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Union Calendar No. 509 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4828 

[Report No. 110–791] 

To amend the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site Act of 1991 

to expand the boundaries of the historic site, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 18, 2007 

Mr. ORTIZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Natural Resources 

JULY 29, 2008 

Additional sponsors: Mr. BACA and Mr. GONZALEZ

JULY 29, 2008 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on December 18, 2007] 

A BILL 

To amend the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site 

Act of 1991 to expand the boundaries of the historic 

site, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Palo Alto Battlefield 

3 National Historical Park Boundary Expansion and Redes4 ignation Act of 2008’’. 

5 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF PALO ALTO BATTLEFIELD NA6 TIONAL HISTORICAL PARK. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Palo Alto Battlefield National 

8 Historic Site is hereby designated the ‘‘Palo Alto Battlefield 

9 National Historical Park’’. 

10 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regu11 lation, document, paper or other record of the United States 

12 to Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site is deemed 

13 to be a reference to the Palo Alto Battlefield National His14 torical Park. 

15 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Palo Alto Bat16 tlefield National Historic Site Act of 1991 (Public Law 

17 102–304; 106 Stat. 256; 16 U.S.C. 461) is amended— 

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

19 place it appears and inserting ‘‘National Historical 

20 Park’’; 

21 (2) in the heading for section 3, by striking ‘‘NA22 TIONAL HISTORIC SITE’’ and inserting ‘‘NA23 TIONAL HISTORICAL PARK’’; and 

24 (3) by striking ‘‘historic site’’ each place it ap25 pears and inserting ‘‘historical park’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. BOUNDARY EXPANSION. 

2 Section 3(b) of the Palo Alto Battlefield National His3 toric Site Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–304; 106 Stat. 256; 

4 16 U.S.C. 461) is amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para6 graph (3); 

7 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol8 lowing new paragraph: 

9 ‘‘(2) The historical park also shall consist of approxi10 mately 34 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 

11 ‘Palo Alto Battlefield NHS Proposed Boundary Expan12 sion’, numbered 469/80,012, and dated May 21, 2008. The 

13 map shall be on file and available for public inspection in 

14 the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.’’; and 

15 (3) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by 

16 striking ‘‘map referred to in paragraph (1)’’ and in17 serting ‘‘maps referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2)’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 509 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4828 

[Report No. 110

–791] 

A BILL 

To amend the Palo Alto Battlefield National Hisof the historic site, and for other purposes. toric Site Act of 1991 to expand the boundaries 

JULY 29, 2008 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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