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[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1100 Introduced in House (IH)]

110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1100

To revise the boundary of the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site 
        in the State of North Carolina, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 15, 2007

Mr. Shuler (for himself, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. 
 Price of North Carolina, Mr. Tanner, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. 
  Thompson of California, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Hare, Mr. 
 Miller of North Carolina, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Kirk, Ms. Bean, 
and Mr. Ellsworth) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL

 
To revise the boundary of the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site 
        in the State of North Carolina, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Carl Sandburg Home National Historic 
Site Boundary Revision Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. CARL SANDBURG HOME NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE BOUNDARY REVISION.

    Public Law 90-592 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; 82 Stat. 1154) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 3 as section 4; and
            (2) by inserting after section 2 the following:

``SEC. 3. ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL LAND.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior (referred to in 
this section as the `Secretary') may acquire from willing sellers by 
donation or purchase with donated or appropriated funds not more than 
115 acres of land (including any improvements to the land) or interests 
(including conservation easements) in land contiguous to the Carl 
Sandburg Home National Historic Site (referred to in this section as 
the `Historic Site') for inclusion in the Historic Site.
    ``(b) Visitor Center.--Not more than 5 acres of land acquired under 
subsection (a) may be used for--
            ``(1) a visitor and education center; and
            ``(2) a visitor parking area.
    ``(c) Boundary Revision.--On acquisition of any land or interest in 
land under subsection (a), the Secretary shall revise the boundary of 
the Historic Site to reflect the acquisition.
    ``(d) Administration.--Any land acquired by the Secretary under 
subsection (a) shall be administered by the Secretary as part of the 
Historic Site.
    ``(e) Applicable Law.--Sections 302, 303, and 304 of the National 
Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-625; 92 Stat. 3467) 
shall apply to the acquisition of land under subsection (a) and the 
boundary revision under subsection (c), except that the reference in 
section 302 of that Act to the date of enactment shall be considered to 
be a reference to the date of enactment of the Carl Sandburg Home 
National Historic Site Boundary Revision Act of 2007.''.
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