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Union Calendar No. 156 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1096 
[Report No. 109–286] 
To establish the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in the State of 
New Jersey as the successor to the Edison National Historic Site. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2005 
Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 
FERGUSON, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, and Mr. ANDREWS) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources 
NOVEMBER 10, 2005 
Additional sponsor: Mr. PASCRELL 
NOVEMBER 10, 2005 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 3, 2005] 
A BILL 
To establish the Thomas Edison National Historical Park 
in the State of New Jersey as the successor to the 
Edison National Historic Site. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Act Commemorating the 
LITE, or Lifetime Innovations of Thomas Edison’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to recognize and pay tribute to Thomas Alva 
Edison and his innovations; and 
(2) to preserve, protect, restore, and enhance the 
Edison National Historic Site to ensure public use 
and enjoyment of the Site as an educational, sci-
entific, and cultural center. 
SEC. 3. THOMAS EDISON NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Thom-
as Edison National Historical Park as a unit of the Na-
tional Park System (hereafter the ‘‘Historical Park’’). 
(b) BOUNDARIES.—The Historical Park shall be com-
prised of— 
(1) all property owned by the United States in 
the Edison National Historic Site as well as all prop-
erty authorized to be acquired by the Secretary of the 
Interior for inclusion in the Edison National Historic 
Site before the date of the enactment of this Act, as 
generally depicted on the map entitled the ‘‘Edison 
National Historic Site’’, numbered 20003B, and 
dated April 1977; and
(2) all property authorized to be acquired for in-
clusion in the Historical Park by this Act or other 
law enacted after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(c) MAP.—The map of the Historical Park shall be on 
file and available for public inspection in the appropriate 
offices of the National Park Service. 
SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall administer the 
Historical Park in accordance with this Act and with the 
provisions of law generally applicable to units of the Na-
tional Park System, including the Acts entitled ‘‘An Act 
to establish a National Park Service, and for other pur-
poses,’’ approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 
1 et seq.) and ‘‘An Act to provide for the preservation of 
historic American sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities 
of national significance, and for other purposes,’’ approved 
August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.). 
(b) ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.— 
(1) REAL PROPERTY.—The Secretary may ac-
quire land or interests in land within the boundaries 
of the Historical Park, from willing sellers only, by 
donation, purchase with donated or appropriated 
funds, or exchange.