Adams National Historical Park Act of 1998 - Establishes as a unit of the National Park System the Adams National Historical Park in Quincy, Massachusetts, to preserve certain properties associated with John and John Quincy Adams, the second and sixth Presidents of the United States, and their wives. Requires the Park to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements for the Park's preservation, development, interpretation, and use.
Authorizes appropriations.
[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3703 Introduced in House (IH)]
105th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3703
To establish the Adams National Historical Park in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts as the successor to the Adams National Historic Site.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 22, 1998
Mr. Delahunt introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
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A BILL
To establish the Adams National Historical Park in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts as the successor to the Adams National Historic Site.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Adams National
Historical Park Act of 1998''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Adams National Historical Park.
Sec. 5. Administration.
Sec. 6. Authorization of appropriations.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) In 1946, the Secretary of the Interior, by means of the
authority provided to the Secretary under section 2 of the Act
of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 462; commonly known as the
Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act), established
the Adams Mansion National Historic Site in Quincy,
Massachusetts.
(2) In 1952, again using the authority provided under the
Act of August 21, 1935, the Secretary enlarged the historic
site and renamed it the Adams National Historic Site.
(3) In 1972, title III of Public Law 92-272 (86 Stat. 121)
authorized the Secretary to expand the boundaries of the Adams
National Historic Site to include an additional 3.68 acres and
to acquire lands and interests in lands within the expanded
boundaries.
(4) Section 312 of the National Parks and Recreation Act of
1978 (Public Law 95-625; 92 Stat. 3479) authorized the
Secretary to accept the conveyance of the birthplaces in
Quincy, Massachusetts, of John Adams, second President of the
United States, and John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the
United States, and to administer the birthplaces as part of the
Adams National Historic Site.
(5) In 1980, Public Law 96-435 (94 Stat. 1861) authorized
the Secretary to accept the conveyance of the United First
Parish Church in Quincy, Massachusetts, the burial site of John
Adams and his wife, Abigail Adams, and John Quincy Adams and
his wife, Louisa Adams, and to administer the burial site as
part of the Adams National Historic Site.
(6) The actions described in the preceding paragraphs to
preserve for the benefit, education, and inspiration of present
and future generations of Americans the home, property,
birthplaces, and burial site of John Adams, Abigail Adams, John
Quincy Adams, and Louisa Adams, have resulted in a multi-site
unit of the National Park System with no overarching enabling
or authorizing legislation.
(7) The sites and resources associated with John Adams and
his wife, Abigail Adams, and John Quincy Adams and his wife,
Louisa Adams, deserve recognition as a national historical park
in the National Park System.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act:
(1) Historical park.--The term ``historical park'' means
the Adams National Historical Park established in section 4.
(2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
SEC. 4. ADAMS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.
(a) Establishment.--In order to preserve for the benefit,
education, and inspiration of the people of the United States certain
properties in Quincy, Massachusetts, associated with John Adams, second
President of the United States, his wife, Abigail Adams, John Quincy
Adams, sixth President of the United States, and his wife, Louisa
Adams, there is established the Adams National Historical Park as a
unit of the National Park System.
(b) Boundaries.--The historical park shall be comprised of--
(1) all property owned by the National Park Service in the
Adams National Historic Site as of the date of the enactment of
this Act, as well as all property previously authorized to be
acquired by the Secretary for inclusion in the Adams National
Historic Site, as generally depicted on the map entitled
``Adams National Historical Park'', numbered NARO 386/92001,
and dated July 22, 1992; and
(2) all property authorized to be acquired for inclusion in
the historical park by this Act or other law enacted after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) Visitor and Administrative Sites.--To preserve the historical
character and landscape of the main features of the historical park,
the Secretary may acquire up to 10 acres for the development of
visitor, administrative, museum, curatorial, and maintenance facilities
adjacent to or in the general proximity of the property depicted on the
map identified in subsection (b)(1).
(d) Map.--The map of the historical park shall be on file and
available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the
National Park Service.
SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.
(a) In General.--The park shall be administered by the Secretary in
accordance with this Act and the provisions of law generally applicable
to units of the National Park System, including the Act of August 25,
1916 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.; commonly known as the National Park Service
Organic Act), and the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.;
commonly known as the Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act).
(b) Cooperative Agreements.--
(1) Agreements authorized.--The Secretary may consult and
enter into cooperative agreements with interested entities and
individuals to provide for the preservation, development,
interpretation, and use of the historical park.
(2) Condition.--Any payments made by the Secretary pursuant
to a cooperative agreement under this subsection shall be
subject to the condition that conversion, use, or disposal of
the project for which the payments are made for purposes
contrary to the purposes for which the historical park is
established, as determined by the Secretary, will result in a
right of the United States to reimbursement in an amount equal
to the greater of--
(A) all payments made by the Secretary in
connection with the project; or
(B) the proportion of the increased value of the
project attributable to the payments, as determined at
the time of such conversion, use, or disposal.
(c) Acquisition of Real Property.--To advance the purposes for
which the historical park is established, the Secretary may acquire
real property within the boundaries of the historical park by any of
the following methods:
(1) Purchase using funds appropriated or donated to the
Secretary.
(2) Acceptance of a donation of the real property.
(3) Use of a land exchange.
(d) Repeal of Superseded Administrative Authorities.--(1) Section
312 of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-
625; 92 Stat. 3479) is amended--
(A) by striking ``(a)'' after ``Sec. 312.''; and
(B) by striking subsection (b).
(2) The first section of Public Law 96-435 (94 Stat. 1861) is
amended--
(A) by striking ``(a)'' after ``That''; and
(B) by striking subsection (b).
(e) References to Historic Site.--Any reference in any law (other
than this Act), regulation, document, record, map, or other paper of
the United States to the Adams National Historic Site shall be
considered to be a reference to the historical park.
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary to carry out the purposes for which the historical park is
established, for annual operations and maintenance of the historical
park, and for acquisition of property and development of facilities
necessary to operate and maintain the historical park, as may be
outlined in an approved general management plan for the historical
park.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
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