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Union Calendar No. 315 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4376 
[Report No. 109–559] 
To authorize the National Park Service to enter into a cooperative agreement 
with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on behalf of Springfield Tech-
nical Community College, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2005 
Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Resources 
JULY 13, 2006 
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 November 17, 2005] 
A BILL 
To authorize the National Park Service to enter into a coop-
erative agreement with the Commonwealth of Massachu-
setts on behalf of Springfield Technical Community Col-
lege, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Springfield Armory Na-
tional Historic Site, Massachusetts Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds as follows: 
(1) The Site commemorates the role of the 
Springfield Armory in the Nation’s military history, 
a role that the Armory served for almost 200 years. 
(2) The role of the Springfield Armory began in 
1777, when the site was selected as the location for a 
magazine and laboratory for the development, produc-
tion and storage of guns and powder during the 
American Revolution. 
(3) Following the American Revolutionary War, 
in 1794 Congress officially established the Springfield 
Armory and for much of the 19th century the Spring-
field Armory developed and supplied most of the mili-
tary small arms manufactured by the United States 
for the United States Armed Services. 
(4) In addition to its historical role in the devel-
opment and manufacturing of small arms, the 
Springfield Armory was also the site of Shay’s Rebel-
lion. 
(5) In 1968 the Armory was deactivated as a 
military installation and in 1974 Congress estab-
lished the Springfield Armory National Historic Site. 
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A portion of the Site is administered by the National 
Park Service. The remainder of the Springfield Ar-
mory National Historic Site, known as the ‘‘Preserva-
tion Control Area’’, is owned and administered by the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts on behalf of Spring-
field Technical Community College. 
(6) The Preservation Control Area contains sev-
eral historic buildings that are in a state of disrepair. 
The deteriorating condition of these historic buildings 
threatens to undermine the character and integrity of 
the Springfield Armory National Historic Site and 
their repair, renovation, maintenance and rehabilita-
tion is essential to the continued preservation of the 
Site and its museum and collections. 
SEC. 3. PRESERVATION CONTROL AREA DEFINED. 
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘Preservation Con-
trol Area’’ means that portion of the Site that is owned 
by the Commonwealth, as defined in the Memorandum of 
Understanding Between the United States and the Com-
monwealth of Massachusetts dated August 21, 1999. 
SEC. 4. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE 
PRESERVATION CONTROL AREA. 
The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Na-
tional Park Service, may enter into a cooperative agree-
ment with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on behalf 
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of Springfield Technical Community College to provide fi-
nancial assistance to that college for the purpose of main-
taining, preserving, renovating, and rehabilitating any his-
toric structures within the Springfield Armory National 
Historic Site, including historic structures located within 
the Preservation Control Area. 
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Union Calendar No. 315 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4376 
[Report No. 109–559] 
A BILL 
To authorize the National Park Service to enter 
into a cooperative agreement with the Common-
wealth of Massachusetts on behalf of Springfield 
Technical Community College, and for other pur-
poses. 
JULY 13, 2006 
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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