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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5206 

To redesignate the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site as the ‘‘SaintGaudens National Park for the Arts’’, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 12, 2016 

Mr. GUINTA (for himself and Ms. KUSTER) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To redesignate the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site as 

the ‘‘Saint-Gaudens National Park for the Arts’’, 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 ‘‘Saint-Gaudens Na5 tional Park for the Arts Redesignation Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that— 

8 (1) Augustus Saint-Gaudens was one of the 

9 greatest sculptors in the United States, creating 

10 well-known public monuments to Civil War heroes, 


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1 peerless bas-reliefs, and the 1907 United States gold 

2 coinage, which are considered to be the most beau3 tiful coins ever minted; 

4 (2) from 1885 until the death of Augustus 

5 Saint-Gaudens in 1907, Augustus Saint-Gaudens 

6 maintained a residence and studios in Cornish, New 

7 Hampshire, where many of the most famous works 

8 of Augustus Saint-Gaudens were created and per9 fected; 

10 (3) the presence of Saint-Gaudens in Cornish, 

11 New Hampshire, attracted leaders and practitioners 

12 in painting, sculpture, etching, writing, poetry, 

13 drama, dance, musical composition, musical per14 formance, architecture, landscape architecture, juris15 prudence, politics, and other artistic disciplines to 

16 relocate to Cornish, forming the Cornish Art Colony, 

17 which was— 

18 (A) one of the earliest art colonies; and 

19 (B) one of the richest and most diverse 

20 concentrations of practicing artists in the 

21 United States; 

22 (4) the core of the Cornish Art Colony is cur23 rently preserved at Aspet, the estate of Augustus 

24 Saint-Gaudens, and at the Blow-Me-Down Farm, 

25 which served as a social hub for the Colony, both of 


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1 which are part of the Saint-Gaudens National His2 toric Site; and 

3 (5) throughout the long history of the Saint4 Gaudens National Historic Site, the Historic Site 

5 and the partner organization of the Historic Site, 

6 the Saint-Gaudens Memorial, have promoted the 

7 arts through the regular presentation of musical 

8 concerts, historical dramas, visual arts exhibitions, 

9 artistic workshops, and the oldest artist-in-residence 

10 program in the National Park Service, creating a vi11 brant artistic community that promotes the creation, 

12 performance, and interpretation of the artistic herit13 age of the United States. 

14 SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF SAINT-GAUDENS NATIONAL PARK 

15 FOR THE ARTS. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Saint-Gaudens National His17 toric Site shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Saint18 Gaudens National Park for the Arts’’. 

19 (b) AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC LAW 88–543.—Public 

20 Law 88–543 (78 Stat. 749) is amended— 

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

22 place it appears and inserting ‘‘National Park for 

23 the Arts’’; 


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1 (2) in section 2(a), by striking ‘‘historic site’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘Saint-Gaudens National Park for the 

3 Arts’’; and 

4 (3) in section 4(a), by inserting before the pe5 riod at the end the following: ‘‘, except that laws (in6 cluding regulations) or rules that are applicable sole7 ly to units of the National Park System that are 

8 designated as a National Park shall not apply to the 

9 Saint-Gaudens National Park for the Arts’’. 

10 (c) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law, regula11 tion, document, record, map, or other paper of the United 

12 States to the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site shall 

13 be considered to be a reference to the ‘‘Saint-Gaudens Na14 tional Park for the Arts’’. 

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