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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 3979 (EAH) — 113 HR 3979 EAH: Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘Buck’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 · Sec. 3033

Sec. 3033. First State National Historical Park

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In this section: The term historical park means the First State National Historical Park. The term map means the map with pages numbered 1–6 entitled First State National Historical Park, New Castle, Kent, Sussex Counties, DE and Delaware County, PA, Proposed Boundary , numbered T19/80,000G, and dated October 2014. The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. The First State National Monument is redesignated as the First State National Historical Park, as generally depicted on the map.
Any funds available for purposes of the First State National Monument shall be available for purposes of the historical park. Any references in a law, regulation, document, record, map, or other paper of the United States to the First State National Monument shall be considered to be a reference to the historical park. The purposes of the historical park are to preserve, protect, and interpret the nationally significant cultural and historic resources that are associated with— early Dutch, Swedish, and English settlement of the Colony of Delaware and portions of the Colony of Pennsylvania; and the role of Delaware— in the birth of the United States; and as the first State to ratify the Constitution.
In addition to sites included in the historical park (as redesignated by paragraph (1)(A)) as of the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary may include the following sites within the boundary of the historical park, as generally depicted on the map: Fort Christina National Historic Landmark in New Castle County, Delaware, as depicted on page 3 of 6 of the map. Old Swedes Church National Historic Landmark in New Castle County, Delaware, as depicted on page 3 of 6 of the map.
John Dickinson Plantation National Historic Landmark in Kent County, Delaware, as depicted on page 5 of 6 of the map. Ryves Holt House in Sussex County, Delaware, as depicted on page 6 of 6 of the map. The Secretary shall administer the historical park in accordance with— this section; and the laws generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including— the National Park System Organic Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq. ); and the Act of August 21, 1935 ( 16 U.S.C. 461 et seq. ).
Except as provided in clause (ii), the Secretary may acquire all or a portion of any of the sites described in subsection (b)(3), including easements or other interests in land, by purchase from a willing seller, donation, or exchange. The Secretary may acquire only by donation all or a portion of the property identified as Area for Potential Addition by Donation on page 2 of 6 of the map. No land or interest land may be acquired for inclusion in the historical park by condemnation.
On acquisition of land or an interest in land under subparagraph (A), the boundary of the historical park shall be adjusted to reflect the acquisition. The Secretary may provide interpretive tours to sites and resources in the State that are located outside the boundary of the historical park and associated with the purposes for which the historical park is established, including— Fort Casimir; DeVries Monument; Amstel House; Dutch House; and Zwaanendael Museum. The Secretary may enter into a cooperative agreement with the State of Delaware, political subdivisions of the State of Delaware, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, and individuals to mark, interpret, and restore nationally significant historic or cultural resources within the boundaries of the historical park, if the cooperative agreement provides for reasonable public access to the resources.
The Federal share of the total cost of any activity carried out under a cooperative agreement entered into under subparagraph
(A)shall be not more than 50 percent. The non-Federal share may be in the form of in-kind contributions or goods or services fairly valued. Not later than 3 fiscal years after the date on which funds are made available to carry out this paragraph, the Secretary shall complete a management plan for the historical park. The management plan shall be prepared in accordance with section 12(b) of the National Park System General Authorities Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1a–7(b) ) and other applicable laws. Not later than 3 years after the date on which funds are made available to carry out this section, the Secretary shall complete a study assessing the historical significance of additional properties in the State of Delaware that are associated with the purposes of historical park. The study prepared under paragraph
(1)shall include an assessment of the potential for designating the additional properties as National Historic Landmarks. Section 7302(f) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 ( 16 U.S.C. 469n(f) ) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: , except that the amount authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section not appropriated as of the date of enactment of the First State National Historical Park Act shall be reduced by $6,500,000 .
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