A bill to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated with respect to the Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site.
PL 100-355 (H.R.2203), enacted 06/28/1988

PUBLIC LAW 100-355—JUNE 28, 1988 
102 STAT. 667 
Public Law 100-
100th Congress 
355 
An Act 
June 28, 1988 
[H.R. 2203] 
Conservation. 
National parks, 
monuments, etc. 
Reports. 
To increase the amount authorized to be appropriated with respect to the Sewall-
Belmont House National Historic Site. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS. 
Title 11 of Public Law 93-486 (88 Stat. 1463) is amended as follows: 
(1) In section 202 strike "101 of this Act" and insert "201 of 
this title". 
(2) In section 204 strike "Act" and insert "title". 
(3) Amend section 204 of Public Law 93-486 (88 Stat. 1463) 
authorizing the Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site by 
striking "$500,000" and inserting "$2,000,000". 
(4) After section 204 insert: 
"SEC. 205. (a) In order to provide a planning framework for the 
management, preservation, and interpretation of the Sewall-
Belmont House National Historic Site, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall develop a Statement for Management, a Statement for 
Interpretation, a Scope of Collections Statements, and a Historic 
Structures Report. Within one year of enactment of this section the 
Secretary shall transmit these documents to the House of Rep-
resentatives Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the 
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 
"Ot)) The National Park Service and the owner of the Sewall-
Belmont House shall enter into negotiations to prepare a revised 
cooperative agreement detailing the respective responsibilities of 
each party, including actions to be taken by each party in order to 
facilitate greater cooperation between them. The National Park 
Service shall transmit to the respective committees the revised 
cooperative agreement within 30 days after its execution.". 
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF THE DELTA REGION PRESERVATION COMMISSION. 
Section 907(a) of Public Law 95-625, as amended, is further 
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amended as follows: 
(1) In clause (6), strike "region; and" and insert "region;". 
(2) In clause (7), strike "Arts.^' and insert "Arts; and". 
(3) Add the following new clause: 
"(8) one member who shall have experience as a folklorist and 
who is familiar with the cultures of the Mississippi Delta Region 
appointed by the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.". 
SEC. 3. SAIPAN HARBOR AND SAN JOSE HARBOR PROJECTS. 
(a) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the 
Interior such sums as are necessary for construction of the Saipan 
harbor project in the Northern Mariana Islands, in accordance with 
the May 1987 draft feasibility report of the Honolulu District 
Engineer. 
Contracts. 
Northern 
Mariana 
Islands. 
102 STAT. 668 
PUBLIC LAW 100-355—JUNE 28, 1988 
(b) There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as are 
necessary for project planning, design, and construction for replace-
ment of the main breakwater and for necessary dredging of the San 
Jose harbor on the Island of Tinian in the Northern Mariana 
Islands. The cost-sharing provisions of Public Law 99-662 shall 
apply to the project, and particular consideration shall be given to 
possible defense uses of the harbor in determining the benefits of 
this project. 
Approved June 28, 1988. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2203 (S. 1682): 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-611 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 100-356 accompanying S. 1682 (Comm. on Energy and 
Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 134 (1988): 
May 23, considered and passed House. 
June 6, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
June 14, House concurred in Senate amendment.