[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 88 (Monday, June 16, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7938-S7939]
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              McLOUGHLIN HOUSE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE ACT

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (H.R. 733) to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to acquire the McLoughlin House National 
Historic Site in Oregon City, Oregon, and to administer the site as a 
unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes, which had 
been reported from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the 
title.
  [Strike the part shown in black brackets and insert the part shown in 
italic.]

                                H.R. 733

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     [SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; DEFINITIONS.

       [(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the 
     ``McLoughlin House National Historic Site Act''.
       [(b) Definitions.--For the purposes of this Act, the 
     following definitions apply:
       [(1) Association.--The term ``Association'' means the 
     McLoughlin Memorial Association, an organization described in 
     section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
     exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code.
       [(2) City.--The term ``City'' means Oregon City, Oregon.
       [(3) Historic site.--The term ``Historic Site'' means the 
     McLoughlin House National Historic Site which is described in 
     the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Interior's Order of 
     June 27, 1941, and generally depicted on the map entitled 
     ``McLoughlin House National Historic Site'', numbered 007/
     80,000, and dated 12/01/01, and includes the McLoughlin 
     House, the Barclay House, and other associated real property, 
     improvements, and personal property.
       [(4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.

     [SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

       [Congress finds the following:
       [(1) On June 27, 1941, Acting Assistant Secretary of the 
     Interior W.C. Mendenhall, by means of the authority granted 
     the Secretary under section 2 of the Historic Sites Act of 
     August 21, 1935, established the McLoughlin Home National 
     Historic Site, located in the City.
       [(2) Since January 16, 1945, the site has been known as 
     McLoughlin House National Historic Site.
       [(3) The Historic Site includes the McLoughlin House and 
     Barclay House, which are owned and managed by the 
     Association.
       [(4) The Historic Site is located in a Charter Park on 
     Oregon City Block 40, which is owned by the City.
       [(5) A cooperative agreement was made in 1941 among the 
     Association, the City, and the United States, providing for 
     the preservation and use of the McLoughlin House as a 
     national historic site.
       [(6) The Association has had an exemplary and longstanding 
     role in the stewardship of the Historic Site but is unable to 
     continue that role.
       [(7) The Historic Site has been an affiliated area of the 
     National Park System and is worthy of recognition as part of 
     the National Park System.

     [SEC. 3. MCLOUGHLIN HOUSE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE.

       [(a) Acquisition.--The Secretary is authorized to acquire 
     the Historic Site, from willing sellers only, by donation, 
     purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, 
     except that lands or interests in lands owned by the City may 
     be acquired by donation only.
       [(b) Boundaries; Administration.--Upon acquisition of the 
     Historic Site, the acquired property shall be included within 
     the boundaries of, and be administered as part of, the Fort 
     Vancouver National Historic Site in accordance with all 
     applicable laws and regulations of the National Park System.]

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; DEFINITIONS.

       (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``McLoughlin 
     House Addition to Fort Vancouver National Historic Site 
     Act''.
       (b) Definitions.--For the purposes of this Act, the 
     following definitions apply:
       (1) City.--The term ``City'' means Oregon City, Oregon.
       (2) McLoughlin house.--The term ``McLoughlin House'' means 
     the McLoughlin House National Historic Site which is 
     described in the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Interior's 
     Order of June 27, 1941, and generally depicted on the map 
     entitled ``McLoughlin House, Fort Vancouver National Historic 
     Site'', numbered 389/92,002, and dated 5/01/03, and includes 
     the McLoughlin House, the Barclay House, and other associated 
     real property, improvements, and personal property.
       (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.

     SEC. 2. MCLOUGHLIN HOUSE ADDITION TO FORT VANCOUVER.

       (a) Acquisition.--The Secretary is authorized to acquire 
     the McLoughlin House, from willing sellers only, by donation, 
     purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, 
     except that lands or interests in lands owned by the City may 
     be acquired by donation only.
       (b) Map Availability.--The map identifying the McLoughlin 
     House referred to in section 1(b)(2) shall be on file and 
     available for inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
     National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
       (c) Boundaries; Administration.--Upon acquisition of the 
     McLoughlin House, the acquired

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     property shall be included within the boundaries of, and be 
     administered as part of, the Fort Vancouver National Historic 
     Site in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.
       (d) Name Change.--Upon acquisition of the McLoughlin House, 
     the Secretary shall change the name of the site from the 
     ``McLoughlin House National Historic Site'' to the 
     ``McLoughlin House''.
       (e) Federal Laws.--After the McLoughlin House is acquired 
     and added to Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, any 
     reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or 
     other record of the United States to the ``McLoughlin House 
     National Historic Site'' (other than this Act) shall be 
     deemed a reference to the ``McLoughlin House'', a unit of 
     Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.

  The committee amendment, in the nature of a substitute, was agreed 
to.
  The bill (H.R. 733), as amended, was read the third time and passed.
  The title was amended so as to read: ``A bill to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to acquire the McLoughlin House in Oregon 
City, Oregon, for inclusion in Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, 
and for other purposes.''

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