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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2384 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with 

Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana, to construct 

a curatorial center for the use of Cane River Creole National Historical 

Park, the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, 

and the University, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 13, 2009 

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

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into 

an agreement with Northwestern State University in 

Natchitoches, Louisiana, to construct a curatorial center 

for the use of Cane River Creole National Historical 

Park, the National Center for Preservation Technology 

and Training, and the University, 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 ‘‘National Park Service 

3 and Northwestern State University Collections Conserva4 tion Center Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

6 Congress finds that— 

7 (1) Cane River Creole National Historical Park 

8 has a nationally significant museum collection of 

9 more than 1,000,000 objects that is housed in leased 

10 space that fails to meet National Park Service mu11 seum standards; 

12 (2) there is no land within the boundary of the 

13 historical park in Natchitoches Parish that is above 

14 the 500-year floodplain, which is the level required 

15 for constructing curatorial facilities under National 

16 Park Service policies; 

17 (3) the historical park has a longstanding part18 nership with Northwestern State University, with 

19 which the historical park is required under the ena20 bling legislation for the historical park to coordinate 

21 a Cane River region comprehensive research pro22 gram, including a program for curation methods; 

23 (4) in 1992, the National Center for Preserva24 tion Technology and Training, which is administered 

25 by the National Park Service, was established at 

26 Northwestern University under section 403 of the 


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1 National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 

2 470x–2); 

3 (5) the National Center for Preservation Tech4 nology and Training requires additional space to 

5 house equipment and workspace connected with the 

6 development and dissemination of preservation and 

7 conservation skills and technologies; and 

8 (6) contingent on the approval by the Board of 

9 Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System, 

10 Northwestern State University is willing to make 

11 available land suitable for the National Park Service 

12 to construct a facility for curatorial and workspace 

13 needs of the National Center for Preservation Tech14 nology and Training if the University is able to use 

15 space in the facility for educational purposes relating 

16 to the Williamson Museum collection of the Univer17 sity. 

18 SEC. 3. COLLECTIONS CONSERVATION CENTER. 

19 Section 304 of the Cane River Creole National His20 torical Park and National Heritage Area Act (16 U.S.C. 

21 410ccc–2) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(f) COLLECTIONS CONSERVATION CENTER.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may enter 

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1 sity’) to construct a facility on land owned by the 

2 University to be used— 

3 ‘‘(A) to house the museum collection of the 

4 historical park; 

5 ‘‘(B) to provide additional space for use by 

6 the National Center for Preservation Tech7 nology and Training; and 

8 ‘‘(C) to provide space to the University for 

9 educational purposes relating to the Williamson 

10 Museum collection, if the University pays an 

11 appropriate rental fee to the National Park 

12 Service, as determined in the agreement entered 

13 into under this paragraph. 

14 ‘‘(2) USE OF FEE.—Proceeds from the rental 

15 fees collected under paragraph (1)(C) shall be avail16 able, without further appropriation, for the historical 

17 park.’’. 

18 SEC. 4. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 

19 The Cane River Creole National Historical Park and 

20 National Heritage Area Act (16 U.S.C. 410ccc et seq.) 

21 is amended— 

22 (1) in the third sentence of section 304(e) (16 

23 U.S.C. 410ccc–2(e)), by striking ‘‘of Technology’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘Technology’’; and 


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1 (2) in section 305(a) (16 U.S.C. 41ccc–3(a)), 

2 by striking ‘‘interest’’ and inserting ‘‘interests’’. 

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