     SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

       As used in this Act:
       (1) Historical park.--The term ``historical park'' means 
     the Adams National Historical Park established in section 4.
       (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.

     SEC. 4. ADAMS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.

       (a) Establishment.--In order to preserve for the benefit 
     and inspiration of the people of the United States as a 
     national historical park certain properties in Quincy, 
     Massachusetts, associated with John Adams, second President 
     of the United States, his wife, Abigail Adams, John Quincy 
     Adams, sixth President of the United States, and his wife, 
     Louisa Adams, there is established the Adams National 
     Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System.
       (b) Boundaries.--The historical park shall be comprised of 
     the following:
       (1) All property administered by the National Park Service 
     in the Adams National Historic Site as of the date of 
     enactment of this Act, as well as all property previously 
     authorized to be acquired by the Secretary for inclusion in 
     the Adams National Historic Site, as generally depicted on 
     the map entitled ``Adams National Historical Park'', numbered 
     NERO 386/80,000, and dated April 1998.
       (2) All property authorized to be acquired for inclusion in 
     the historical park by this Act or other law enacted after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (c) Visitor and Administrative Sites.--To preserve the 
     historical character and landscape of the main features of 
     the historical park, the Secretary may acquire up to 10 acres 
     for the development of visitor, administrative, museum, 
     curatorial, and maintenance facilities adjacent to or in the 
     general proximity of the property depicted on the map 
     identified in subsection (b)(1)(A).
       (d) Map.--The map of the historical park shall be on file 
     and available for public inspection in the appropriate 
     offices of the National Park Service.

     SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.

       (a) In General.--The park shall be administered by the 
     Secretary in accordance with this section and the provisions 
     of law generally applicable to units of the National Park 
     System, including the Act entitled ``An Act to establish a 
     National Park Service, and for other purposes'', approved 
     August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1, 2, 3, and 4) and 
     the Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666; 16 U.S.C. 461-467), 
     as amended.
       (b) Cooperative Agreements.--(1) The Secretary may consult 
     and enter into cooperative agreements with interested 
     entities and individuals to provide for the preservation, 
     development, interpretation, and use of the park.
       (2) Any payment made by the Secretary pursuant to a 
     cooperative agreement under this paragraph shall be subject 
     to an agreement that conversion, use, or disposal of the 
     project so assisted for purposes contrary to the purposes of 
     this Act, as determined by the Secretary, shall result in a 
     right of the United States to reimbursement of all funds made 
     available to such a project or the proportion of the 
     increased value of the project attributable to such funds as 
     determined at the time of such conversion, use, or disposal, 
     whichever is greater.
       (c) Acquisition of Real Property.--For the purposes of the 
     park, the Secretary is authorized to acquire real property 
     with appropriated or donated funds, by donation, or by 
     exchange, within the boundaries of the park.
       (d) Repeal of Superceded Administrative Authorities.--
       (1) Section 312 of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 
     1978 (Public Law 95-625; 92 Stat. 3479) is amended by 
     striking ``(a)'' after ``SEC. 312''; and strike subsection 
     (b) in its entirety.
       (2) The first section of Public Law 96-435 (94 Stat. 1861) 
     is amended by striking ``(a)'' after ``That''; and strike 
     subsection (b) in its entirety.
       (e) References to the Historic Site.--Any reference in any 
     law (other than this Act), regulation, document, record, map, 
     or other paper of the United States to the Adams National 
     Historic Site shall be considered to be a reference to the 
     historical park.

     SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
     necessary to carry out this Act.

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