Weir Farm National Historic Site Amendment Act

Bill: 110-s-1247
Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT]
Introduced: 2007-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Artists
Arts, Culture, Religion
Building construction
Commemorations
Connecticut
Farms
Federal-local relations
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Land transfers
Landscape protection
Real estate development
Tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: 
Weir Farm National Historic Site Amendment Act - Amends the Weir Farm National Historic Site Establishment Act of 1990 to: (1) require that property acquired for the development of visitor and administrative facilities for the Weir Farm National Historic Site in Connecticut be located in Fairfield county, Connecticut; (2) limit the development of any such property acquired in order to ensure that any property acquired for the development of such facilities conforms to the natural and undeveloped landscape of the property; (3) state that such limitation shall neither prohibit acquiring any property for the development of such facilities which, on the date of acquisition, is developed in a manner that does not conform to the natural and undeveloped landscape nor require any action to ensure that the acquired property conforms to the natural and undeveloped landscape of the property; and (4) require, prior to and as a prerequisite to any development of visitor and administrative facilities on the acquired property, one or more agreements with the local governmental entity that has jurisdiction over any property acquired for the development of such facilities.

action_date: 2008-04-10
text: 
 Weir Farm National Historic Site Amendment Act - Amends the Weir Farm National Historic Site Establishment Act of 1990 to: (1) require visitor and administrative facilities for the Weir Farm National Historic Site in Connecticut to be located in Fairfield County, Connecticut; (2) keep development of any property acquired for such facilities to a minimum; (3) permit the acquisition of previously developed property without remediating such development; and (4) require development agreements with local governments having jurisdiction over any property acquired. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 641.
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 110-289.
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 110-289.
action_date: 2008-01-30
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2007-09-11
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-213.
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate