111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1471 

AN ACT 

To expand the boundary of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in the State of Georgia, to redesignate the 

unit as a 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. BOUNDARY EXPANSION. 

2 Section 1 of Public Law 100–206 is amended— 

3 (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (3) 

4 and inserting: 

5 ‘‘(3) preserve and interpret a southern agricul6 tural-based rural community during the early to 

7 middle years of the 20th century.’’; 

8 (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘map enti9 tled ‘Jimmy Carter National Historic Site and Pres10 ervation District Boundary Map’, numbered NHS– 

11 JC–80000, and dated April 1987’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘map titled ‘Jimmy Carter National Historical Park 

13 and Preservation District, Proposed Boundary Map’, 

14 numbered 330/80,019, and dated September 2009’’; 

15 (3) in subsection (b)(2)— 

16 (A) by striking ‘‘and described more par17 ticularly as follows—’’ and inserting ‘‘or is 

18 needed to enhance the visitor experience, and 

19 includes—’’; 

20 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘15’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘18’’; 

22 (C) in subparagraph (E), by striking 

23 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

24 (D) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘Car25 ter.’’ and inserting ‘‘Carter, and properties in 

26 the vicinity of the residence along West Church 
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1 Street that are needed for administrative and 

2 visitor uses and to protect scenic values, not to 

3 exceed 10 acres;’’; and 

4 (E) by adding at the end the following new 

5 subparagraphs: 

6 ‘‘(G) the Billy Carter Service Station at 

7 104 West Church Street, consisting of less than 

8 one acre; 

9 ‘‘(H) the property at 147 Old Plains High10 way, known locally as the ‘Haunted House’, 

11 where Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter resided from 

12 1956 to 1961, consisting of approximately one 

13 acre; 

14 ‘‘(I) the Georgia Welcome Center on State 

15 Route 280/27, consisting of approximately 18 

16 acres; and 

17 ‘‘(J) two corridors of land no wider than 

18 50 feet each between the Georgia Welcome Cen19 ter and the President Carter boyhood home for 

20 the purpose of establishing walking and biking 

21 trails while using, to the greatest extent prac22 ticable, the right-of-way for the Shoreline Ex23 cursion Train.’’; 

24 (4) in subsection (c)(1)— 
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1 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

2 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

3 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 

4 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

5 (C) after subparagraph (B), insert the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(C) by donation only, other lands and in8 terests in lands in the environs of Plains con9 taining natural, cultural, or historic resources 

10 consistent with the purposes of the national his11 torical park which, upon acquisition, shall be in12 cluded in and administered as part of the na13 tional historical park.’’; and 

14 (5) in subsection (c)(2), by inserting ‘‘, the 

15 Georgia Welcome Center (referred to in subsection 

16 (b)(2)(I)),’’ after ‘‘subsection (b)(2)(A))’’. 

17 SEC. 2. REDESIGNATION AS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK. 

18 (a) REDESIGNATION.—Public Law 100–206 is 

19 amended— 

20 (1) by striking ‘‘National Historic Site’’ each 

21 place it appears and inserting ‘‘National Historical 

22 Park’’; 

23 (2) by striking ‘‘historic site’’ each place it ap24 pears and inserting ‘‘national historical park’’; 
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1 (3) in the section heading of section 1, by strik2 ing ‘‘NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK’’; 

4 (4) in the subsection heading of section 1(b), by 

5 striking ‘‘NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK’’; and 

7 (5) in the section heading of section 3, by strik8 ing ‘‘HISTORIC SITE’’ and inserting ‘‘NATIONAL

9 HISTORICAL PARK’’. 

10 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg11 ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 

12 States to the ‘‘Jimmy Carter National Historic Site’’ shall 

13 be deemed a reference to the ‘‘Jimmy Carter National 

14 Historical Park’’. 

15 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

16 Public Law 100–206 is further amended by striking 

17 section 7. 

Passed the House of Representatives October 26, 

2009. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1471 

AN ACT 

To expand the boundary of the Jimmy Carter NaPark, and for other purposes. redesignate the unit as a National Historical tional Historic Site in the State of Georgia, to