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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 286 

To amend the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to add 

sites to the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 7, 2009 

Mr. TURNER (for himself, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, and Mr. AUSTRIA) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act 

of 1992 to add sites to the Dayton Aviation Heritage 

National Historical Park, 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, 


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1 TITLE I—ADDITIONAL AREAS IN2 CLUDED IN DAYTON AVIA3 TION HERITAGE NATIONAL 

4 HISTORICAL PARK 

5 SECTION 101. ADDITIONAL AREAS INCLUDED IN PARK. 

6 Section 101 of the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preser7 vation Act of 1992 (16 U.S.C. 410ww) is amended by add8 ing at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL SITES.—In addition to the sites de10 scribed in subsection (b), the park shall consist of the fol11 lowing sites, as generally depicted on a map titled ‘Dayton 

12 Aviation Heritage National Historical Park’, numbered 

13 362/80,013 and dated May 2008: 

14 ‘‘(1) Hawthorn Hill, Oakwood, Ohio. 

15 ‘‘(2) The Wright Company factory and associ16 ated land and buildings, Dayton, Ohio.’’. 

17 SEC. 102. PROTECTION OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES. 

18 Section 102 of the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preser19 vation Act of 1992 (16 U.S.C. 410ww-1) is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘Hawthorn 

21 Hill, the Wright Company factory,’’ after ‘‘, ac22 quire’’; 

23 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Such agree24 ments’’ and inserting: 


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1 ‘‘(d) CONDITIONS.—Cooperative agreements under 

2 this section’’; 

3 (3) by inserting before subsection (d) (as added 

4 by paragraph 2) the following: 

5 ‘‘(c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary is 

6 authorized to enter into a cooperative agreement with a 

7 partner or partners, including the Wright Family Founda8 tion, to operate and provide programming for Hawthorn 

9 Hill and charge reasonable fees notwithstanding any other 

10 provision of law, which may be used to defray the costs 

11 of park operation and programming.’’; and 

12 (4) by striking ‘‘Commission’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘Aviation Heritage Foundation’’. 

14 TITLE II—GRANT ASSISTANCE 

15 AND TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS 

16 SEC. 201. GRANT ASSISTANCE AND TECHNICAL CORREC17 TIONS. 

18 Section 108 of the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preser19 vation Act of 1992 (16 U.S.C. 410ww–7) is amended— 

20 (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub21 section (c); and 

22 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol23 lowing new subsection: 

24 ‘‘(b) GRANT ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary is author25 ized to make grants to the parks’ partners, including the 


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1 Aviation Trail, Inc., the Ohio Historical Society, and Day2 ton History, for projects not requiring Federal involve3 ment other than providing financial assistance, subject to 

4 the availability of appropriations in advance identifying 

5 the specific partner grantee and the specific project. 

6 Projects funded through these grants shall be limited to 

7 construction and development on non-Federal property 

8 within the boundaries of the park. Any project funded by 

9 such a grant shall support the purposes of the park, shall 

10 be consistent with the park’s general management plan, 

11 and shall enhance public use and enjoyment of the park.’’. 

12 SEC. 202. NATIONAL AVIATION HERITAGE AREA. 

13 Title V of division J of the Consolidated Appropria14 tions Act, 2005 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 108– 

15 447), is amended— 

16 (1) in section 503(3), by striking ‘‘104’’ and in17 serting ‘‘504’’; 

18 (2) in section 503(4), by striking ‘‘106’’ and in19 serting ‘‘506’’; 

20 (3) in section 504, by striking subsection (b)(2) 

21 and by redesignating subsection (b)(3) as subsection 

22 (b)(2); and 

23 (4) in section 505(b)(1), by striking ‘‘106’’ and 

24 inserting ‘‘506’’. 

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