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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1247 

To amend the Weir Farm National Historic Site Establishment Act of 1990 

to limit the development of any property acquired by the Secretary 

of the Interior for the development of visitor and administrative facilities 

for the Weir Farm National Historic Site, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 26, 2007 

Mr. LIEBERMAN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Weir Farm National Historic Site Establishment Act of 1990 to limit the development of any property acquired by the Secretary of the Interior for the 

development of visitor and administrative facilities for 

the Weir Farm National 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Weir Farm National 

5 Historic Site Amendment Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTY FOR WEIR FARM NA2 TIONAL HISTORIC SITE. 

3 Section 4(d) of the Weir Farm National Historic Site 

4 Establishment Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public 

5 Law 101–485) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘contig7 uous to’’ and all that follows through the period at 

8 the end and inserting ‘‘located in Fairfield County, 

9 Connecticut.’’; 

10 (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(2) DEVELOPMENT OF ACQUIRED PROP13 ERTY.— 

14 ‘‘(A) LIMITATION RELATING TO DEVELOP15 MENT.—Except as provided in subparagraph 

16 (B), to ensure that any property acquired by 

17 the Secretary under paragraph (1)(A) conforms 

18 to the natural and undeveloped landscape of the 

19 property described in subsection (b), the Sec20 retary shall limit, to the maximum extent prac21 ticable, the development of any property ac22 quired by the Secretary under paragraph 

23 (1)(A). 

24 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The limitation relating 

25 to the development of property described in 

26 subparagraph (A) shall not— 


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1 ‘‘(i) prohibit the Secretary from ac2 quiring any property under paragraph 

3 (1)(A) that, on the date on which the Sec4 retary acquires the property, is developed 

5 in a manner that does not conform to the 

6 natural and undeveloped landscape of the 

7 property described in subsection (b); or 

8 ‘‘(ii) require the Secretary to take any 

9 action to ensure that any property de10 scribed in clause (i) that is acquired by the 

11 Secretary under paragraph (1)(A) con12 forms to the natural and undeveloped land13 scape of the property described in sub14 section (b).’’; and 

15 (3) in paragraph (3), in the matter preceding 

16 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the appropriate zon17 ing authority’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Wilton, 

18 Connecticut,’’ and inserting ‘‘the local governmental 

19 entity that, in accordance with applicable State law, 

20 has jurisdiction over any property acquired under 

21 paragraph (1)(A)’’. 

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