Union Calendar No. 264

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3498

[Report No. 103–472]

A BILL

To establish the Great Falls Historic District, and

for other purposes.

APRIL 12, 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. 264

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3498

[Report No. 103–472]

To establish the Great Falls Historic District, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 10, 1993

Mr. KLEIN (for himself, Mr. HUGHES, Mr. ANDREWS of New Jersey, Mr.

GALLO, Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey, Mr. ZIMMER, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr.

NADLER, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. BARCIA of Michigan, Mr. PALLONE, Mr.

MENENDEZ, Mr. ACKERMAN, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. TORRICELLI, and Mr.

FRANKS of New Jersey) introduced the following bill; which was referred

to the Committee on Natural Resources

APRIL 12, 1994

Additional sponsors: Mr. SAXTON, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mrs. ROUKEMA,

Mr. BEILENSON, Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO ́, Mr. LAROCCO, Mr. BACCHUS

of Florida, Mr. TOWNS, Mrs. MINK, and Mr. FROST

APRIL 12, 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]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on November 10, 1993]

A BILL

To establish the Great Falls Historic District, and for other

purposes.
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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 ‘‘Great Falls Preservation

5 and Redevelopment Act of 1994’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 The Congress finds that—

8 (1) the Great Falls Historic District in the State

9 of New Jersey is an area of historical significance as

10 an early site of planned industrial development, and

11 has remained largely intact, including architecturally

12 significant structures;

13 (2) the Great Falls Historic District is listed on

14 the National Register of Historic Places and has been

15 designated a National Historic Landmark;

16 (3) the Great Falls Historic District is within a

17 half hour drive of New York City, and within two

18 hours of Philadelphia, Hartford, New Haven, and

19 Wilmington;

20 (4) the District was originally established by the

21 Society of Useful Manufactures, an organization

22 whose leaders included a number of historically re23 nowned individuals, including Alexander Hamilton;

24 and
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1 (5) the Great Falls Historic District has been the

2 subject of a number of studies which have shown that

3 the District possesses a combination of historic sig4 nificance and natural beauty worthy of and uniquely

5 situated for preservation and redevelopment.

6 SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

7 The purpose of this Act is to preserve and interpret

8 for the educational and inspirational benefit of the public,

9 the contribution to our national heritage of certain historic

10 and cultural lands, waterways and edifices of the Great

11 Falls Historic District with emphasis on harnessing this

12 unique urban environment for its educational and rec13 reational value, as well as to enhance economic and cultural

14 redevelopment within the District.

15 SEC. 4. GREAT FALLS HISTORIC DISTRICT.

16 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established in

17 the city of Paterson in the county of Passaic in the State

18 of New Jersey the Great Falls Historic District.

19 (b) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the District shall

20 be the boundaries as specified for the Great Falls Historic

21 District listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

22 SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to

24 enter into cooperative agreements in accordance with this

25 Act. In expending moneys appropriated pursuant to this
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1 Act, the Secretary may make grants to and enter into coop2 erative agreements with State or local government agencies

3 or nonprofit entities for each of the following:

4 (1) The preparation of a plan for the develop5 ment of historic, architectural, natural, cultural, and

6 interpretive resources within the District. The plan

7 shall include each of the following:

8 (A) An evaluation of—

9 (i) the existing condition of historic

10 and architectural resources; and

11 (ii) the environmental and flood haz12 ard conditions within the District.

13 (B) Recommendations for—

14 (i) rehabilitating, reconstructing, and

15 adaptively reusing such historic and archi16 tectural resources;

17 (ii) preserving viewsheds, focal points,

18 and streetscapes;

19 (iii) establishing gateways to the Dis20 trict;

21 (iv) establishing and maintaining

22 parks and public spaces;

23 (v) restoring, improving, and develop24 ing raceways and adjacent areas;

25 (vi) developing public parking areas;
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1 (vii) improving pedestrian and vehicu2 lar circulation within the District;

3 (viii) improving security within the

4 District, with an emphasis on preserving

5 historically significant structures from

6 arson; and

7 (ix) establishing a visitor’s center.

8 (2) Implementation of projects approved by the

9 Secretary pursuant to the Plan.

10 (b) RESTORATION, MAINTENANCE, AND INTERPRETA11 TION.—The Secretary may enter into cooperative agree12 ments with the owners of properties within the District of

13 historical or cultural significance as determined by the Sec14 retary, pursuant to which the Secretary may mark, inter15 pret, improve, restore, and provide technical assistance with

16 respect to the preservation and interpretation of such prop17 erties. Such agreements shall contain, but need not be lim18 ited to, provisions that the Secretary shall have the right

19 of access at reasonable times to public portions of the prop20 erty for interpretive and other purposes, and that no

21 changes or alterations shall be made in the property except

22 by mutual agreement.

23 (c) CAPITAL PROJECTS.—(1) Application for funds for

24 capital projects and improvements under this Act shall be

25 submitted to the Secretary and shall include a description
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1 of how the project proposed to be funded will further the

2 purposes of the District.

3 (2) In making such funds available, the Secretary shall

4 give consideration to projects which provide a greater lever5 age of Federal funds. Any payment made shall be subject

6 to an agreement that conversion, use, or disposal of the

7 project so assisted for purposes contrary to the purposes of

8 this Act, as determined by the Secretary, shall result in a

9 right of the United States of reimbursement of all funds

10 made available to such project or the proportion of the in11 creased value of the project attributable to such funds as

12 determined at the time of such conversion, use, or disposal,

13 whichever is greater.

14 SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.

15 As used in this Act—

16 (1) the term ‘‘District’’ means the Great Falls

17 Historic District established by section 4; and

18 (2) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of

19 the Interior.

20 SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

21 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary

22 to carry out this Act not more than—

23 (1) $3,000,000 for capital projects;

24 (2) $250,000 for planning; and

25 (3) $50,000 for technical assistance.
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1 Funds made available pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2)

2 shall not exceed 50 percent of the total costs of the project

3 to be funded. The authority to expend funds under this Act

4 shall expire 5 years from the date of enactment.