Stiltsville Restoration Act

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7833 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7833

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to authorize the repair of the 
 damaged Stiltsville structure in Biscayne National Park, Florida, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2022

   Ms. Salazar (for herself, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. Diaz-Balart, and Miss 
 Gonzalez-Colon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to authorize the repair of the 
 damaged Stiltsville structure in Biscayne National Park, Florida, 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 ``Stiltsville Restoration Act''.

SEC. 2. REPAIR OF DAMAGED STILTSVILLE STRUCTURE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall approve, in 
writing, the repair of the damaged Stiltsville structure in Biscayne 
National Park, Florida, subject to the following conditions:
            (1) The Stiltsville Trust shall oversee the compliance of 
        the caretaker with respect to all requirements for construction 
        and major repairs under the cooperative agreement and in 
        accordance with the management plans for Biscayne National 
        Park, including--
                    (A) submitting a written request to carry out 
                construction and repairs with respect to the damaged 
                Stiltsville structure;
                    (B) submitting, for approval by the Secretary, 
                plans and specifications that meet the requirements of 
                all relevant laws;
                    (C) obtaining performance bonds from contractors as 
                necessary; and
                    (D) covering the cost of repairs.
            (2) No Federal Funds may be used in carrying out repairs to 
        the damaged Stiltsville stucture under this section.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Caretaker.--The term ``caretaker'' means the caretaker 
        of the damaged Stiltsville structure, Southbay Ecosystems, Inc.
            (2) Cooperative agreement.--The term ``cooperative 
        agreement'' means the Stiltsville Strucuture Management 
        Agreement, numbered CFDA #15.954, and signed on behalf of the 
        National Park Service on January 14, 2016.
            (3) Damaged stiltsville structure.--The term ``damaged 
        Stiltsville structure'' means the Stiltsville structure known 
        as the LeShaw House, which was damaged by a fire on January 11, 
        2021.
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