Salem Maritime National Historical Park Redesignation and Technical Corrections Act

Bill: 117-hr-9169
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2022-10-11
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Latest action: action_date: 2022-10-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-10-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Salem Maritime National Historical Park Redesignation and Technical Corrections Act</strong></p> <p>This bill redesignates the Salem Maritime National Historic Site in Salem, MA, as the Salem Maritime National Historical Park.</p> <p>The bill also authorizes the Department of the Interior to acquire an interest in the city of Salem for use as a visitor center and curatorial facility (currently, only authorized&nbsp;as a visitor center).</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9169 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 11, 2022 Mr. Moulton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To redesignate the Salem Maritime National Historic Site as the Salem Maritime National Historical Park , and for the purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Salem Maritime National Historical Park Redesignation and Technical Corrections Act . 2. Salem Maritime National Historical Park (a) In general The Salem Maritime National Historic Site is redesignated as the Salem Maritime National Historical Park . (b) References in law Any reference to the Salem Maritime National Historic Site in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be deemed to be a reference to the Salem Maritime National Historical Park. (c) Boundary revision Section 1 of the Act entitled An Act to revise the boundaries of Salem Maritime National Historic Site in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and for other purposes ( Public Law 100–349 ; 102 Stat. 659) is amended— (1) in the heading, by striking National Historic Site and inserting National Historical Park ; (2) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: (a) Boundary revision The Salem Maritime National Historical Park (designated as the Salem Maritime National Historic Site on March 17, 1938 (3 Fed. Reg. 787), and redesignated as the Salem National Historical Park by the Salem Maritime National Historical Park Redesignation and Technical Corrections Act ) located in Salem, Massachusetts, shall consist of lands and interests in lands as generally depicted on the map entitled __ , numbered __, and dated __. The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. ; (3) in subsection (b), by striking national historic site in each place it appears and inserting national historical park ; (4) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking visitor center in each place it appears and inserting visitor center and curatorial facility ; and (5) in subsection (b)(2)(B)(ii), by striking 12,000 and inserting 70,000 . (d) Special resource study Not later than January 1, 2026, the Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a special resource study of sites and resources associated with the maritime history and coastal defenses of Salem, Massachusetts, and its vicinity, for the purpose of evaluating potential revisions to the boundaries of the Salem Maritime National Historical Park to include such sites and resources.