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108hr5024ih | (6) Such other duties as the President may prescribe. 103. Management of the national intelligence program
(a) In general
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the National Intelligence Director shall manage the national intelligence program with the following three deputies: (1) The Director of the Central Int... |
108hr5024ih | (b) Duties with respect to national intelligence center operations
Each official specified in subsection (a), within the respective area of intelligence, shall acquire systems and train personnel to execute the operations assigned to the official. (c) Coordination of agencies of the intelligence community
Each nation... |
108hr5024ih | (e) Construction
Nothing in this Act shall be construed as modifying the authority or duty of the Secretary of Defense to carry out the Joint Military Intelligence Program and the Tactical Intelligence and Related Activities Program. 104. |
108hr5024ih | Authority of the National Intelligence Director over matters relating to budget
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the National Intelligence Director shall have the following authorities over matters relating to the budget of the national intelligence program: (1) Development of unified intelligence budget
T... |
108hr5024ih | (2) Appropriations
Appropriations for any fiscal year for the national intelligence program shall be made to the National Intelligence Director. The National Intelligence Director shall provide for the allocation of amounts so appropriated among the national intelligence agencies. (3) Reprogramming
The National Intel... |
108hr5024ih | (1) Personnel policies
The National Intelligence Director shall put into effect personnel policies to establish standards for education and training of officers and employees of national intelligence agencies and to facilitate assignments of those officers and employees at national intelligence centers and across nati... |
108hr5024ih | (3) Appointment of officials responsible for intelligence-related activities
(A) In the event of a vacancy in a position referred to in subparagraph (B), the National Intelligence Director shall approve and recommend to the President individuals to fill the following positions. (B) Subparagraph (A) applies to the foll... |
108hr5024ih | (vi) The Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. (vii) The Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection of the Department of Homeland Security. (viii) The Executive Assistant Director for Intelligence of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (ix) The head of any other entity wi... |
108hr5024ih | in the capacity of the Director of Central Intelligence as the head of the intelligence community. (b) References
Any reference to the Director of Central Intelligence as the head of the intelligence community, or as the principal advisor to the President for intelligence matters related to the national security, in t... |
108hr5024ih | Resolution of agency priority differences
(a) Establishment of NSC executive committee
There is established in the National Security Council an executive committee for the resolution of differences in priorities among national intelligence agencies. Insofar as the executive committee is unable to resolve a priority d... |
108hr5024ih | Definitions
In this subtitle: (1) National intelligence program
The term national intelligence program means a program of foreign, military, and domestic intelligence related to the national security under the oversight of the National Intelligence Director. (2) National intelligence center
The term national intelli... |
108hr5024ih | Improvement of analysis and collection of foreign intelligence
The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency shall— (1) rebuild the analytic capabilities of the Central Intelligence Agency; (2) transform the clandestine service by building the human intelligence capabilities of the clandestine service; (3) develop a... |
108hr5024ih | 112. Direction of clandestine or covert paramilitary operations by the Department of Defense
(a) In general
The Secretary of Defense shall have lead responsibility for directing and executing paramilitary operations, whether clandestine or covert. (b) Consolidation With USSOCOM
The Secretary shall consolidate respon... |
108hr5024ih | National Counterterrorism Center
(a) Establishment
There is established a National Counterterrorism Center built on the foundation of the Terrorist Threat Integration Center. (b) Mission
The National Counterterrorism Center shall be a center for joint operational planning and joint intelligence against transnational... |
108hr5024ih | Head of the National Counterterrorism Center
(a) Appointment
The head of the National Counterterrorism Center shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall be placed in the Executive Office of the President. (b) Rank
The head of the National Counterterrorism Center ... |
108hr5024ih | (e) Concurrence in certain appointments
The head of the National Counterterrorism Center shall concur in the choices of personnel to lead the operating entities of the agencies and departments of the United States focused on counterterrorism, specifically including— (1) the head of the Counterterrorist Center of the C... |
108hr5024ih | (f) Development of counterterrorism budget
The head of the National Counterterrorism Center shall work with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget in developing the counterterrorism budget of the President. 203. Duties
(a) Lead agency for transnational terrorist analysis
The National Counterterrorism Ce... |
108hr5024ih | (b) Assessments
Drawing on the efforts of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security, and other agencies and departments of the United States, the National Counterterrorism Center shall develop net assessments that compare enemy capabilities and intentions... |
108hr5024ih | Distinct intelligence function
Building on the structure of the Terrorist Threat Integration Center, the intelligence function of the National Counterterrorism Center shall be a distinct national intelligence center within the National Counterterrorism Center. 205. Operations
(a) Joint planning
The National Countert... |
108hr5024ih | (b) Monitoring and updating of plans
The National Counterterrorism Center may not direct the actual execution of operational responsibilities assigned to agencies under subsection (a). The National Counterterrorism Center shall— (1) monitor implementation of the operations; (2) look across the foreign-domestic divide ... |
108hr5024ih | (b) Execution of the policy of the President
The operations and planning of the National Counterterrorism Center shall follow the policy direction of the president and the National Security Council. 301. Identification and prioritization of terrorist sanctuaries throughout the world
(a) Identification and Prioritizat... |
108hr5024ih | Each such strategy shall be developed in consultation and coordination with friendly foreign countries and international organizations. 302. Assistance to support efforts of the Government of Pakistan to fight extremists
(a) Sense of Congress
It is the sense of Congress that, if President Pervez Musharraf and other l... |
108hr5024ih | (b) Assistance
The President is authorized to provide assistance, on such terms and conditions as the President may determine, to support the Government of Pakistan in its struggle against extremists. The President shall ensure that assistance provided under this subsection is part of a comprehensive effort by the Uni... |
108hr5024ih | Assistance to achieve security and stability in Afghanistan
(a) Sense of Congress
It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the United States Government should be commended for its efforts to date in Afghanistan; (2) the United States and the international community should make a long-term commitment to achieve security ... |
108hr5024ih | (b) Assistance
The President is authorized to provide assistance, on such terms and conditions as the President may determine, to the Government of Afghanistan to allow that Government to extend its authority over the country. In providing assistance under this subsection, the President shall coordinate with foreign c... |
108hr5024ih | Declaration of policy relating to relations between the United States and Saudi Arabia
(a) Sense of Congress
It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the current problems in the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia should be confronted in an open and transparent manner; and (2) the United States and S... |
108hr5024ih | (b) Declaration of Policy
It shall be the policy of the United States Government to ensure that the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia includes a shared commitment to political and economic reform in Saudi Arabia and a shared interest in greater tolerance and cultural respect in Saudi Arabia, tran... |
108hr5024ih | Programs to enhance a positive image of the United States in Muslim countries
(a) Findings
Congress finds that— (1) opinions of the United States in Muslim countries are significantly distorted by highly negative and hostile beliefs and images and many of these beliefs and images are the result of misinformation and ... |
108hr5024ih | programs should be established to promote greater familiarity with American society and values among the general public and select audiences in Muslim countries. (b) Programs
The Secretary of State shall establish programs to promote greater familiarity with American society and values among the general public and sel... |
108hr5024ih | Sense of Congress relating to relations with governments of Muslim countries that violate human rights and the rule of law
It is the sense of Congress that the United States Government— (1) should reevaluate its relationship with the governments of Muslim countries, including such governments that are friends or allie... |
108hr5024ih | United States information and educational and cultural exchange programs in Muslim countries
(a) Findings
Congress finds the following: (1) As in the Cold War, the United States needs to defend its ideals abroad vigorously. Often, the United States does not stand up for its values. (2) The United States defended, and... |
108hr5024ih | (b) Broadcasting to Muslim Countries
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out United States Government radio, television, and other communications activities to Muslim countries under the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 ( 22 U.S.C. 6201 et seq. ) and other authorities in law consistent... |
108hr5024ih | (c) Information and Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs
It is the sense of Congress that— (1) United States Government information and educational and cultural exchange programs should be expanded to emphasize and give priority to young people in Muslim countries; and (2) projects and activities carried out und... |
108hr5024ih | International Youth Opportunity Fund
Congress strongly urges the President to seek the negotiation of international agreements (or other appropriate arrangements) to support the establishment of an International Youth Opportunity Fund in order to establish and operate primary and secondary schools in Muslim countries ... |
108hr5024ih | Economic policies to encourage development, more open societies, and opportunities in Muslim countries
It is the sense of Congress that a comprehensive United States strategy to counter terrorism should include economic policies that encourage development, more open societies, and opportunities for people to improve t... |
108hr5024ih | Comprehensive coalition strategy against Islamist terrorism
Congress strongly urges the President to work with friendly foreign countries and international organizations, such as members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Group of Eight (G–8), to develop a comprehensive coalition strategy against... |
108hr5024ih | New principles for detention and humane treatment of captured terrorists
The President shall work with friendly foreign countries and international organizations to develop a new set of principles for the detention and humane treatment of captured terrorists. Such principles should be modeled on Article 3 of the Conve... |
108hr5024ih | Prevention of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
The President shall take such actions as are necessary to strengthen counterproliferation efforts, expand the Proliferation Security Initiative (announced by the President in May 2003), and support Cooperative Threat Reduction programs. In this section, the te... |
108hr5024ih | acting through the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, the Federal functional regulators (as defined in section 509 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act), and other appropriate Federal officers, shall continue to take such actions as may be necessary and... |
108hr5024ih | including the International Money Laundering Abatement and Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001 and the amendments made by such Act. 401. Integration of border security system with other screening sites
(a) In General
The President shall— (1) direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to lead an effort within the exec... |
108hr5024ih | and (2) assure that such effort should assess security goals applicable to Federal security screening sites throughout the United States, should address security problems common to all such sites, and should set uniform standards to be applied to all such sites, guaranteeing a balance of security, efficiency, and civil... |
108hr5024ih | Biometric entry-exit screening system
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall complete, as quickly as possible after the date of the enactment of this Act, a biometric entry and exit screening system for persons entering and departing the United States, including a single system for expedited biometric screening of p... |
108hr5024ih | Sense of Congress regarding international cooperation regarding border crossings
It is the sense of the Congress that the Federal Government— (1) cannot meet its obligation to the people of the United States to prevent the entry of terrorists into the United States without collaborating with foreign governments; (2) s... |
108hr5024ih | Securing identification documents
The President shall submit to Congress a proposal to establish standards for the issuance of birth certificates and identification documents, such as drivers’ licenses, so that they may be made more secure and less susceptible to forgery and fraudulent alteration. 405. Targeting terro... |
108hr5024ih | Allocation of limited transportation security resources
(a) Plan for allocation of transportation resources
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to Congress a plan that— (1) identifies and evaluates the transportation assets that need to be protected; (2) sets risk-based priorities for defending such asset... |
108hr5024ih | (b) GAO review of plan
Not later than 90 days after the date on which the Secretary of Homeland Security submits the plan required under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report to Congress that assesses whether all of the elements of subsection (a) have been adequately addres... |
108hr5024ih | Aviation screening
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall— (1) implement procedures to improve the use of no-fly and automatic selectee lists, including utilizing a larger set of watchlists maintained by the Federal Government, while a successor to CAPPS continues to be developed; (2) require the the Transportation ... |
108hr5024ih | Enhanced explosives detection
The President shall submit to Congress a proposal that— (1) requires the Transportation Security Administration to give priority attention to improving the ability of screening checkpoints to detect explosives on passengers; (2) in the case of a passenger selected for special screening, r... |
108hr5024ih | Information sharing
The President shall determine the guidelines for acquiring, accessing, using, and sharing of information about individuals among Federal, State, and local government agencies, and by those agencies with the private sector, for purposes of protecting national security, in a manner that protects the ... |
108hr5024ih | Board to oversee adherence to civil liberties principles
The President shall establish within the executive branch a board to oversee adherence to— (1) the guidelines established by the President under this Act for the sharing of information among government agencies and by those agencies with the private sector; and ... |
108hr5024ih | Homeland Security Assistance
It is the sense of Congress that— (1) homeland security assistance should be based strictly on an assessment of risks and vulnerabilities; and (2) homeland security assistance should not remain a program for general revenue sharing and should supplement State and local resources based on t... |
108hr5024ih | Federal Communications Commission requirements
(a) Prevention of delay in reassignment of 24 megahertz for public safety purposes
Section 309(j)(14) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. |
108hr5024ih | 309(j)(14) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (D) Extensions not permitted for channels (63, 64, 68 and 69) reassigned for public safety services
Notwithstanding subparagraph (B), the Commission shall not grant any extension under such subparagraph from the limitation of subparagraph (A)... |
108hr5024ih | inclusive, for public safety services and to permit operations by public safety services on those frequencies commencing no later than January 1, 2007. (b) Sense of Congress
It is the sense of Congress that— (1) high-risk urban areas such as New York City and Washington, D.C. should establish signal corps units to ens... |
108hr5024ih | Private Sector Emergency Preparedness
(a) Adoption of Standard For Private Sector Emergency Preparedness
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall consult with the American National Standards Institute in the development of the standards to promote private sector emergency preparedness and shall promote the adoption o... |
108hr5024ih | (b) Insurance and Credit-Rating Agencies
It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) insurance companies and credit-rating agencies should consider the extent to which any business applicant for insurance or credit is in compliance with any applicable standard established by the American National Standards Institute to ... |
108hr5024ih | Unity of effort in sharing information
The President shall submit to Congress a proposal that— (1) provides incentives to executive agencies to establish procedures for the sharing and security of information, that restores a better balance between security and shared knowledge; (2) establishes a Government-wide effor... |
108hr5024ih | Appropriations for intelligence
(a) Single appropriation bill for intelligence
The House of Representatives and the Senate should each pass a single general appropriation bill for intelligence containing an unclassified figure that constitutes the aggregate amount appropriated for intelligence. (b) Public hearings
T... |
108hr5024ih | Establishment of either a Joint Committee on Intelligence or a standing Committee on Intelligence in each House of Congress
As an exercise of their rulemaking powers, the House of Representatives and the Senate shall review the functions and responsibilities of the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and th... |
108hr5024ih | Oversight of homeland security
As an exercise of their rulemaking powers, the House of Representatives and the Senate shall each determine how to provide a single, principal point of oversight for homeland security, which shall exercise such jurisdiction as each house shall determine, and which shall employ a nonparti... |
108hr5024ih | Executive appointments
It is the sense of Congress that the President and Congress should take steps to minimize, to the extent possible, the disruption of national security policymaking during a change of presidential administrations by accelerating the process for national security appointments that require the advi... |
108hr5024ih | Establishment of a specialized and integrated national security workforce at the Federal Bureau of Investigation
The President shall direct the Attorney General to take such steps as may be necessary to establish a specialized and integrated national security workforce at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Such work... |
108hr5024ih | Regular readiness assessments
(a) Department of Defense
The Secretary of Defense shall regularly assess the adequacy of strategies and planning of the United States Northern Command to defend the United States against military threats to the homeland. (b) Department of Homeland Security
The Secretary of Homeland Sec... |
108hr5024ih | (c) Congressional oversight committees
The congressional committees with responsibility for oversight of the Department of Defense should regularly assess the matters referred to in subsection (a). The congressional committees with responsibility for oversight of the Department of Homeland Security should regularly as... |
108hr5185ih | 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Higher Education Extension Act of 2004. 2. Extension of programs
(a) Extension of duration to include fiscal year 2005
The authorization of appropriations for, and the duration of, each program authorized under the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq. ) sh... |
108hr5185ih | or another person or entity— (1) is required, in or for fiscal year 2004, to carry out certain acts or make certain determinations or payments under a program under the Higher Education Act of 1965, such acts, determinations, or payments shall be required to be carried out, made, or continued during the period of the e... |
108hr5185ih | or payments are permitted or authorized to be carried out, made, or continued during the period of the extension under this section. (c) Extension at current levels
The amount authorized to be appropriated for a program described in subsection (a) during the period of extension under this section shall be the amount a... |
108hr5185ih | The amount of any payment required or authorized under subsection (b) in or for fiscal year 2005 shall be determined in the same manner as the amount of the corresponding payment required or authorized in or for fiscal year 2004. (d) Advisory committees and other entities continued
Any advisory committee, interagency ... |
108hr5185ih | ), or in relation to programs under that Act, shall continue to exist and is authorized or required, respectively, to perform such function during fiscal year 2005. (e) Additional extension not permitted
Section 422 of the General Education Provisions Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1226a ) shall not apply to further extend the autho... |
108hr5185ih | (f) Exception
The programs described in subsection (a) for which the authorization of appropriations, or the duration of which, is extended by this section include provisions applicable to institutions in, and students in or from, the Freely Associated States, except that those provisions shall be applicable with resp... |
108hr5316ih | 1. Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Emergency Relief for Caribbean Nationals Act. 2. Findings
Congress finds the following: (1) Haiti, Grenada, and the Cayman Islands have been severely devastated by Tropical Storm Jeanne and Hurricane Ivan. (2) On September 16, 2004, Tropical Storm Jeanne struck the Dominica... |
108hr5316ih | (4) After visiting the stricken northern city of Gonoies, Haiti, Prime Minister Gerard Latortue stated We have a problem with bodies: there is a risk of epidemic. If you can picture this: there is no electricity, the morgues are not working, there is water everywhere.. (5) A United Nations spokesman stated that the cor... |
108hr5316ih | (6) Dieufort Deslorges, spokesman for the civil protection agency of Haiti, stated that 250,000 people were homeless across the country and at least 4,000 homes were destroyed with thousands more damaged as a result of the storm. (7) When Tropical Storm Jeanne hit, Haiti was already struggling to deal with political in... |
108hr5316ih | (8) Hurricane Ivan killed 39 people in Grenada and left 40,000 of its 90,000 inhabitants living in a few hundred houses, schools, and churches that have been converted into shelters. (9) Prime Minister of Grenada Keith Mitchell, whose official residence was destroyed by Hurricane Ivan, declared a national disaster and ... |
108hr5316ih | George, the capital of Grenada, with 125 mile per hour winds that flattened homes, disrupted power, damaged the main hospital, and destroyed the emergency operations center, the main prison, and many schools. (11) On September 15, 2004, electrical engineers funded by the Office of United States Foreign Disaster Assista... |
108hr5316ih | (12) In Grenada, an environmental health hazard has arisen as runoff, which contains pathogens from several sources including human waste, is contaminating rivers where people wash and bathe. (13) As of September 10, 2004, there were widespread reports of looting in Grenada. American students at St. George’s University... |
108hr5316ih | (14) Grenada may need as much as $2,200,000,000, or four times its annual economic output, to rebuild after the devastation caused by Hurricane Ivan. (15) The assistance needed to rebuild Grenada must come from abroad as the main industries of Grenada, nutmeg exports and tourism, have been devastated by the storm. (16)... |
108hr5316ih | (17) International media sources reported that the Cayman Islands sustained extreme damage as a result of Hurricane Ivan. Local authorities report that 15 to 20 percent of homes on the eastern part of the Cayman Islands were completely destroyed and another 50 percent suffered significant damage. (18) The unusual hurri... |
108hr5316ih | (19) Temporary protected status allows aliens who do not legally qualify as refugees but are nonetheless fleeing or reluctant to return to potentially dangerous situations to temporarily remain in the United States. (20) Granting temporary protected status to nationals of Haiti, Grenada, and the Cayman Islands is consi... |
108hr5316ih | (21) The extraordinary and temporary conditions caused by nature and resulting in floods, epidemics, and other environmental disasters in Haiti, Grenada, and the Cayman Islands should make the nationals of those countries eligible for temporary protected status. 3. Designation for purposes of granting temporary protect... |
108hr5316ih | 1254a ), Haiti, Grenada, and the Cayman Islands shall be treated as if such countries had been designated under subsection (b) of that section, subject to the provisions of this section. (2) Period of Designation
The initial period of such designation shall begin on the date of enactment of this Act and shall remain i... |
108hr5316ih | 1254a ) pursuant to the designation made under this section, subject to section 244(c)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1254a(c)(3) ), an alien who is a national of Haiti, Grenada, or the Cayman Islands meets the requirements of section 244(c)(1) of that Act ( 8 U.S.C. |
108hr5316ih | 1254a(c)(1) ) only if— (1) the alien has been continuously physically present in the United States since September 7, 2004; (2) the alien is admissible as an immigrant, except as otherwise provided under section 244(c)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1254a(c)(2)(A) ), and is not ineligible for t... |
108hr5316ih | 1254a(c)(2)(B) ); and (3) the alien registers for temporary protected status in a manner that the Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish. (c) Consent to travel abroad
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall give the prior consent to travel abroad described in section 244(f)(3) of the Immigration and Nationali... |
108hr5316ih | 1254a(f)(3) ) to an alien who is granted temporary protected status pursuant to the designation made under this section, if the alien establishes to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Homeland Security that emergency and extenuating circumstances beyond the control of the alien require the alien to depart for a brief... |
108hr5407ih | 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Energy Independence Act of 2004. 2. Domestic Energy Self-Sufficiency Plan
Section 801 of the Department of Energy Organization Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7321 ) is amended by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: (e) (1) Each plan submitted under this section after t... |
108hr5407ih | (2) The strategic plan under this subsection shall examine and report on the status of existing energy technology and domestic resources as well as developing energy generation and transmission technologies, including, but not limited to fuel cell technology, and should focus on their integration into an overall nation... |
108hr5407ih | (3) The strategic plan shall include recommendations to Congress for targeted research and development in promising new energy generation and transmission technologies, and funding levels necessary for specific programs and research efforts necessary to implement a plan providing for the energy self-sufficiency of the ... |
108hr4199ih | 1. Suspension of duty on 2,5-thiophenediybis(5-tert-butyl-1,3-benzoxazole)
(a) In general
Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following: 9902.34.23 2,5-thiophenediybis(5-tert-butyl-1,3-benzoxazole) (CAS No. |
108hr4199ih | 7128-64-5) (provided for in subheading 3204.20.80) Free No Change No Change On or Before 12/31/2007. (b) Effective date
The amendment made by subsection (a) applies to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act. |
108hr5377ih | 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Act Commemorating the LITE, or Lifetime Innovations of Thomas Edison. 2. Findings and purpose
(a) Findings
Congress finds the following: (1) The Edison National Historic Site, located in West Orange, New Jersey, is a vital part of America’s national system of parks which p... |
108hr5377ih | (2) The Site is a national historic treasure and contains the world’s largest collection of materials related to Thomas Edison, encompassing an estimated 5,000,000 pages of documents, over 400,000 artifacts, approximately 35,000 sound recordings, and 10,000 books from Edison’s personal library. (3) Thomas Edison is one... |
108hr5377ih | (4) In 1928, Thomas Edison was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for the development and application of inventions that have revolutionized civilization in the last century. (5) In 1998, Congress again honored Thomas Edison by directing the Secretary of the Treasury to mint a commemorative coin celebrating the 125th... |
108hr5377ih | The National Park Service, in its General Management Plan and Development Concept Plan, identified the need for numerous actions to preserve, protect, restore, and enhance the Site and determined that sufficient government funds are not likely to be appropriated to complete these necessary actions in the foreseeable fu... |
108hr5377ih | (b) Purposes
The purposes of this Act are— (1) to recognize and pay tribute to Thomas Alva Edison and his innovations; and (2) to preserve, protect, restore, and enhance the Edison National Historic Site to ensure public use and enjoyment of the Site as an educational, scientific, and cultural center. 3. Thomas Edison... |
108hr5377ih | (b) Boundaries
The Historical Park shall be comprised of— (1) all property owned by the United States in the Edison National Historic Site as well as all property authorized to be acquired by the Secretary of the Interior for inclusion in the Edison National Historic Site before the date of the enactment of this Act, ... |
108hr5377ih | (c) Map
The map of the Historical Park shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service. 4. Administration
(a) In general
The Secretary shall administer the Historical Park in accordance with this Act and with the provisions of law generally applicable to u... |
108hr5377ih | and 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. ). (b) Acquisition of property
(1) Real property
The Secretary may acquire land or interests in land within the ... |
108hr5377ih | (c) Cooperative agreements
The Secretary may consult and enter into cooperative agreements with interested entities and individuals to provide for the preservation, development, interpretation, and use of the Historical Park. (d) Repeal of superseded law
Public Law 87-628 (76 Stat. 428), regarding the establishment a... |
108hr5377ih | Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act. |
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