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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 66

To establish the Kate Mullany National Historic Site in the State of New

York, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 19, 1999

Mr. MOYNIHAN (for himself and Mr. SCHUMER) introduced the following bill;

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To establish the Kate Mullany National Historic Site in

the State of New York, 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,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Kate Mullany National

5 Historic Site Designation Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

8 (1) the Kate Mullany House in Troy, New

9 York, is listed on the National Register of Historic
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1 Places and has been designated as a National His2 toric Landmark;

3 (2) the National Historic Landmark Theme

4 Study on American Labor History concluded that

5 the Kate Mullany House appears to meet the criteria

6 of national significance, suitability, and feasibility

7 for inclusion in the National Park System;

8 (3) the city of Troy, New York—

9 (A) played an important role in the devel10 opment of the collar and cuff industry and the

11 iron industry in the 19th century and in the de12 velopment of early men’s and women’s worker

13 and cooperative organizations; and

14 (B) was the home of the first women’s

15 labor union, led by Irish immigrant Kate

16 Mullany;

17 (4) the city of Troy, New York, has entered

18 into a cooperative arrangement with 6 neighboring

19 cities, towns, and villages to create the Hudson-Mo20 hawk Urban Cultural Park Commission to manage

21 the valuable historic resources in the area, and the

22 area within those municipalities has been designated

23 by the State of New York as a heritage area to rep24 resent industrial development and labor themes in

25 the development of the State;
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1 (5) the area, known as the ‘‘Hudson-Mohawk

2 Urban Cultural Park’’ or ‘‘RiverSpark’’, has been a

3 pioneer in the development of partnership parks in

4 which intergovernmental and public and private

5 partnerships bring about the conservation of the

6 area’s heritage and the attainment of goals for pres7 ervation, education, recreation, and economic devel8 opment; and

9 (6) establishment of the Kate Mullany National

10 Historic Site and cooperative efforts between the

11 National Park Service and the Hudson-Mohawk

12 Urban Cultural Park Commission will—

13 (A) provide opportunities for the illustra14 tion and interpretation of important themes of

15 the heritage of the United States; and

16 (B) provide unique opportunities for edu17 cation, public use, and enjoyment.

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

19 (1) to preserve and interpret the nationally sig20 nificant home of Kate Mullany for the benefit, inspi21 ration, and education of the people of the United

22 States; and

23 (2) to interpret the connection between immi24 gration and the industrialization of the United
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1 States, including the history of Irish immigration,

2 women’s history, and worker history.

3 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

4 In this Act:

5 (1) HISTORIC SITE.—The term ‘‘historic site’’

6 means the Kate Mullany National Historic Site es7 tablished by section 4.

8 (2) PLAN.—The term ‘‘plan’’ means the general

9 management plan developed under section 6(d).

10 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

11 the Secretary of the Interior.

12 SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF KATE MULLANY NATIONAL

13 HISTORIC SITE.

14 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established as a unit

15 of the National Park System the Kate Mullany National

16 Historic Site in the State of New York.

17 (b) DESCRIPTION.—The historic site shall consist of

18 the home of Kate Mullany, comprising approximately

19 .05739 acre, located at 350 Eighth Street in Troy, New

20 York, as generally depicted on the map entitled

21 lllll and dated llllll.

22 SEC. 5. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.

23 (a) REAL PROPERTY.—The Secretary may acquire

24 land and interests in land within the boundaries of the

25 historic site and ancillary real property for parking or in-
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1 terpretation, as necessary and appropriate for manage2 ment of the historic site.

3 (b) PERSONAL PROPERTY.—The Secretary may ac4 quire personal property associated with, and appropriate

5 for, the interpretation of the historic site.

6 (c) MEANS.—An acquisition of real property or per7 sonal property may be made by donation, purchase from

8 a willing seller with donated or appropriated funds, or ex9 change.

10 SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATION OF HISTORIC SITE.

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall administer

12 the historic site in accordance with this Act and the law

13 generally applicable to units of the National Park System,

14 including the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish a National

15 Park Service, and for other purposes’’, approved August

16 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), and the Act entitled ‘‘An

17 Act to provide for the preservation of historic American

18 sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities of national signifi19 cance, and for other purposes’’, approved August 21, 1935

20 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.).

21 (b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—In carrying out

22 this Act, the Secretary may consult with and enter into

23 cooperative agreements with the State of New York, the

24 Hudson-Mohawk Urban Cultural Park Commission, and

25 other public and private entities to facilitate public under-
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1 standing and enjoyment of the life and work of Kate

2 Mullany through the development, presentation, and fund3 ing of exhibits and other appropriate activities related to

4 the preservation, interpretation, and use of the historic

5 site and related historic resources.

6 (c) EXHIBITS.—The Secretary may display, and ac7 cept for the purposes of display, items associated with

8 Kate Mullany, as may be necessary for the interpretation

9 of the historic site.

10 (d) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.—

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 full fiscal

12 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the

13 Secretary shall—

14 (A) develop a general management plan for

15 the historic site; and

16 (B) submit the plan to the Committee on

17 Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate

18 and the Committee on Resources of the House

19 of Representatives.

20 (2) CONTENTS.—The plan shall include rec21 ommendations for regional wayside exhibits to be

22 carried out through cooperative agreements with the

23 State of New York and other public and private en24 tities.
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1 (3) REQUIREMENTS.—The plan shall be pre2 pared in accordance with section 12(b) of the Act

3 entitled ‘‘An Act to improve the administration of

4 the national park system by the Secretary of the In5 terior, and to clarify the authorities applicable to the

6 system, and for other purposes’’, approved August

7 18, 1970 (16 U.S.C 1a et seq.).

8 SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

9 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums

10 as are necessary to carry out this Act.

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