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Calendar No. 130

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 733

[Report No. 108–66] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 9, 2003

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

JUNE 9, 2003

Reported by Mr. DOMENICI, with an amendment and an amendment to the 

title 

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

AN ACT

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the 

McLoughlin House National Historic Site in Oregon 

City, Oregon, and to administer the site as a unit of 

the National Park System, 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; DEFINITIONS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘McLoughlin House National Historic Site Act’’. 
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1 (b) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act, the 

2 following definitions apply: 

3 (1) ASSOCIATION.—The term ‘‘Association’’ 

4 means the McLoughlin Memorial Association, an or5 ganization described in section 501(c)(3) of the In6 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax7 ation under section 501(a) of such Code. 

8 (2) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means Oregon 

9 City, Oregon. 

10 (3) HISTORIC SITE.—The term ‘‘Historic Site’’ 

11 means the McLoughlin House National Historic Site 

12 which is described in the Acting Assistant Secretary 

13 of the Interior’s Order of June 27, 1941, and gen14 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘McLoughlin 

15 House National Historic Site’’, numbered 007/

16 80,000, and dated 12/01/01, and includes the 

17 McLoughlin House, the Barclay House, and other 

18 associated real property, improvements, and personal 

19 property. 

20 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

21 the Secretary of the Interior. 

22 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

23 Congress finds the following: 

24 (1) On June 27, 1941, Acting Assistant Sec25 retary of the Interior W.C. Mendenhall, by means of 
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1 the authority granted the Secretary under section 2 

2 of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935, estab3 lished the McLoughlin Home National Historic Site, 

4 located in the City. 

5 (2) Since January 16, 1945, the site has been 

6 known as McLoughlin House National Historic Site. 

7 (3) The Historic Site includes the McLoughlin 

8 House and Barclay House, which are owned and 

9 managed by the Association. 

10 (4) The Historic Site is located in a Charter 

11 Park on Oregon City Block 40, which is owned by 

12 the City. 

13 (5) A cooperative agreement was made in 1941 

14 among the Association, the City, and the United 

15 States, providing for the preservation and use of the 

16 McLoughlin House as a national historic site. 

17 (6) The Association has had an exemplary and 

18 longstanding role in the stewardship of the Historic 

19 Site but is unable to continue that role. 

20 (7) The Historic Site has been an affiliated 

21 area of the National Park System and is worthy of 

22 recognition as part of the National Park System. 

23 SEC. 3. MCLOUGHLIN HOUSE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE. 

24 (a) ACQUISITION.—The Secretary is authorized to ac25 quire the Historic Site, from willing sellers only, by dona-
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1 tion, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or ex2 change, except that lands or interests in lands owned by 

3 the City may be acquired by donation only. 

4 (b) BOUNDARIES; ADMINISTRATION.—Upon acquisi5 tion of the Historic Site, the acquired property shall be 

6 included within the boundaries of, and be administered as 

7 part of, the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site in ac8 cordance with all applicable laws and regulations of the 

9 National Park System.

10 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; DEFINITIONS. 

11 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

12 ‘‘McLoughlin House Addition to Fort Vancouver National 

13 Historic Site Act’’. 

14 (b) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act, the 

15 following definitions apply: 

16 (1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means Oregon City, 

17 Oregon. 

18 (2) MCLOUGHLIN HOUSE.—The term ‘‘McLough19 lin House’’ means the McLoughlin House National 

20 Historic Site which is described in the Acting Assist21 ant Secretary of the Interior’s Order of June 27, 

22 1941, and generally depicted on the map entitled 

23 ‘‘McLoughlin House, Fort Vancouver National His24 toric Site’’, numbered 389/92,002, and dated 5/01/03, 

25 and includes the McLoughlin House, the Barclay 
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1 House, and other associated real property, improve2 ments, and personal property. 

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

4 the Secretary of the Interior. 

5 SEC. 2. MCLOUGHLIN HOUSE ADDITION TO FORT VAN6 COUVER. 

7 (a) ACQUISITION.—The Secretary is authorized to ac8 quire the McLoughlin House, from willing sellers only, by 

9 donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or 

10 exchange, except that lands or interests in lands owned by 

11 the City may be acquired by donation only. 

12 (b) MAP AVAILABILITY.—The map identifying the 

13 McLoughlin House referred to in section 1(b)(2) shall be 

14 on file and available for inspection in the appropriate of15 fices of the National Park Service, Department of the Inte16 rior. 

17 (c) BOUNDARIES; ADMINISTRATION.—Upon acquisi18 tion of the McLoughlin House, the acquired property shall 

19 be included within the boundaries of, and be administered 

20 as part of, the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site in 

21 accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. 

22 (d) NAME CHANGE.—Upon acquisition of the 

23 McLoughlin House, the Secretary shall change the name of 

24 the site from the ‘‘McLoughlin House National Historic 

25 Site’’ to the ‘‘McLoughlin House’’. 
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1 (e) FEDERAL LAWS.—After the McLoughlin House is 

2 acquired and added to Fort Vancouver National Historic 

3 Site, any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 

4 paper, or other record of the United States to the ‘‘McLough5 lin House National Historic Site’’ (other than this Act) 

6 shall be deemed a reference to the ‘‘McLoughlin House’’, a 

7 unit of Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.

Amend the title so as to read, ‘‘A bill to authorize 

the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the McLoughlin 

House in Oregon City, Oregon, for inclusion in Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, and for other purposes.’’. 

Calendar No. 130

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 733

[Report No. 108–66] 

AN ACT

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the McLoughlin House National Historic 

Site in Oregon City, Oregon, and to administer the site as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes. 

JUNE 9, 2003

Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the 

title