Great Falls Historic District Study Act of 2001

Great Falls Historic District Study Act of 2001 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the Great Falls Historic District in Paterson, New Jersey, as a unit of the National Park System.

[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 386 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 386

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and 
  feasibility of designating the Great Falls Historic District in the 
   city of Paterson, in Passaic County, New Jersey, as a unit of the 
             National Park System, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 15, 2001

 Mr. Torricelli (for himself and Mr. Corzine) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and 
  feasibility of designating the Great Falls Historic District in the 
   city of Paterson, in Passaic County, New Jersey, as a unit of the 
             National Park System, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Great Falls Historic District Study 
Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the Great Falls Historic District in the State of New 
        Jersey is an area of historical significance as an early site 
        of planned industrial development, and has remained largely 
        intact through architecturally significant structures;
            (2) the District is listed on the National Register of 
        Historic Places and has been designated a National Historic 
        Landmark;
            (3) the Great Falls Historic District is situated within a 
        one-half hour's drive from New York City and a 2 hour's drive 
        from Philadelphia, Hartford, New Haven, and Wilmington;
            (4) the District was developed by the Society of Useful 
        Manufactures, an organization whose leaders included a number 
        of historically renowned individuals, including Alexander 
        Hamilton; and
            (5) the District has been the subject of a number of 
        studies that have shown that the District possesses a 
        combination of historic significance and natural beauty worthy 
        of and uniquely situated for preservation and redevelopment.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) District.--The term ``District'' means the Great Falls 
        Historic District located in the city of Paterson, in Passaic 
        County, New Jersey, established as a historic district by 
        section 510 of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management 
        Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-333; 16 U.S.C. 461 note).
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National 
        Park Service.

SEC. 4. STUDY.

    (a) In General.--As soon as practicable after the date on which 
funds are made available to carry out this Act, the Secretary shall--
            (1) carry out a study on the suitability and feasibility of 
        designating the District as a unit of the National Park System; 
        and
            (2) submit to the Committee on Resources of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
        Resources of the Senate a report describing the results of the 
        study.
    (b) Contents.--The study under subsection (a) shall be conducted in 
accordance with Public Law 91-383 (16 U.S.C. 1a et seq.).

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this Act.
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