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To amend the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site Act of 1991 to expand the boundaries of the historic site, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

May 13, 2008CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Mr. CORNYN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site Act of 1991 to expand the boundaries of the historic site, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Palo Alto Battlefield National ‘Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park Boundary Expansion and Redesignation Act of 2008’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(a) In General- The Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site shall be known and designated as the ‘Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) References- Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the historic site referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(c) Conforming Amendments- The Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site Boundary Expansion Act of 2008'.SEC. 21991 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 102-304) is amended-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) by striking ‘National Historic Site’ each place it appears and inserting ‘National Historical Park’; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) in the heading for section 3, by striking ‘national historic site’ and inserting ‘national historical park’; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) by striking ‘historic site’ each place it appears and inserting ‘historical park’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 3. BOUNDARY EXPANSION, PALO ALTO BATTLEFIELD NATIONAL HISTORIC SITEAL PARK, TEXAS.

Section 3(b) of the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site Act of 1991 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 102-304) (as amended by section 2) is amended-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) in paragraph (1), by striking `‘(1) The historic site'al park’ and inserting the following: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`‘(1) IN GENERAL- The historic site'al park’; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`‘(2) ADDITIONAL LAND- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`‘(A) IN GENERAL- In addition to the land described in paragraph (1), the historic siteal park shall consist of approximately 34 acres of land, as generally depicted on the map entitled `XXXXX'‘Palo Alto Battlefield NHS Proposed Boundary Expansion’, numbered XXXX469/80,012, and dated XXXX.`May 21, 2008. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) AVAILABILITY OF MAP- The map described in subparagraph (A) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.'’; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by paragraph (2))-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) by striking `(3) Within'‘(3) Within’ and inserting the following: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`‘(3) LEGAL DESCRIPTION- Not later than'’; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) in the second sentence, by striking `map referred to in paragraph (1)'‘map referred to in paragraph (1)’ and inserting `‘maps referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2)'.’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink