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S.1408
One Hundred Fifth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-
eight
An Act
To establish the Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
TITLE I--LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, NEW YORK.
SEC. 101. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1)(A) immigration, and the resulting diversity of cultural
influences, is a key factor in defining the identity of the United
States; and
(B) many United States citizens trace their ancestry to persons
born in nations other than the United States;
(2) the latter part of the 19th century and the early part of
the 20th century marked a period in which the volume of immigrants
coming to the United States far exceeded that of any time prior to
or since that period;
(3) no single identifiable neighborhood in the United States
absorbed a comparable number of immigrants than the Lower East Side
neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City;
(4) the Lower East Side Tenement at 97 Orchard Street in New
York City is an outstanding survivor of the vast number of humble
buildings that housed immigrants to New York City during the
greatest wave of immigration in American history;
(5) the Lower East Side Tenement is owned and operated as a
museum by the Lower East Side Tenement Museum;
(6) the Lower East Side Tenement Museum is dedicated to
interpreting immigrant life within a neighborhood long associated
with the immigrant experience in the United States, New York City's
Lower East Side, and its importance to United States history; and
(7)(A) the Director of the National Park Service found the
Lower East Side Tenement at 97 Orchard Street to be nationally
significant; and
(B) the Secretary of the Interior declared the Lower East Side
Tenement a National Historic Landmark on April 19, 1994; and
(C) the Director of the National Park Service, through a
special resource study, found the Lower East Side Tenement suitable
and feasible for inclusion in the National Park System.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this title are--
(1) to ensure the preservation, maintenance, and interpretation
of this site and to interpret at the site the themes of
immigration, tenement life in the latter half of the 19th century
and the first half of the 20th century, the housing reform
movement, and tenement architecture in the United States;
(2) to ensure continued interpretation of the nationally
significant immigrant phenomenon associated with New York City's
Lower East Side and the Lower East Side's role in the history of
immigration to the United States; and
(3) to enhance the interpretation of the Castle Clinton, Ellis
Island, and Statue of Liberty National Monuments.
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this title:
(1) Historic site.--The term ``historic site'' means the Lower
East Side Tenement found at 97 Orchard Street on Manhattan Island
in the City of New York, State of New York, and designated as a
national historic site by section 103.
(2) Museum.--The term ``Museum'' means the Lower East Side
Tenement Museum, a nonprofit organization established in the City
of New York, State of New York, which owns and operates the
tenement building at 97 Orchard Street and manages other properties
in the vicinity of 97 Orchard Street as administrative and program
support facilities for 97 Orchard Street.
(3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of
the Interior.
SEC. 103. ESTABLISHMENT OF HISTORIC SITE.
(a) In General.--To further the purposes of this title and the Act
entitled ``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.), the Lower East Side Tenement at 97 Orchard Street, in the City
of New York, State of New York, is designated a national historic site.
(b) Coordination With National Park System.--
(1) Affiliated site.--The historic site shall be an affiliated
site of the National Park System.
(2) Coordination.--The Secretary, in consultation with the
Museum, shall coordinate the operation and interpretation of the
historic site with the Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis
Island National Monument, and Castle Clinton National Monument. The
historic site's story and interpretation of the immigrant
experience in the United States is directly related to the themes
and purposes of these National Monuments.
(c) Ownership.--The historic site shall continue to be owned,
operated, and managed by the Museum.
SEC. 104. MANAGEMENT OF THE HISTORIC SITE.
(a) Cooperative Agreement.--The Secretary may enter into a
cooperative agreement with the Museum to ensure the marking,
interpretation, and preservation of the national historic site
designated by section 103(a).
(b) Technical and Financial Assistance.--The Secretary may provide
technical and financial assistance to the Museum to mark, interpret,
and preserve the historic site, including making preservation-related
capital improvements and repairs.
(c) General Management Plan.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation with the
Museum, shall develop a general management plan for the historic
site that defines the role and responsibility of the Secretary with
regard to the interpretation and the preservation of the historic
site.
(2) Integration with national monuments.--The plan shall
outline how interpretation and programming for the historic site
shall be integrated and coordinated with the Statue of Liberty
National Monument, Ellis Island National Monument, and Castle
Clinton National Monument to enhance the story of the historic site
and these National Monuments.
(3) Completion.--The plan shall be completed not later than 2
years after the date of enactment of this Act.
(d) Limited Role of Secretary.--Nothing in this title authorizes
the Secretary to acquire the property at 97 Orchard Street or to assume
overall financial responsibility for the operation, maintenance, or
management of the historic site.
SEC. 105. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary
to carry out this title.
TITLE II--OTHER MATTERS
SEC. 201. CASA MALPAIS NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK, ARIZONA.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds and declares that--
(1) the Casa Malpais National Historic Landmark was occupied by
one of the largest and most sophisticated Mogollon communities in
the United States;
(2) the landmark includes a 58-room masonry pueblo, including
stairways, Great Kiva complex, and fortification walls, a
prehistoric trail, and catacomb chambers where the deceased were
placed;
(3) the Casa Malpais was designated as a national historic
landmark by the Secretary of the Interior in 1964; and
(4) the State of Arizona and the community of Springerville are
undertaking a program of interpretation and preservation of the
landmark.
(b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this section to assist in the
preservation and interpretation of the Casa Malpais National Historic
Landmark for the benefit of the public.
(c) Cooperative Agreements.--
(1) In general.--In furtherance of the purpose of this section,
the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into
cooperative agreements with the State of Arizona and the town of
Springerville, Arizona, pursuant to which the Secretary may provide
technical assistance to interpret, operate, and maintain the Casa
Malpais National Historic Landmark and may also provide financial
assistance for planning, staff training, and development of the
Casa Malpais National Historic Landmark, but not including other
routine operations.
(2) Additional provisions.--Any such agreement may also contain
provisions that--
(A) the Secretary, acting through the Director of the
National Park Service, shall have right to access at all
reasonable times to all public portions of the property covered
by such agreement for the purpose of interpreting the landmark;
and
(B) no changes or alterations shall be made in the landmark
except by mutual agreement between the Secretary and the other
parties to all such agreements.
(d) Appropriations.--There are authorized to be appropriated such
sums as may be necessary to provide financial assistance in accordance
with this section.
SEC. 202. PROVISION FOR ROADS IN PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE.
Section 6 of the Act of October 15, 1966, entitled ``An Act to
establish in the State of Michigan the Pictured Rocks National
Lakeshore, and for other purposes'' (16 U.S.C. 460s-5), is amended as
follows:
(1) In subsection (b)(1) by striking ``including a scenic
shoreline drive'' and inserting ``including appropriate
improvements to Alger County Road H-58''.
(2) By adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(c) Prohibition of Certain Construction.--A scenic shoreline
drive may not be constructed in the Pictured Rocks National
Lakeshore.''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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