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Union Calendar No. 197 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 189 

[Report No. 110–310] 

To establish the Paterson Great Falls National Park in the State of New 

Jersey. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 4, 2007 

Mr. PASCRELL (for himself, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. 

GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. ROTHMAN, 

Mr. PAYNE, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. HOLT, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, 

and Mr. SIRES) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

AUGUST 4, 2007 

Additional sponsors: Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia and Ms. JACKSON-LEE of 

Texas 

AUGUST 4, 2007 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 4, 2007] 

A BILL 

To establish the Paterson Great Falls National Park in the 

State of New Jersey. 


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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 ‘‘Paterson Great Falls 

5 National Historical Park Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) The Great Falls Historic District in 

9 Paterson, New Jersey, is the site that Alexander 

10 Hamilton selected to implement his vision of Amer11 ican economic independence and transform a rural 

12 agrarian society based on slavery into a global econ13 omy based on freedom. 

14 (2) The Great Falls Historic District was des15 ignated as a National Historic Landmark in 1976 

16 and President Gerald Ford declared it ‘‘a symbol of 

17 the industrial might which helps to make America the 

18 most powerful nation in the world’’. 

19 (3) Section 510 of Public Law 104–333 estab20 lished the Great Falls Historic District to recognize 

21 the contribution to our national heritage of certain 

22 historical, cultural, and natural resources of the his23 toric district. 

24 (4) Exceptional natural and cultural resources 

25 make the Great Falls Historic District America’s only 


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1 National Historic District that contains both a Na2 tional Historic Landmark and a National Natural 

3 Landmark. 

4 (5) Pierre L’Enfant’s water power system at the 

5 Great Falls and the buildings erected around it over 

6 two centuries constitute the finest and most extensive 

7 remaining example of engineering, planning and ar8 chitectural works that span the entire period of Amer9 ica’s growth into an industrial power. 

10 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 

11 (1) to establish a unit of the National Park Sys12 tem in Paterson, New Jersey, consisting of the Great 

13 Falls Historic District; and 

14 (2) to foster activities among Federal, State, and 

15 local governments, non-profit organizations, and pri16 vate donors to preserve, enhance, interpret, and pro17 mote the cultural sites, historic structures, and nat18 ural beauty of the Great Falls Historic District for 

19 the benefit of present and future generations. 

20 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

21 For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions 

22 apply: 

23 (1) PARK.—The term ‘‘park’’ means the Paterson 

24 Great Falls National Historical Park established in 

25 section 4. 


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1 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

2 the Secretary of the Interior. 

3 (3) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 

4 means the Paterson Great Falls National Historical 

5 Park Commission established in section 7. 

6 SEC. 4. PATERSON GREAT FALLS NATIONAL HISTORICAL 

7 PARK. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—In order to preserve and inter9 pret for the benefit of present and future generations certain 

10 historical, cultural, and natural resources associated with 

11 the Great Falls National Historic District, there is estab12 lished in the city of Paterson in the county of Passaic in 

13 the State of New Jersey the Paterson Great Falls National 

14 Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System. 

15 (b) BOUNDARIES.—The park shall consist of approxi16 mately 109 acres as generally depicted on the map titled 

17 ‘‘Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park—Proposed 

18 Boundary’’, numbered T03/80,000, and dated June 2007. 

19 The map shall be on file and available for public inspection 

20 in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service and 

21 the city of Paterson. 

22 SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—The park shall be administered by 

24 the Secretary in accordance with this Act and the provi25 sions of law generally applicable to units of the National 


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1 Park System, including the Act of August 25, 1916 (16 

2 U.S.C. 1–4) and the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461– 

3 467). 

4 (b) STATE AND LOCAL JURISDICTION.—Nothing in 

5 this section shall be construed to diminish, enlarge, or mod6 ify any right of the State of New Jersey or any political 

7 subdivision thereof, to exercise civil and criminal jurisdic8 tion or to carry out State laws, rules, and regulations with9 in the park. 

10 (c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—In furtherance of the purposes 

12 of this Act, the Secretary is authorized, after consulta13 tion with the Commission, to enter into cooperative 

14 agreements with the owners of properties of natural, 

15 historical, or cultural significance within the park, 

16 pursuant to which agreements the Secretary may 

17 mark, interpret, restore, and provide technical assist18 ance for the preservation of such properties and pur19 suant to which the Secretary may provide assistance, 

20 including management services and program imple21 mentation. 

22 (2) RIGHT OF ACCESS.—Each cooperative agree23 ment shall provide that the Secretary, through the 

24 National Park Service, shall have the right of access 

25 at all reasonable times to all public portions of the 


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1 property covered by the agreement for the purpose of 

2 conducting visitors through such properties and inter3 preting them to the public. 

4 (3) ALTERATION OF PROPERTIES.—Each cooper5 ative agreement shall provide that no changes or al6 terations shall be made in the property covered by the 

7 agreement except by mutual agreement between the 

8 Secretary and the other party to the agreement. 

9 (d) USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.— 

10 (1) CONVERSION, USE, OR DISPOSAL OF

11 PROJECTS.—Any payment made by the Secretary 

12 pursuant to a cooperative agreement under this sec13 tion shall be subject to an agreement that conversion, 

14 use, or disposal of a project so assisted for purposes 

15 contrary to the purposes of this Act, as determined by 

16 the Secretary, shall result in the right of the United 

17 States to reimbursement of all funds made available 

18 to the project or the portion of the increased value of 

19 the project attributable to such funds as determined at 

20 the time of such conversion, use, or disposal, which21 ever is greater. 

22 (2) MATCHING FUNDS.—As a condition of ex23 pending any funds appropriated to the Secretary for 

24 the purposes of cooperative agreements under this sec25 tion, the Secretary shall require that such expenditure 


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1 must be matched by expenditure of an equal amount 

2 of funds provided by non-Federal sources. 

3 (3) DONATIONS.—With the approval of the Sec4 retary, any donation of property, goods, or services 

5 from a non-Federal source may be considered as a 

6 contribution of funds from a non-federal source for 

7 purposes of this section. 

8 SEC. 6. GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN. 

9 Not later than 3 complete fiscal years after the date 

10 funds are made available for this purpose, the Secretary 

11 shall prepare, in consultation with the Commission, and 

12 transmit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the 

13 House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and 

14 Natural Resources of the Senate a general management 

15 plan for the park in accordance with the provisions of sec16 tion 12(b) of the Act of August 18, 1970 (16 U.S.C. 1a– 

17 7(b)), popularly known as the National Park System Gen18 eral Authorities Act, and other applicable law. 

19 SEC. 7. PATERSON GREAT FALLS NATIONAL HISTORICAL 

20 PARK COMMISSION. 

21 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established the 

22 Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park Commission 

23 whose purpose shall be to assist and advise the Secretary 

24 in the development and implementation of the general man25 agement plan for the park. 


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1 (b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

2 (1) APPOINTMENTS.—The Commission shall be 

3 composed of 9 members appointed by the Secretary, 

4 of whom— 

5 (A) 4 members shall be from nominees sub6 mitted by the Governor of the State of New Jer7 sey; 

8 (B) 2 members shall be from nominees sub9 mitted by the City Council of Paterson; 

10 (C) 1 member shall be from nominees sub11 mitted by the Board of Chosen Freeholders of 

12 Passaic County, New Jersey; and 

13 (D) 2 members shall be qualified to serve on 

14 the Commission because of their familiarity with 

15 national parks and historic preservation. 

16 (2) CHAIRPERSON; VICE CHAIRPERSON.—The 

17 Commission shall elect one of its members as Chair18 person and one as Vice Chairperson. The Vice Chair19 person shall serve as chairperson in the absence of the 

20 Chairperson. 

21 (3) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Commission 

22 shall be filled in the same manner in which the origi23 nal appointment was made. 

24 (4) TERMS.—Terms of service are as follows: 


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1 (A) The term of office of the Chairperson 

2 and Vice Chairperson shall be one year. 

3 (B) Members of the Commission shall serve 

4 for terms of 3 years and may be reappointed not 

5 more than once. 

6 (C) A member may serve after the expira7 tion of his or her term until a successor has been 

8 appointed. 

9 (5) TIMELINE FOR APPOINTMENTS.—The Sec10 retary shall appoint the first members of the Commis11 sion not later than 30 days after the date on which 

12 the Secretary has received all of the recommendations 

13 for appointment pursuant to paragraph (1). 

14 (c) COMPENSATION.—Members of the Commission shall 

15 serve without pay, but while away from their homes or reg16 ular places of business in the performance of services for 

17 the Commission, members shall be allowed travel expenses, 

18 including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same man19 ner as persons employed intermittently in the Government 

20 service are allowed expenses under section 5703 of title 5, 

21 United States Code. 

22 (d) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet at the 

23 call of the Chairperson or a majority of its members. 

24 (e) QUORUM.—A majority of the Commission shall 

25 constitute a quorum. 


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1 (f) STAFF.—The Secretary shall provide the Commis2 sion with such staff and technical assistance as the Sec3 retary, after consultation with the Commission, considers 

4 appropriate to enable the Commission to carry out its du5 ties. The Secretary may accept the services of personnel de6 tailed from the State of New Jersey, any political subdivi7 sion of the State or any entity represented on the Commis8 sion. 

9 (g) EXEMPTION.—Section 14(b) of the Federal Advi10 sory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the 

11 Commission. 

12 (h) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate 

13 10 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

14 SEC. 8. ACQUISITION OF LAND. 

15 (a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may ac16 quire land or interests in land within the boundaries of the 

17 park from willing sellers only by donation, purchase with 

18 donated or appropriated funds, or exchange. 

19 (b) STATE PROPERTY.—Land or interests in land 

20 owned by the State of New Jersey or any political subdivi21 sion of the State may be acquired only by donation. 

22 SEC. 9. HINCHLIFFE STADIUM. 

23 Not later than three years after the date of the enact24 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a study re25 garding the preservation and interpretation of Hinchliffe 


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1 Stadium as listed on the National Register of Historic 

2 Places. The study shall include an assessment of the poten3 tial for listing as a National Historic Landmark as well 

4 as options for maintaining the historic integrity of the sta5 dium. 

6 SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as 

8 may be necessary to carry out this Act. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to establish 

the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in the 

State of New Jersey and for other purposes.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 197 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 189 

[Report No. 110

–310] 

A BILL 

To establish the Paterson Great Falls National 

Park in the State of New Jersey. 

AUGUST 4, 2007 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 

dered to be printed of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and orVerDate Aug 31 2005 21:49 Aug 04, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H189.RH H189

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