I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2384 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with 
Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana, to construct 
a curatorial center for the use of Cane River Creole National Historical 
Park, the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, 
and the University, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 13, 2009 
Mr. FLEMING introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into 
an agreement with Northwestern State University in 
Natchitoches, Louisiana, to construct a curatorial center 
for the use of Cane River Creole National Historical 
Park, the National Center for Preservation Technology 
and Training, and the University, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Park Service 
and Northwestern State University Collections Conserva-
tion Center Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) Cane River Creole National Historical Park 
has a nationally significant museum collection of 
more than 1,000,000 objects that is housed in leased 
space that fails to meet National Park Service mu-
seum standards; 
(2) there is no land within the boundary of the 
historical park in Natchitoches Parish that is above 
the 500-year floodplain, which is the level required 
for constructing curatorial facilities under National 
Park Service policies; 
(3) the historical park has a longstanding part-
nership with Northwestern State University, with 
which the historical park is required under the ena-
bling legislation for the historical park to coordinate 
a Cane River region comprehensive research pro-
gram, including a program for curation methods; 
(4) in 1992, the National Center for Preserva-
tion Technology and Training, which is administered 
by the National Park Service, was established at 
Northwestern University under section 403 of the 
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National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
470x–2); 
(5) the National Center for Preservation Tech-
nology and Training requires additional space to 
house equipment and workspace connected with the 
development and dissemination of preservation and 
conservation skills and technologies; and 
(6) contingent on the approval by the Board of 
Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System, 
Northwestern State University is willing to make 
available land suitable for the National Park Service 
to construct a facility for curatorial and workspace 
needs of the National Center for Preservation Tech-
nology and Training if the University is able to use 
space in the facility for educational purposes relating 
to the Williamson Museum collection of the Univer-
sity. 
SEC. 3. COLLECTIONS CONSERVATION CENTER. 
Section 304 of the Cane River Creole National His-
torical Park and National Heritage Area Act (16 U.S.C. 
410ccc–2) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) COLLECTIONS CONSERVATION CENTER.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may enter 
into an agreement with Northwestern State Univer-
sity (referred to in this subsection as the ‘Univer-
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sity’) to construct a facility on land owned by the 
University to be used— 
‘‘(A) to house the museum collection of the 
historical park; 
‘‘(B) to provide additional space for use by 
the National Center for Preservation Tech-
nology and Training; and 
‘‘(C) to provide space to the University for 
educational purposes relating to the Williamson 
Museum collection, if the University pays an 
appropriate rental fee to the National Park 
Service, as determined in the agreement entered 
into under this paragraph. 
‘‘(2) USE OF FEE.—Proceeds from the rental 
fees collected under paragraph (1)(C) shall be avail-
able, without further appropriation, for the historical 
park.’’. 
SEC. 4. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
The Cane River Creole National Historical Park and 
National Heritage Area Act (16 U.S.C. 410ccc et seq.) 
is amended— 
(1) in the third sentence of section 304(e) (16 
U.S.C. 410ccc–2(e)), by striking ‘‘of Technology’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Technology’’; and 
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(2) in section 305(a) (16 U.S.C. 41ccc–3(a)), 
by striking ‘‘interest’’ and inserting ‘‘interests’’. 
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