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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1846 

To amend the Act establishing the Lower East Side Tenement National 

Historic Site, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 7, 2013 

Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Act establishing the Lower East Side 

Tenement National Historic Site, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lower East Side Tene5 ment National Historic Site Amendments Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) The Lower East Side Tenement Museum 

9 was founded in 1988 and has, for the past 25 years, 

10 preserved and interpreted the history of immigration 


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1 through the personal experiences of generations of 

2 newcomers who settled in and built lives on Manhat3 tan’s Lower East Side, America’s iconic immigrant 

4 neighborhood. 

5 (2)(A) The Director of the National Park Serv6 ice found the Lower East Side Tenement at 97 Or7 chard Street to be nationally significant. 

8 (B) On April 19, 1994, the Secretary of the In9 terior declared the Lower East Side Tenement a Na10 tional Historic Landmark. 

11 (C) The Director of the National Park Service, 

12 through a special resource study, found the Lower 

13 East Side Tenement suitable and feasible for inclu14 sion in the National Park System. 

15 (D) On November 12, 1998, the historic site 

16 was designated as an affiliated site of the National 

17 Park System pursuant to Public Law 105–378. 

18 (3)(A) In 2006, the Secretary of the Interior, 

19 together with the National Park Service, compiled a 

20 general management plan for the site. 

21 (B) The plan recognized the need for space for 

22 administrative functions, collections storage, and vis23 itor services, including orientation and additional ex24 hibits. 


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1 (C) The plan expressly specified that a bound2 ary adjustment to the National Historic Site might 

3 be considered if the museum was able to obtain 

4 property and the resources— 

5 (i) included significant features related of 

6 the primary purposes of the site; 

7 (ii) addressed operational issues including 

8 access; or 

9 (iii) protected resources critical to the 

10 site’s purposes. 

11 (4) The Museum obtained a neighboring 1888 

12 tenement, 103 Orchard Street, which was restored 

13 and renovated to serve as a visitor and education 

14 center. 

15 (5) 103 Orchard Street was declared a contrib16 uting property in the Lower East Side National His17 toric District, listed on both the National and New 

18 York State Registers of Historic Places. 

19 SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS. 

20 Public Law 105–378 is amended— 

21 (1) in section 101(a)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘the 

23 Lower East Side Tenement at 97 Orchard 

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1 ements at 97 and 103 Orchard Street in New 

2 York City are outstanding survivors’’; and 

3 (B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘the 

4 Lower East Side Tenement is’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘the Lower East Side Tenements are’’; 

6 (2) in section 102— 

7 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Lower 

8 East Side Tenement found at 97 Orchard 

9 Street’’ and inserting ‘‘Lower East Side Tene10 ments found at 97 and 103 Orchard Street’’; 

11 and 

12 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘which 

13 owns and operates the tenement building at 97 

14 Orchard Street’’ and inserting ‘‘which owns and 

15 operates the tenement buildings at 97 and 103 

16 Orchard Street’’; 

17 (3) in section 103(a), by striking ‘‘the Lower 

18 East Side Tenement at 97 Orchard Street, in the 

19 City of New York, State of New York, is des20 ignated’’ and inserting ‘‘the Lower East Side Tene21 ments at 97 and 103 Orchard Street, in the City of 

22 New York, State of New York, are designated’’; and 


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1 (4) in section 104(d), by striking ‘‘the property 

2 at 97 Orchard Street’’ and inserting ‘‘the properties 

3 at 97 and 103 Orchard Street’’. 

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