Olmsted Heritage Landscapes Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to encourage States to identify and nominate historic landscapes in general and Olmsted heritage landscapes in particular for inclusion on the National Register. Requires the Secretary to determine a site's eligibility and to keep research records of historic landscapes on a State-by-State basis.
Requires the Secretary to make information and assistance available to States and the interested public. Directs the Secretary to study and report to the Congress within five years a thematic study of historical landscapes which would qualify as national historic landmarks.
Requires the Secretary to encourage the use of the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site in Brookline, Massachusetts, for research and related activities and to encouarge maximum public participation in all facets of this Act.
Establishes an advisory commission to advise the Secretary on the preservation of the Historic Site and of other historic landscapes.
Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Librarian of Congress, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and other interested persons and organizations, to coordinate appropriate activities during 1987 through 1995 to commemorate the Olmsted achievement and influence.
Authorizes appropriations.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Referred to Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 100-392.
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 100-392.
Placed on Union Calendar No: 252.
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks.
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