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Calendar No. 130
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 733
[Report No. 108–66] 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 9, 2003
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
JUNE 9, 2003
Reported by Mr. DOMENICI, with an amendment and an amendment to the 
title 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
AN ACT 
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; DEFINITIONS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘McLoughlin House National Historic Site Act’’.
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(b) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act, the 
following definitions apply: 
(1)
ASSOCIATION.—The
term
‘‘Association’’ 
means the McLoughlin Memorial Association, an or-
ganization described in section 501(c)(3) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax-
ation under section 501(a) of such Code. 
(2) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means Oregon 
City, Oregon. 
(3) HISTORIC SITE.—The term ‘‘Historic Site’’ 
means the McLoughlin House National Historic Site 
which is described in the Acting Assistant Secretary 
of the Interior’s Order of June 27, 1941, and gen-
erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘McLoughlin 
House
National
Historic
Site’’,
numbered
007/
80,000,
and
dated
12/01/01,
and
includes
the 
McLoughlin House, the Barclay House, and other 
associated real property, improvements, and personal 
property. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) On June 27, 1941, Acting Assistant Sec-
retary of the Interior W.C. Mendenhall, by means of
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the authority granted the Secretary under section 2 
of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935, estab-
lished the McLoughlin Home National Historic Site, 
located in the City. 
(2) Since January 16, 1945, the site has been 
known as McLoughlin House National Historic Site. 
(3) The Historic Site includes the McLoughlin 
House and Barclay House, which are owned and 
managed by the Association. 
(4) The Historic Site is located in a Charter 
Park on Oregon City Block 40, which is owned by 
the City. 
(5) A cooperative agreement was made in 1941 
among the Association, the City, and the United 
States, providing for the preservation and use of the 
McLoughlin House as a national historic site. 
(6) The Association has had an exemplary and 
longstanding role in the stewardship of the Historic 
Site but is unable to continue that role. 
(7) The Historic Site has been an affiliated 
area of the National Park System and is worthy of 
recognition as part of the National Park System. 
SEC. 3. MCLOUGHLIN HOUSE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE. 
(a) ACQUISITION.—The Secretary is authorized to ac-
quire the Historic Site, from willing sellers only, by dona-
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tion, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or ex-
change, except that lands or interests in lands owned by 
the City may be acquired by donation only. 
(b) BOUNDARIES; ADMINISTRATION.—Upon acquisi-
tion of the Historic Site, the acquired property shall be 
included within the boundaries of, and be administered as 
part of, the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site in ac-
cordance with all applicable laws and regulations of the 
National Park System.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; DEFINITIONS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘McLoughlin House Addition to Fort Vancouver National 
Historic Site Act’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act, the 
following definitions apply: 
(1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means Oregon City, 
Oregon. 
(2) MCLOUGHLIN HOUSE.—The term ‘‘McLough-
lin House’’ means the McLoughlin House National 
Historic Site which is described in the Acting Assist-
ant Secretary of the Interior’s Order of June 27, 
1941, and generally depicted on the map entitled 
‘‘McLoughlin House, Fort Vancouver National His-
toric Site’’, numbered 389/92,002, and dated 5/01/03, 
and includes the McLoughlin House, the Barclay
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House, and other associated real property, improve-
ments, and personal property. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 2. MCLOUGHLIN HOUSE ADDITION TO FORT VAN-
COUVER. 
(a) ACQUISITION.—The Secretary is authorized to ac-
quire the McLoughlin House, from willing sellers only, by 
donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or 
exchange, except that lands or interests in lands owned by 
the City may be acquired by donation only. 
(b) MAP AVAILABILITY.—The map identifying the 
McLoughlin House referred to in section 1(b)(2) shall be 
on file and available for inspection in the appropriate of-
fices of the National Park Service, Department of the Inte-
rior. 
(c) BOUNDARIES; ADMINISTRATION.—Upon acquisi-
tion of the McLoughlin House, the acquired property shall 
be included within the boundaries of, and be administered 
as part of, the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site in 
accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. 
(d) 
NAME
CHANGE.—Upon 
acquisition 
of 
the 
McLoughlin House, the Secretary shall change the name of 
the site from the ‘‘McLoughlin House National Historic 
Site’’ to the ‘‘McLoughlin House’’.
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(e) FEDERAL LAWS.—After the McLoughlin House is 
acquired and added to Fort Vancouver National Historic 
Site, any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the ‘‘McLough-
lin House National Historic Site’’ (other than this Act) 
shall be deemed a reference to the ‘‘McLoughlin House’’, a 
unit of Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.
Amend the title so as to read, ‘‘A bill to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the McLoughlin 
House in Oregon City, Oregon, for inclusion in Fort Van-
couver National Historic Site, and for other purposes.’’.