Act Commemorating the LITE

Establishment

There is established the Thomas Edison National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System (hereafter the Historical Park).

Boundaries

The Historical Park shall be comprised of all property owned by the United States in the Edison National Historic Site as well as all property authorized to be acquired by the Secretary of the Interior for inclusion in the Edison National Historic Site before the date of the enactment of this Act, as generally depicted on the map entitled the Thomas Edison National Historical Park, numbered 403/80,000, and dated April 2008.

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.

In General

The Secretary shall administer the Historical Park in accordance with this Act and with the provisions of law generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including the Acts entitled An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes, approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.) and An Act to provide for the preservation of historic American sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities of national significance, and for other purposes, approved August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.).

Acquisition of Property

Cooperative Agreements

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.

Repeal of Superseded Law

Public Law 87–628 (76 Stat. 428), regarding the establishment and administration of the Edison National Historic Site, is repealed.

References

Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Edison National Historic Site shall be deemed to be a reference to the Thomas Edison National Historical Park.