Union Calendar No. 443

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4642

[Report No. 103–797]

A BILL

To provide for the restoration of Washington

for other purposes.in Independence National Historical Park, andSquare in Philadelphia and for its inclusion withOCTOBER 3, 1994

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commitordered to be printed tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
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Union Calendar No. 443

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4642

[Report No. 103–797]

To provide for the restoration of Washington Square in Philadelphia and

for its inclusion within Independence National Historical Park, and for

other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 23, 1994

Mr. FOGLIETTA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Natural Resources

OCTOBER 3, 1994

Reported with an amendment, 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]

A BILL

To provide for the restoration of Washington Square in

Philadelphia and for its inclusion within Independence

National Historical Park, 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. RESTORATION OF WASHINGTON SQUARE.

2 (a) RESTORATION.—The Secretary of the Interior

3 (acting through the Director of the National Park Service)

4 is authorized to provide a grant to the City of Philadelphia

5 to undertake the restoration of the area known as Wash6 ington Square, as depicted on the map numbered ,

7 and dated . Such grant may not be used to fund

8 more than 66.6 percent of the costs of such restoration.

9 The grant shall be conditioned on the conduct of such res10 toration in accordance with such standards as may be es11 tablished by the Secretary in order to facilitate the inclu12 sion of the square in Independence National Historical

13 Park pursuant to section 2 of this Act.

14 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

15 authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this sec16 tion not more than $2,600,000 for the fiscal year 1995.

17 SEC. 2. INCLUSION WITHIN INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL

18 HISTORICAL PARK.

19 Upon completion of the restoration, pursuant to sec20 tion 1, of Washington Square (as depicted on the map re21 ferred to in section 1), the Secretary of the Interior is

22 authorized to enter into a lease agreement with the city

23 of Philadelphia for the lease of such area to the National

24 Park Service, and the Secretary is authorized to modify

25 the boundaries of Independence National Historical Park

26 to include such area within such boundaries, and to pro-
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1 vide for the administration of such area as part of such

2 Park.

3 SECTION 1. RESTORATION OF WASHINGTON SQUARE.

4 (a) RESTORATION.—The Secretary of the Interior (act5 ing through the Director of the National Park Service) is

6 authorized to provide a grant to the City of Philadelphia

7 to undertake the restoration of the area known as Washing8 ton Square, as depicted on the map numbered 391-80,016

9 and dated September 1994. Such grant may not be used

10 to fund more than 66.6 percent of the costs of such restora11 tion. The grant shall be conditioned on the conduct of such

12 restoration in accordance with such standards as may be

13 established by the Secretary in order to facilitate the inclu14 sion of the square in Independence National Historical

15 Park pursuant to section 2 of this Act. Such standards shall

16 provide for the use of the most cost-efficient design and ma17 terials that are both consistent with the historical values

18 of the square and suitable for inclusion in Independence

19 National Historical Park. The grant shall also be condi20 tioned upon the entrance by the city into a memorandum

21 of understanding with the Secretary with respect to the

22 long-term lease and administration of the square.

23 (b) OFFSET OF FUNDING.—Any Federal funds, other

24 than those authorized to be appropriated under this Act,

25 that are appropriated for the purpose of restoring Washing-
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1 ton Square (as depicted on the map referred to in subsection

2 (a)) shall be used to offset any funds made available to the

3 National Park Service pursuant to this Act.

4 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

5 authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this sec6 tion not more than $2,600,000 for the fiscal year 1995.

7 SEC. 2. INCLUSION WITHIN INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL

8 HISTORICAL PARK.

9 Upon completion of the restoration, pursuant to sec10 tion 1, of Washington Square (as depicted on the map re11 ferred to in section 1), the Secretary of the Interior is au12 thorized to enter into a lease agreement with the city of

13 Philadelphia for the lease of such area to the National Park

14 Service for an amount not to exceed $1 per year, and to

15 acquire such area or an interest in the area by donation,

16 and the Secretary is authorized to modify the boundaries

17 of Independence National Historical Park to include such

18 area within such boundaries, and to provide for the admin19 istration of such area as part of such Park.

20 SEC. 3. ROLE OF CITY OF PHILADELPHIA.

21 In accordance with the terms set forth in the Memoran22 dum of Understanding signed by the Department of the In23 terior, the city of Philadelphia, and the Fairmount Park

24 Commission and dated November 25, 1991, and as a condi25 tion of receiving the grant referred to in section 1(a), the
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1 city of Philadelphia shall provide, without cost to the Fed2 eral Government, services for Washington Square (as de3 picted on the map referred to in section 1) with respect to

4 electricity, natural gas, water and sewer, curbside garbage

5 collection of bagged trash or receipt of hauled trash at a

6 city collection point, and police services comparable to those

7 provided in the surrounding community.