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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 733

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 12, 2003

Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon (for herself, Mr. WU, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. 

BLUMENAUER, and Mr. WALDEN of Oregon) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Resources 

A BILL

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’’. 

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

7 following definitions apply: 
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1 (1) ASSOCIATION.—The term ‘‘Association’’ 

2 means the McLoughlin Memorial Association, an or3 ganization described in section 501(c)(3) of the In4 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax5 ation under section 501(a) of such Code. 

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

7 City, Oregon. 

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

9 means the McLoughlin House National Historic Site 

10 which is described in the Acting Assistant Secretary 

11 of the Interior’s Order of June 27, 1941, and gen12 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘McLoughlin 

13 House National Historic Site’’, numbered 007/

14 80,000, and dated 12/01/01, and includes the 

15 McLoughlin House, the Barclay House, and other 

16 associated real property, improvements, and personal 

17 property. 

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

19 the Secretary of the Interior. 

20 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

21 Congress finds the following: 

22 (1) On June 27, 1941, Acting Assistant Sec23 retary of the Interior W.C. Mendenhall, by means of 

24 the authority granted the Secretary under section 2 

25 of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935, estab-
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1 lished the McLoughlin Home National Historic Site, 

2 located in the City. 

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

4 known as McLoughlin House National Historic Site. 

5 (3) The Historic Site includes the McLoughlin 

6 House and Barclay House, which are owned and 

7 managed by the Association. 

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

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

10 the City. 

11 (5) A cooperative agreement was made in 1941 

12 among the Association, the City, and the United 

13 States, providing for the preservation and use of the 

14 McLoughlin House as a national historic site. 

15 (6) The Association has had an exemplary and 

16 longstanding role in the stewardship of the Historic 

17 Site but is unable to continue that role. 

18 (7) The Historic Site has been an affiliated 

19 area of the National Park System and is worthy of 

20 recognition as part of the National Park System. 

21 SEC. 3. MCLOUGHLIN HOUSE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE. 

22 (a) ACQUISITION.—The Secretary is authorized to ac23 quire the Historic Site, from willing sellers only, by dona24 tion, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or ex-
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1 change, except that lands or interests in lands owned by 

2 the City may be acquired by donation only. 

3 (b) BOUNDARIES; ADMINISTRATION.—Upon acquisi4 tion of the Historic Site, the acquired property shall be 

5 included within the boundaries of, and be administered as 

6 part of, the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site in ac7 cordance with all applicable laws and regulations of the 

8 National Park System.

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