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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 150

To provide for assistance in the preservation of Taliesin in the State of

Wisconsin, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 21 (legislative day, JANUARY 5), 1993

Mr. KOHL introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to

the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To provide for assistance in the preservation of Taliesin

in the State of Wisconsin, 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 ‘‘Taliesin Preservation

5 Act of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that the nationally

8 significant land, improvements, and landscapes in the

9 State of Wisconsin that comprise the complex known as

10 ‘‘Taliesin’’—
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1 (1) was the home and studio of America’s most

2 important artist of this century, architect Frank

3 Lloyd Wright, from 1911 until 1959;

4 (2) was designated as a National Historic

5 Landmark on January 7, 1976;

6 (3) includes other projects designed by Wright,

7 including—

8 (A) the Romeo and Juliet Windmill, de9 signed in 1897;

10 (B) the Hillside Home School, designed in

11 1901;

12 (C) the Tan-y-deri residence, designed in

13 1907;

14 (D) the Midway Farm, designed in 1937;

15 and

16 (E) 600 acres of landscape;

17 (4) includes the adjoining—

18 (A) Unity Chapel, which Wright worked on

19 in 1887 for architect Joseph Silsbee; and

20 (B) Michels Farm property, which was the

21 farm of Wright’s uncle Thomas (Jones);

22 (5) is the preeminent single site in the world for

23 interpreting the life, work, and ideas of Wright; and

24 (6) can best achieve the goals of the National

25 Park Service by becoming an affiliated area of the
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1 National Park System, while remaining under pri2 vate ownership and management.

3 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to provide

4 for the preservation and interpretation by the Secretary

5 of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Na6 tional Park Service, of the complex in Wisconsin known

7 as the ‘‘Taliesin’’, for the benefit of present and future

8 generations.

9 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

10 As used in this Act:

11 (1) OWNER OR OPERATOR.—The term ‘‘owner

12 or operator’’ means the owner or operator of the

13 Taliesin site.

14 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

15 the Secretary of the Interior.

16 (3) TALIESIN SITE.—The term ‘‘Taliesin site’’

17 means the properties described in section 2.

18 SEC. 4. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AND PLAN.

19 (a) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—In furtherance of the pur21 pose of this Act, and after approving a comprehen22 sive plan in accordance with subsection (b), the Sec23 retary may enter into one or more cooperative agree24 ments containing the provisions described in para-
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1 graph (3) with the owner or operator to provide as2 sistance in accordance with paragraph (2).

3 (2) ASSISTANCE.—Pursuant to a cooperative

4 agreement described in paragraph (1), in accordance

5 with the comprehensive plan described in subsection

6 (b), and for the benefit of the public, the Secretary

7 may provide technical and financial assistance for

8 the protection, restoration, and interpretation of the

9 Taliesin site.

10 (3) PROVISIONS.—Each agreement shall pro11 vide that the owner or operator—

12 (A) shall permit public access to the

13 Taliesin site at reasonable times through con14 ducted tours that interpret the culturally sig15 nificant portions of the Taliesin site; and

16 (B) may make no change or alteration of

17 the Taliesin site that is not consistent with the

18 comprehensive plan.

19 (b) COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.—

20 (1) PREPARATION AND ADOPTION.—As a condi21 tion of entering into a cooperative agreement under

22 subsection (a), the owner or operator shall prepare

23 and adopt a comprehensive plan for the continued

24 preservation and public use of the Taliesin site and

25 submit the plan to the Secretary for approval.
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1 (2) APPROVAL.—The Secretary shall approve

2 the comprehensive plan if the plan is consistent

3 with, and in furtherance of, the purpose of this Act.

4 (3) AMENDMENT.—The plan may be amended

5 or revised from time to time, but no assistance, fi6 nancial or otherwise, may be made available pursu7 ant to any cooperative agreement unless the amend8 ment or revision is approved by the Secretary in ac9 cordance with this subsection.

10 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), there

12 are authorized to be appropriated $8,000,000 to carry out

13 this Act.

14 (b) MATCHING FUNDS.—As a condition of the avail15 ability of funds pursuant to this Act, the funds must be

16 supplemented with matching non-Federal funds on a one17 to-one basis. The non-Federal matching funds shall come

18 from both State and private funding sources.

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