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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1434

To amend the National Historic Preservation Act to reauthorize that Act,

and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 26, 1999

Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Mr. AKAKA, and Mr. CLELAND) introduced the

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To amend the National Historic Preservation Act to

reauthorize that Act, 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 ‘‘National Historic Pres5 ervation Extension Act of 1999’’.

6 SEC. 2. GRANTS.

7 Section 101(e) of the National Historic Preservation

8 Act (16 U.S.C. 470a(e)) is amended by striking paragraph

9 (2) and inserting the following:
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1 ‘‘(2) GRANTS.—The Secretary may administer

2 grants to the National Trust for Historic Preserva3 tion in accordance with—

4 ‘‘(A) the Act of October 26, 1949 (16

5 U.S.C. 468 et seq.); and

6 ‘‘(B) this Act.’’.

7 SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

8 Section 102 of the National Historic Preservation Act

9 (16 U.S.C. 470b) is amended—

10 (1) in subsection (a)—

11 (A) by moving the margin of paragraph

12 (3) so as to align with the margin of paragraph

13 (2); and

14 (B) by striking the period at the end of

15 paragraph (3) and inserting a semicolon;

16 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘, in which

17 case’’ and all that follows through ‘‘to the Sec18 retary’’; and

19 (3) by redesignating the first subsection (d), as

20 amended by section 201(1) of Public Law 94–422,

21 as subsection (c).

22 SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN FEDERAL PROPERTY.

23 Section 107 of the National Historic Preservation Act

24 (16 U.S.C. 470g) is amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 107. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN FEDERAL PROP2 ERTY.

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act is applicable

4 to—

5 ‘‘(1) the White House and grounds of the White

6 House;

7 ‘‘(2) the Supreme Court building and grounds;

8 or

9 ‘‘(3) the United States Capitol buildings and

10 grounds.

11 ‘‘(b) CAPITOL EXEMPTION AREAS.—

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the purposes of this

13 Act, the exemption for the United States Capitol

14 and related buildings and grounds shall apply to

15 those areas depicted within the shaded areas on the

16 map entitled ‘Map Showing Properties Under the

17 Jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol,’ and

18 dated November 6, 1996.

19 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map de20 scribed in paragraph (1) shall be on file in the office

21 of the Secretary of the Interior.’’.

22 SEC. 5. HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND.

23 Section 108 of the National Historic Preservation Act

24 (16 U.S.C. 470h) is amended in the first sentence of the

25 second paragraph by striking ‘‘1997’’ and inserting

26 ‘‘2005’’.
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1 SEC. 6. FEDERAL ROLE.

2 Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act

3 (16 U.S.C. 470h–2) is amended—

4 (1) in subsection (a), by redesignating para5 graph (2) as paragraph (4); and

6 (2) by striking ‘‘SEC. 110.’’ and all that follows

7 through the end of subsection (a)(1) and inserting

8 the following:

9 ‘‘SEC. 110. FEDERAL ROLE.

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—

11 ‘‘(1) RESPONSIBILITY FOR PRESERVATION.—

12 The head of each Federal agency shall be respon13 sible for the preservation of historic property that is

14 owned or controlled by that agency.

15 ‘‘(2) LOCATION OF FEDERAL FACILITIES IN

16 HISTORIC DISTRICTS.—Prior to acquiring, con17 structing, or leasing buildings for the purpose of car18 rying out the responsibilities of a Federal agency,

19 the head of each Federal agency shall consider prop20 erties or sites in the following order of priority:

21 ‘‘(A) If operationally appropriate and eco22 nomically prudent, historic properties in historic

23 districts.

24 ‘‘(B) If no property in a historic district is

25 operationally appropriate and economically pru-
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1 dent, other developed or undeveloped sites in

2 historic districts.

3 ‘‘(C) If no suitable site in a historic dis4 trict exists, historic property outside of historic

5 districts.

6 ‘‘(3) ARCHITECTURAL COMPATIBILITY.—Any

7 rehabilitation or construction under this Act shall be

8 architecturally compatible with the character of the

9 surrounding historic district or properties.

10 ‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each

11 Federal agency shall carry out, consistent with the

12 preservation of properties, the mission of the Fed13 eral agency, and the professional guidelines estab14 lished under section 101(g), any preservation that is

15 necessary to carry out this section.’’.

16 SEC. 7. ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

17 Section 212(a) of the National Historic Preservation

18 Act (16 U.S.C. 470t(a)) is amended in the second sen19 tence by striking ‘‘2000’’ and inserting ‘‘2005’’.

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