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Union Calendar No. 314 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2240 
[Report No. 112–450] 
To authorize the exchange of land or interest in land between Lowell National 
Historical Park and the city of Lowell in the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 16, 2011 
Ms. TSONGAS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
APRIL 19, 2012 
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 June 16, 2011] 
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A BILL 
To authorize the exchange of land or interest in land between 
Lowell National Historical Park and the city of Lowell 
in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and for other 
purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Lowell National Histor-
ical Park Land Exchange Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 
The Act entitled ‘‘An act to provide for the establish-
ment of the Lowell National Historical Park in the Com-
monwealth of Massachusetts, and for other purposes’’ ap-
proved June 5, 1978 (Public Law 95–290; 16 U.S.C. 410cc 
et seq.), is amended in section 202, by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(d)(1) The Secretary may exchange any land or in-
terest in land within the boundaries of the park for any 
land or interest in land owned by the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts, the city of Lowell, or the University of Mas-
sachusetts Building Authority. 
‘‘(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), an exchange 
under this subsection shall be subject to the laws, regula-
tions, and policies applicable to exchanges of land adminis-
tered by the National Park Service and any other terms 
and conditions that the Secretary determines to be nec-
essary to protect the interests of the United States. 
‘‘(3) Where facilities or infrastructure required for the 
management and operation of the Lowell National Histor-
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ical Park exists on the Federal land to be exchanged, and 
the non-Federal land or interest in land to be exchanged 
is not of equal value, the values shall be equalized by the 
payment of cash to the Secretary. The Secretary shall not 
be required to equalize the values of any exchange conducted 
under this subsection if the land or interest in land received 
by the Federal Government exceeds the value of the Federal 
land or interest in land exchanged.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 314 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2240 
[Report No. 112–450] 
A BILL 
To authorize the exchange of land or interest in 
land between Lowell National Historical Park 
and the city of Lowell in the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts, and for other purposes. 
APRIL 19, 2012 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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