A bill to provide for a plan for the preservation, interpretation, development, and use of the historic, cultural, and architectural resources of the Lowell Historic Canal District in Lowell, Mass., and for other purposes.
PL 93-645 (H.R.14689), enacted 01/04/1975

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appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each, of the fiscal 
years 1975 through 1977. 
(2) For the purpose of carrying out the programs authorized under 
section 221 there is authorized to be appropriated $330,000,000 for 
the fiscal year 1975 and such sums as may be necessary for each of 
the two succeeding fiscal years. 
(b) Unless the Congress has passed or formally rejected legislation 
extending the authorizations of appropriations for carrying out any 
title of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 specified in subsection 
(a) of this section, or adopts a concurrent resolution providing that 
the provisions of this subsection shall not apply, the authorizations of 
appropriations specified in subsection (a) are hereby automatically 
extended for one additional fiscal year beyond the terminal year 
specified in the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 or in this section. 
REPEAI/ER 
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SEC. 16. (a) Section 115 of the Economic Opportujiity Amend-
ments of 1969 IS repealed. 
(b) Section 301 of the Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1967 
is repealed. 
Approved January 4, 1975. 
January 4, 1975 
[H. R.14689] 
Public Law 93-645 
AN ACT 
To provide for a plan for the preservation, interpretation, development, and use 
of the historic, cultural, and architectural resources of the Lowell Historic 
Ganal District in Lowell, Massachusetts, and for other purposes. 
Lowell Historic 
Canal District 
eommission. 
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Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That for the purpose 
of preserving and interpreting for the educational and inspirational 
benefit of present and future generations the unique and significant 
contribution to our national heritage of certain historic and cultural 
lands, waterways, and edifices in the city of Lowell, Massachusetts 
(the cradle of the industrial revolution in America as well as America's 
first planned industrial city) with emphasis on harnessing this unique 
urban environment for its educational value as well as for recreation, 
there is hereby established the Lowell Historic Canal District Com-
mission (hereinafter referred to as the "Commission"), the purpose of 
which shall be to prepare a plan for the preservation, interpretation, 
development, and use, by public and private entities, of the historic, 
cultural, and architectural resources of the Lowell Historic Canal Dis-
trict in the city of Lowell, Massachusetts. 
SEC. 2. (a) The Commission shall consist of nine members, as 
follows: 
(1) the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development, the Secretary of Transportation, and 
the Secretary of Commerce, all ex officio; and 
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(2) five members appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, 
one of whom shall be the Director of the National Park Service, 
two of whom shall be appointed from recommendations submitted 
by the manager of the city of Lowell, and two of whom shall be 
appointed from recommendations submitted by the Governor of 
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The members appointed 
pursuant to this paragraph shall have knowledge and experience 
in one or more of the fields of history, architecture, the arts, recrea-
tion planning, city planning, or government, 
(b) Each member of the Commission specified in paragraph (1) of 
subsection (a) and the Director of the National Park Service may 
designate an alternate official to serve in his stead. Members appointed 
pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection (a) who are officers or 
employees of the Federal Government, the city of Lowell, or the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, shall serve without compensation 
as such. Other members, when engaged in activities of the Commission, 
shall be entitled to compensation at the rate of not to exceed $100 per 
diem. All members of the Commission shall receive reimbursement for 
necessary travel and subsistence expenses incurred by them in the 
performance of the duties of the Commission. 
SEC. 3. (a) The Commission shall elect a Chairman from among 
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its members. Financial and administrative services (including those 
relating to budgeting, accounting, financial reporting, personnel, and 
procurement) shall be provided for the Commission by the General 
Services Administration, for which payments shall be made in 
advance, or by reimbursement, from funds of the Commission in such 
amounts as may be agreed upon by the Chairman of the Commission 
and the Administrator, General Services Administration: Provided^ 
That the regulations of the Department of the Interior for the collec- 
Regulations. 
tion of indebtedness of personnel resulting from erroneous payments 
shall apply to the collection of erroneous payments made to or on 
behalf of a Commission employee, and regulations of said Secretary 
for the administrative control of funds shall apply to appropriations 
of the Commission: And provided further^ That the Commission shall 
not be required to prescribe such regulations. 
(b) The Commission shall have power to appoint and fix the com-
pensation of such additional personnel as may be necessary to carry 
out its duties, without regard to the provisions of the civil service laws 
and the Classification Act of 1949. 
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(c) The Commission may also procure, without regard to the civil ^^^' 
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service laws and the Classification Act of 1949, temporary and inter-
mittent services to the same extent as is authorized for the executive 
departments by section 15 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 
1946, but at rates not to exceed $100 per diem for individuals. 
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(d) The mejnbers of the Commission specified in paragraph (1) 
of section 2(a) shall provide the Commission, on a reimbursable basis, 
with such facilities and services imder their jurisdiction and control as 
may be needed by the Commission to carr-y out its duties, to the extent 
thai such facilities and services are re(iuested by tlie Commission and 
are otherwise available for that purpose. To the extent of available 
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Plan, submittal 
to Congress. 
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Termination. 
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appropriations, the Commission may obtain, by purchase, rental, 
donation, or otherwise, such additional property, facilities, and serv-
ices as may be needed to carry out its duties. Upon the termination of 
the Commission all property, personal and real, and unexpended funds 
shall be transferred to the Department of the Interior. 
SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the Commission to prepare the plan 
referred to in the first section of this Act, and to submit the plan 
together with any recommendations for additional legislation, to the 
(yongress not later than tw^o years from the effective date of this 
Act. The plan for the Lowell Historic Canal District shall include 
considerations and recommendations, without limitation, regarding 
(1) the objectives to be achieved by the establishment, development, 
and operation of the area; (2) the types of use, both public and pri-
vate, to bo accommodated; (8) criteria for the design and appear-
ance of buildings, facilities, open spaces, and other improvements; (4) 
a program for the staging of development; (5) the anticipated inter-
pretive, cultural, and recreational programs and uses for the area; 
(6) the pi-oposod ownership and operation of all structures, facili-
ties, and lands; (7) areas where cooperative agreements may be 
anticipated; (8) estimates of costs, both public and private, of imple-
menting the plan; and (9) procedures to be used in implementing and 
insuring continuing conformance to the plan. 
SEC. 5. The Commission shall be dissolved (1) upon the termina-
tion, as determined by its members, of need for its continued existence 
for the implementation of the plan and the operation or coordination 
of the entity established by the plan, or (2) upon expiration of a two-
year period commencing on the effective date of this Act, whereupon 
the completed plan has not been submitted to the Congress, whichever 
occurs first. 
SEC. 6. It is contemplated that the plan to be developed may pro-
pose that the Commission may be authorized to— 
(1) acquire lands and interests therein within the Lowell 
Historic Canal District by purchase, lease, donation, or exchange; 
(2) hold, maintain, use, develop, or operate buildings, facilities, 
and any other properties; 
(3) sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of real or personal property 
as necessary to carry out the plan; 
(4) enter into and perform such contracts, leases, cooperative 
agreements, or other transactions with any agency or instru-
mentality of the United States, the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts, and any governmental unit within its boundaries, or any 
person, firm, association, or corporation as may be necessary; 
(5) establish (through covenants, regulations, agreements, 
or otherwise) such restrictions, standards, and requirements as 
are necessary to assure development, maintenance, use, and pro-
tection of the Low^ell Historic Canal District in accordance with 
the plan; and 
((>) borrow money from the Treasury of the United States in 
such amounts as may be authorized in appropriation Acts on the 
basis of obligations issued by the Commission in accordance wath 
terms and conditions approved by the Secretary of the Treasury. 
The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pur-
chase any such obligations of the Commission. 
SEC. 7. Title to property of the Commission shall be in the name 
of the Commission, but it shall not be subject to any Federal, State, or 
municipal taxes. 
SEC. 8. There are authorized to be appropriated not to exceed 
$150,000 for the preparation of the plan authorized by this Act. 
Approved January 4, 1975.