New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Resources Assistance Act

New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Resources Assistance Act- Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to: (1) authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assist in the interpretation and preservation of the Lewis Temple House, the Nathan and Polly Johnson House, and the Baker-Robinson Whale Oil Refinery associated with the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park in Massachusetts; and (2) require each dollar of federal funds used for funding cooperative agreements for the preservation of such park to be matched dollar for dollar with funds contributed by non-federal sources. Repeals provisions prohibiting more than specified amounts from being: (1) appropriated for construction, restoration, and rehabilitation of visitor and interpretive facilities, and directional and visitor orientation signage; or (2) used for interpretive and education programs for the National Historic Landmark Schooner Ernestina.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6145 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6145

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide preservation and 
interpretation assistance for resources associated with the New Bedford 
Whaling National Historical Park in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 18, 2012

Mr. Frank of Massachusetts (for himself and Mr. Keating) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide preservation and 
interpretation assistance for resources associated with the New Bedford 
Whaling National Historical Park in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``New Bedford Whaling National 
Historical Park Resources Assistance Act''.

SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE TO RESOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH NEW BEDFORD WHALING 
              NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.

    Section 511 of division I of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands 
Management Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 4159; 16 U.S.C. 410ddd) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)(C), by deleting ``and'' at the 
        end;
            (2) in subsection (c)(2)(B), by adding at the end of the 
        following:
                            ``(vi) The Lewis Temple House, located at 
                        54 Bedford Street.
                            ``(vii) The Nathan and Polly Johnson House, 
                        located at 21 Seventh Street.
                            ``(viii) The Baker-Robinson Whale Oil 
                        Refinery, located at 144 South Water 
                        Extension.'';
            (3) by amending subsection (e)(3)(A) to read as follows:
                    ``(A) Funds authorized to be appropriated to the 
                Secretary for the purposes of cooperative agreements 
                under paragraph (2) shall be expended in the ratio of 
                $1 of Federal funds for each $1 of funds contributed by 
                non-Federal sources.''; and
            (4) by amending subsection (g)(2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) Exception.--In carrying out this section, none of the 
        funds authorized to be appropriated by this section may be used 
        for the operation and routine maintenance of the Schooner 
        Ernestina.''.
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