I
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3378
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 29, 2009
Mr. Latham (for himself, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Boswell, and Mr. King of Iowa) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate the Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace and Childhood Home in Cresco, Iowa, as a National Historic Site and unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace and Childhood Home national historic site
Acquisition of property; establishment of historic site
Should the Secretary of the Interior
acquire, by donation from the Norman Borlaug Heritage Foundation, fee simple,
unencumbered title to the Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace site located at 20399
Timber Avenue, Cresco, Iowa, and the Norman E. Borlaug Childhood Home site
located at 19518 200th Street, Cresco, Iowa, and any personal property related
to the sites, the Secretary shall designate that property as a National
Historic Site and unit of the National Park System to be known as the
Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace Home National Historic
Site
.
Applicability of other laws
The Secretary
shall administer the Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace Home National Historic
Site in accordance with the laws generally applicable to national historic
sites, including the Act titled An Act to establish a National Park
Service, and for other purposes
, approved August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C.
1–4), and the Act titled 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.).