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[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1561 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 522
113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1561

                          [Report No. 113-691]

  To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make improvements to 
support facilities for National Historic Sites operated by the National 
                 Park Service, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 15, 2013

 Mr. Gardner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

                           December 22, 2014

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
  To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make improvements to 
support facilities for National Historic Sites operated by the National 
                 Park Service, 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. IMPROVEMENT, OPERATION, AND USE OF SUPPORT FACILITIES.

    (a) Improvement.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
National Park Service, may make improvements to a support facility, 
including a visitor center, for a National Historic Site administered 
by the National Park Service if the project--
            (1) is conducted within the agency's existing budget;
            (2) is subject to a 50-percent non-Federal cost sharing 
        requirement; and
            (3) is conducted for a unit of the National Park System 
        which has authority to establish a support facility outside the 
        park boundary.
    (b) Operation and Use.--The National Park Service may operate and 
use all or part of a support facility, including a visitor center, for 
a National Historic Site--
            (1) to carry out duties associated with administering and 
        supporting the National Historic Site; and
            (2) only in situations where there is an agreement between 
        the Secretary of Interior and the commissioners of the County 
        or Parish in which the support facility is located.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 522

113th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1561

                          [Report No. 113-691]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make improvements to 
support facilities for National Historic Sites operated by the National 
                 Park Service, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           December 22, 2014

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed
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