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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 150

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 21, 1994

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

AN ACT

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 1994’’.
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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

2 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—

3 (1) ‘‘Taliesin’’, the nationally significant 600-

4 acre site located in the State of Wisconsin, together

5 with its structures and improvements, was the home

6 and studio of the exceptionally gifted and outstand7 ing artist, architect Frank Lloyd Wright, from 1911

8 until 1959, and was designated as a National His9 toric Landmark in 1976; and

10 (2) Taliesin is the preeminent single site in the

11 Nation for interpreting the life, work, and ideas of

12 Wright, and can best be protected and interpreted

13 through designation as an affiliated area of the Na14 tional Park System, while remaining under private

15 ownership and management.

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

17 for the preservation and interpretation of the Taliesin site

18 by the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to

19 as the ‘‘Secretary’’), for the benefit of present and future

20 generations.

21 SEC. 3. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND PLAN.

22 (a) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—(1) In furtherance

23 of this Act, the Secretary is authorized to enter into coop24 erative agreements with the owner or operator of the

25 Taliesin site, pursuant to which agreements the Secretary

26 may mark, interpret, restore, and provide technical assist-
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1 ance for the preservation of the site, in accordance with

2 the comprehensive plan described in subsection (b).

3 (2) Each cooperative agreement shall provide that the

4 Secretary shall have the right of access at reasonable

5 times to all public portions of the property covered by the

6 agreement, for the purpose of conducting visitors through

7 such properties and interpreting them to the public.

8 (3) Such cooperative agreements shall provide that

9 no changes or alterations shall be made in the property

10 covered by the agreement except by mutual agreement be11 tween the Secretary and the other party to the agreement.

12 (b) COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.—(1) As a condition of

13 entering into cooperative agreements and receiving finan14 cial assistance under this Act, the owner or operator shall

15 prepare and adopt a comprehensive plan for the continued

16 preservation and public use of the Taliesin site and submit

17 such plan to the Secretary for approval.

18 (2) The plan may be amended or revised from time

19 to time, but no assistance, financial or otherwise, in con20 junction with this Act, may be made available by the Sec21 retary pursuant to any cooperative agreement unless the

22 amendment or revision is approved by the Secretary.

23 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

24 There are authorized to be appropriated not more

25 than $8,000,000 to carry out the purpose of this Act: Pro-
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1 vided, That with respect to the cooperative agreements au2 thorized in subsection 3(a), the Secretary may not provide

3 more than one-third of the aggregate cost of implementing

4 those agreements. The remainder of the cost shall be

5 borne by State and private entities.

Passed the Senate June 16 (legislative day, June 7),

1994.

Attest: MARTHA S. POPE,

Secretary.