110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 189 
AN ACT 
To establish the Paterson Great Falls National Historical 
Park in the State of New Jersey 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Paterson Great Falls 
National Historical Park Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Great Falls Historic District in 
Paterson, New Jersey, is the site that Alexander 
Hamilton selected to implement his vision of Amer-
ican economic independence and transform a rural 
agrarian society based on slavery into a global econ-
omy based on freedom. 
(2) The Great Falls Historic District was des-
ignated as a National Historic Landmark in 1976 
and President Gerald Ford declared it ‘‘a symbol of 
the industrial might which helps to make America 
the most powerful nation in the world’’. 
(3) Section 510 of Public Law 104–333 estab-
lished the Great Falls Historic District to recognize 
the contribution to our national heritage of certain 
historical, cultural, and natural resources of the his-
toric district. 
(4) Exceptional natural and cultural resources 
make the Great Falls Historic District America’s 
only National Historic District that contains both a 
National Historic Landmark and a National Natural 
Landmark.
(5) Pierre L’Enfant’s water power system at 
the Great Falls and the buildings erected around it 
over two centuries constitute the finest and most ex-
tensive remaining example of engineering, planning 
and architectural works that span the entire period 
of America’s growth into an industrial power. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to establish a unit of the National Park 
System in Paterson, New Jersey, consisting of the 
Great Falls Historic District; and 
(2) to foster activities among Federal, State, 
and local governments, non-profit organizations, and 
private donors to preserve, enhance, interpret, and 
promote the cultural sites, historic structures, and 
natural beauty of the Great Falls Historic District 
for the benefit of present and future generations. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions 
apply: 
(1) PARK.—The term ‘‘park’’ means the 
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park es-
tablished in section 4. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior.
(3) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Paterson Great Falls National Historical 
Park Commission established in section 7. 
SEC. 4. PATERSON GREAT FALLS NATIONAL HISTORICAL 
PARK. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—In order to preserve and in-
terpret for the benefit of present and future generations 
certain historical, cultural, and natural resources associ-
ated with the Great Falls National Historic District, there 
is established in the city of Paterson in the county of Pas-
saic in the State of New Jersey the Paterson Great Falls 
National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park 
System. 
(b) BOUNDARIES.—The park shall consist of approxi-
mately 109 acres as generally depicted on the map titled 
‘‘Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park—Pro-
posed Boundary’’, numbered T03/80,000, and dated June 
2007. The map shall be on file and available for public 
inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park 
Service and the city of Paterson. 
SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The park shall be administered by 
the Secretary in accordance with this Act and the provi-
sions of law generally applicable to units of the National 
Park System, including the Act of August 25, 1916 (16
U.S.C. 1–4) and the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 
461–467). 
(b) STATE AND LOCAL JURISDICTION.—Nothing in 
this section shall be construed to diminish, enlarge, or 
modify any right of the State of New Jersey or any polit-
ical subdivision thereof, to exercise civil and criminal juris-
diction or to carry out State laws, rules, and regulations 
within the park. 
(c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In furtherance of the pur-
poses of this Act, the Secretary is authorized, after 
consultation with the Commission, to enter into co-
operative agreements with the owners of properties 
of natural, historical, or cultural significance within 
the park, pursuant to which agreements the Sec-
retary may mark, interpret, restore, and provide 
technical assistance for the preservation of such 
properties and pursuant to which the Secretary may 
provide assistance, including management services 
and program implementation. 
(2) RIGHT
OF
ACCESS.—Each cooperative 
agreement shall provide that the Secretary, through 
the National Park Service, shall have the right of 
access at all reasonable times to all public portions 
of the property covered by the agreement for the