Hinchliffe Stadium Heritage Act

To adjust the boundaries of Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park to include Hinchliffe Stadium, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Hinchliffe Stadium Heritage Act 2. Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park boundary adjustment Section 7001 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 ( 16 U.S.C. 410lll (1) In subsection (b)(3)— (A) by striking The Park shall (A) The Park shall (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (G) as clauses (i) through (vii), respectively; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (B) In addition to the lands described in subparagraph (A), the Park shall include the approximately 6 acres of land containing Hinchliffe Stadium and generally depicted as the Boundary Modification Area Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park, Proposed Boundary Modification . (2) In subsection (b)(4), by striking The Map The Map and the map referred to in paragraph (3)(B) (3) In subsection (c)(4)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking The Secretary Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), the Secretary (B) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following: (C) Hinchliffe Stadium The Secretary may not acquire fee title to Hinchliffe Stadium, but may acquire a preservation easement in Hinchliffe Stadium if the Secretary determines that doing so will facilitate resource protection of the stadium. . 3. Additional considerations for hinchliffe stadium In administering the approximately 6 acres of land containing Hinchliffe Stadium and generally depicted as the Boundary Modification Area Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park, Proposed Boundary Modification (1) may not include non-Federal property within the approximately 6 acres of land as part of Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park without the written consent of the owner; (2) may not acquire by condemnation any land or interests in land within the approximately 6 acres of land; and (3) shall not construe this Act or the amendments made by this Act to create buffer zones outside the boundaries of the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park. That activities or uses can be seen, heard or detected from areas within the approximately 6 acres of land added to the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park by this Act shall not preclude, limit, control, regulate or determine the conduct or management of activities or uses outside of the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park. May 6, 2014 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

Summary: Hinchliffe Stadium Heritage Act - Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to include within the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park, New Jersey, approximately six acres of land containing Hinchliffe Stadium. Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from acquiring fee title to the Stadium, but authorizes the Secretary to acquire a preservation easement if doing so will facilitate resource protection of the Stadium. Prohibits the Secretary, in administering such land, from: (1) including non-federal property within the six acres as part of the Park without the written consent of the owner, (2) acquiring by condemnation any land or interests in land within the six acres, or (3) construing this Act to create buffer zones outside the boundaries of the Park.