H.R. 2430 – Reading Mode

IIB

113th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 2430

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

July 23, 2014

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

AN ACT

To adjust the boundaries of Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park to include Hinchliffe Stadium, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Hinchliffe Stadium Heritage Act.

Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park boundary adjustment

Section 7001 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 410lll) is amended as follows:

(1)

In subsection (b)(3)—

(A)

by striking The Park shall and inserting (A) The Park shall;

(B)

by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (G) as clauses (i) through (vii), respectively; and

(C)

by adding at the end the following:

(B)

In addition to the lands described in subparagraph (A), the Park shall include the approximately 6 acres of land containing Hinchliffe Stadium and generally depicted as the Boundary Modification Area on the map entitled Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park, Proposed Boundary Modification, numbered T03/120,155, and dated April 2014, which shall be administered as part of the Park in accordance with subsection (c)(1) and section 3 of the Hinchliffe Stadium Heritage Act.

(2)

In subsection (b)(4), by striking The Map and inserting The Map and the map referred to in paragraph (3)(B).

(3)

In subsection (c)(4)—

(A)

in subparagraph (A), by striking The Secretary and inserting Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), the Secretary; and

(B)

by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:

(C)

Hinchliffe Stadium

The Secretary may not acquire fee title to Hinchliffe Stadium, but may acquire a preservation easement in Hinchliffe Stadium if the Secretary determines that doing so will facilitate resource protection of the stadium.

Additional considerations for hinchliffe stadium

In administering the approximately 6 acres of land containing Hinchliffe Stadium and generally depicted as the Boundary Modification Area on the map entitled Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park, Proposed Boundary Modification, numbered T03/120,155, and dated April 2014, the Secretary of the Interior—

(1)

may not include non-Federal property within the approximately 6 acres of land as part of Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park without the written consent of the owner;

(2)

may not acquire by condemnation any land or interests in land within the approximately 6 acres of land; and

(3)

shall not construe this Act or the amendments made by this Act to create buffer zones outside the boundaries of the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park. That activities or uses can be seen, heard or detected from areas within the approximately 6 acres of land added to the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park by this Act shall not preclude, limit, control, regulate or determine the conduct or management of activities or uses outside of the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park.

Passed the House of Representatives July 22, 2014.

Karen L. Haas,

Clerk