HR 279 IHCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

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

January 7, 2009CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Mr. ORTIZ (for himself and Mr. GONZALEZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural ResourcesCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site Act of 1991 to designate the historic site as the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park, to expand the boundaries of the park, 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 Historical Park Boundary Expansion and Redesignation Act of 2009’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF PALO ALTO BATTLEFIELD NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.

(a) Designation- The Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site is hereby designated 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 Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site is 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 Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-304; 106 Stat. 256; 16 U.S.C. 461) 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’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





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

SEC. 3. BOUNDARY EXPANSION.

Section 3(b) of the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-304; 106 Stat. 256; 16 U.S.C. 461) is amended--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





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





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





‘(2) The historical park also shall consist of approximately 34 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Palo Alto Battlefield NHS Proposed Boundary Expansion’, numbered 469/80,012, and dated May 21, 2008. The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by striking ‘map referred to in paragraph (1)’ and inserting ‘maps referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2)’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink