105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1408

AMENDMENT
In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

October 10, 1998.

Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 1408) entitled ‘‘An Act to establish the Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site, and for other purposes’’, do pass with

the following

AMENDMENT:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

1 TITLE I—LOWER EAST SIDE TEN2 EMENT NATIONAL HISTORIC

3 SITE, NEW YORK.

4 SEC. 101. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

5 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

6 (1)(A) immigration, and the resulting diversity

7 of cultural influences, is a key factor in defining the

8 identity of the United States; and

9 (B) many United States citizens trace their an10 cestry to persons born in nations other than the

11 United States;

12 (2) the latter part of the 19th century and the

13 early part of the 20th century marked a period in

14 which the volume of immigrants coming to the United
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1 States far exceeded that of any time prior to or since

2 that period;

3 (3) no single identifiable neighborhood in the

4 United States absorbed a comparable number of im5 migrants than the Lower East Side neighborhood of

6 Manhattan in New York City;

7 (4) the Lower East Side Tenement at 97 Or8 chard Street in New York City is an outstanding sur9 vivor of the vast number of humble buildings that

10 housed immigrants to New York City during the

11 greatest wave of immigration in American history;

12 (5) the Lower East Side Tenement is owned and

13 operated as a museum by the Lower East Side Tene14 ment Museum;

15 (6) the Lower East Side Tenement Museum is

16 dedicated to interpreting immigrant life within a

17 neighborhood long associated with the immigrant ex18 perience in the United States, New York City’s Lower

19 East Side, and its importance to United States his20 tory; and

21 (7)(A) the Director of the National Park Service

22 found the Lower East Side Tenement at 97 Orchard

23 Street to be nationally significant; and
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1 (B) the Secretary of the Interior declared the

2 Lower East Side Tenement a National Historic

3 Landmark on April 19, 1994; and

4 (C) the Director of the National Park Service,

5 through a special resource study, found the Lower

6 East Side Tenement suitable and feasible for inclu7 sion in the National Park System.

8 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this title are—

9 (1) to ensure the preservation, maintenance, and

10 interpretation of this site and to interpret at the site

11 the themes of immigration, tenement life in the latter

12 half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th

13 century, the housing reform movement, and tenement

14 architecture in the United States;

15 (2) to ensure continued interpretation of the na16 tionally significant immigrant phenomenon associ17 ated with New York City’s Lower East Side and the

18 Lower East Side’s role in the history of immigration

19 to the United States; and

20 (3) to enhance the interpretation of the Castle

21 Clinton, Ellis Island, and Statue of Liberty National

22 Monuments.

23 SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS.

24 As used in this title:
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1 (1) HISTORIC SITE.—The term ‘‘historic site’’

2 means the Lower East Side Tenement found at 97

3 Orchard Street on Manhattan Island in City of New

4 York, State of New York, and designated as a na5 tional historic site by section 103.

6 (2) MUSEUM.—The term ‘‘Museum’’ means the

7 Lower East Side Tenement Museum, a nonprofit or8 ganization established in City of New York, State of

9 New York, which owns and operates the tenement

10 building at 97 Orchard Street and manages other

11 properties in the vicinity of 97 Orchard Street as ad12 ministrative and program support facilities for 97

13 Orchard Street.

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

15 the Secretary of the Interior.

16 SEC. 103. ESTABLISHMENT OF HISTORIC SITE.

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—To further the purposes of this title

18 and the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the preservation

19 of historic American sites, buildings, objects, and antiq20 uities of national significance, and for other purposes’’, ap21 proved August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.), the Lower

22 East Side Tenement at 97 Orchard Street, in the City of

23 New York, State of New York, is designated a national his24 toric site.

25 (b) COORDINATION WITH NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM.—
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1 (1) AFFILIATED SITE.—The historic site shall be

2 an affiliated site of the National Park System.

3 (2) COORDINATION.—The Secretary, in consulta4 tion with the Museum, shall coordinate the operation

5 and interpretation of the historic site with the Statue

6 of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island National

7 Monument, and Castle Clinton National Monument.

8 The historic site’s story and interpretation of the im9 migrant experience in the United States is directly

10 related to the themes and purposes of these National

11 Monuments.

12 (c) OWNERSHIP.—The historic site shall continue to

13 be owned, operated, and managed by the Museum.

14 SEC. 104. MANAGEMENT OF THE HISTORIC SITE.

15 (a) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—The Secretary may

16 enter into a cooperative agreement with the Museum to en17 sure the marking, interpretation, and preservation of the

18 national historic site designated by section 103(a).

19 (b) TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—The

20 Secretary may provide technical and financial assistance

21 to the Museum to mark, interpret, and preserve the historic

22 site, including making preservation-related capital im23 provements and repairs.

24 (c) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation

2 with the Museum, shall develop a general manage3 ment plan for the historic site that defines the role

4 and responsibility of the Secretary with regard to the

5 interpretation and the preservation of the historic

6 site.

7 (2) INTEGRATION WITH NATIONAL MONU8 MENTS.—The plan shall outline how interpretation

9 and programming for the historic site shall be inte10 grated and coordinated with the Statue of Liberty

11 National Monument, Ellis Island National Monu12 ment, and Castle Clinton National Monument to en13 hance the story of the historic site and these National

14 Monuments.

15 (3) COMPLETION.—The plan shall be completed

16 not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of

17 this Act.

18 (d) LIMITED ROLE OF SECRETARY.—Nothing in this

19 title authorizes the Secretary to acquire the property at 97

20 Orchard Street or to assume overall financial responsibility

21 for the operation, maintenance, or management of the his22 toric site.

23 SEC. 105. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

24 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as

25 are necessary to carry out this title.
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1 TITLE II—OTHER MATTERS

2 SEC. 201. CASA MALPAIS NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK,

3 ARIZONA.

4 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds and declares

5 that—

6 (1) the Casa Malpais National Historic Land7 mark was occupied by one of the largest and most so8 phisticated Mogollon communities in the United

9 States;

10 (2) the landmark includes a 58-room masonry

11 pueblo, including stairways, Great Kiva complex, and

12 fortification walls, a prehistoric trail, and catacomb

13 chambers where the deceased were placed;

14 (3) the Casa Malpais was designated as a na15 tional historic landmark by the Secretary of the Inte16 rior in 1964; and

17 (4) the State of Arizona and the community of

18 Springerville are undertaking a program of interpre19 tation and preservation of the landmark.

20 (b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to as21 sist in the preservation and interpretation of the Casa

22 Malpais National Historic Landmark for the benefit of the

23 public.

24 (c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—In furtherance of the purpose

2 of this section, the Secretary of the Interior is author3 ized to enter into cooperative agreements with the

4 State of Arizona and the town of Springerville, Ari5 zona, pursuant to which the Secretary may provide

6 technical assistance to interpret, operate, and main7 tain the Casa Malpais National Historic Landmark

8 and may also provide financial assistance for plan9 ning, staff training, and development of the Casa

10 Malpais National Historic Landmark, but not includ11 ing other routine operations.

12 (2) ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS.—Any such agree13 ment may also contain provisions that—

14 (A) the Secretary, acting through the Direc15 tor of the National Park Service, shall have right

16 to access at all reasonable times to all public

17 portions of the property covered by such agree18 ment for the purpose of interpreting the land19 mark; and

20 (B) no changes or alterations shall be made

21 in the landmark except by mutual agreement be22 tween the Secretary and the other parties to all

23 such agreements.
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1 (d) APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be ap2 propriated such sums as may be necessary to provide finan3 cial assistance in accordance with this section.

4 SEC. 202. PROVISION FOR ROADS IN PICTURED ROCKS NA5 TIONAL LAKESHORE.

6 Section 6 of the Act of October 15, 1966, entitled ‘‘An

7 Act to establish in the State of Michigan the Pictured Rocks

8 National Lakeshore, and for other purposes’’ (16 U.S.C.

9 460s–5), is amended as follows:

10 (1) In subsection (b)(1) by striking ‘‘including a

11 scenic shoreline drive’’ and inserting ‘‘including ap12 propriate improvements to Alger County Road H–

13 58’’.

14 (2) By adding at the end the following new sub15 section:

16 ‘‘(c) PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION.—A

17 scenic shoreline drive may not be constructed in the Pic18 tured Rocks National Lakeshore.’’.

Attest:

Clerk.