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ADAMS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK ACT OF 1998
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Public Law 105-342
105th Congress
An Act
To establish the Adams National Historical Park in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, and for other <<NOTE: Nov. 2, 1998 - [S.
2240]>> purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress <<NOTE: Adams National Historical
Park Act of 1998.>> assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT <<NOTE: 16 USC 410eee note.>> TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Adams National Historical Park Act of
1998''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND <<NOTE: 16 USC 410eee.>> 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 United States, his wife Abigail Adams,
and John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United
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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. <<NOTE: 16 USC 410eee-1.>> 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 <<NOTE: 16 USC 410eee-2.>> 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. <<NOTE: 16 USC 410eee-3.>> 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
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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 <<NOTE: 16 USC 410eee-4.>> APPROPRIATIONS.
There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary
to carry out this Act.
Approved November 2, 1998.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 2240:
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SENATE REPORTS: No. 105-404 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 144 (1998):
Oct. 7, considered and passed Senate.
Oct. 10, considered and passed House.
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