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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2430 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 23, 2014 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

AN ACT 

To adjust the boundaries of Paterson Great Falls National 

Historical Park to include Hinchliffe Stadium, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hinchliffe Stadium 

3 Heritage Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. PATERSON GREAT FALLS NATIONAL HISTORICAL 

5 PARK BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 

6 Section 7001 of the Omnibus Public Land Manage7 ment Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 410lll) is amended as fol8 lows: 

9 (1) In subsection (b)(3)— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘The Park shall’’ and in11 serting ‘‘(A) The Park shall’’; 

12 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 

13 through (G) as clauses (i) through (vii), respec14 tively; and 

15 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(B) In addition to the lands described in sub17 paragraph (A), the Park shall include the approxi18 mately 6 acres of land containing Hinchliffe Sta19 dium and generally depicted as the ‘Boundary Modi20 fication Area’ on the map entitled ‘Paterson Great 

21 Falls National Historical Park, Proposed Boundary 

22 Modification’, numbered T03/120,155, and dated 

23 April 2014, which shall be administered as part of 

24 the Park in accordance with subsection (c)(1) and 

25 section 3 of the Hinchliffe Stadium Heritage Act.’’. 


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1 (2) In subsection (b)(4), by striking ‘‘The Map’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘The Map and the map referred to in 

3 paragraph (3)(B)’’. 

4 (3) In subsection (c)(4)— 

5 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘The 

6 Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided 

7 in subparagraphs (B) and (C), the Secretary’’; 

8 and 

9 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 

10 the following: 

11 ‘‘(C) HINCHLIFFE STADIUM.—The Sec12 retary may not acquire fee title to Hinchliffe 

13 Stadium, but may acquire a preservation ease14 ment in Hinchliffe Stadium if the Secretary de15 termines that doing so will facilitate resource 

16 protection of the stadium.’’. 

17 SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR HINCHLIFFE 

18 STADIUM. 

19 In administering the approximately 6 acres of land 

20 containing Hinchliffe Stadium and generally depicted as 

21 the ‘‘Boundary Modification Area’’ on the map entitled 

22 ‘‘Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park, Proposed 

23 Boundary Modification’’, numbered T03/120,155, and 

24 dated April 2014, the Secretary of the Interior— 


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1 (1) may not include non-Federal property with2 in the approximately 6 acres of land as part of 

3 Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park with4 out the written consent of the owner; 

5 (2) may not acquire by condemnation any land 

6 or interests in land within the approximately 6 acres 

7 of land; and 

8 (3) shall not construe this Act or the amend9 ments made by this Act to create buffer zones out10 side the boundaries of the Paterson Great Falls Na11 tional Historical Park. That activities or uses can be 

12 seen, heard or detected from areas within the ap13 proximately 6 acres of land added to the Paterson 

14 Great Falls National Historical Park by this Act 

15 shall not preclude, limit, control, regulate or deter16 mine the conduct or management of activities or 

17 uses outside of the Paterson Great Falls National 

18 Historical Park. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 22, 2014. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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