Lincoln Home National Historic Site Boundary Modification Act

Bill: 118-s-3251
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2023-11-08
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Disability assistance

Historic sites and heritage areas

Illinois

Land transfers

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

U.S. history
Latest action: action_date: 2024-05-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3251 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 8, 2023 Mr. Durbin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To modify the boundary of the Lincoln Home National Historic Site in the State of Illinois.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Lincoln Home National Historic Site Boundary Modification Act . 2. Lincoln Home National Historic Site boundary modification Public Law 92–127 ( 54 U.S.C. 320101 note; 85 Stat. 347) is amended— (1) in the first section— (A) by striking That, in order to and inserting the following: 1. Establishment of Lincoln Home National Historic Site (a) In general To ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (b) Boundary modification The boundary of the Lincoln Home National Historic Site established under subsection (a) is modified as generally depicted on the map entitled Proposed Boundary Expansion of the Lincoln Home National Historic Site and dated February 26, 2021. ; (2) in section 2— (A) by striking the section designation and all that follows through The and inserting the following: 2. Administration (a) In general The ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (b) Accessibility To improve accessibility, the Secretary of the Interior shall modify the following areas located within the boundary of the Lincoln Home National Historic Site to provide universal design and accessibility without the use of sloped surfaces: (1) The intersection at 8th Street and Jackson Street. (2) The area in front of the home of Abraham Lincoln. ; and (3) in section 3, by striking the section designation and all that follows through There are and inserting the following: 3. Authorization of appropriations There are .