Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park Boundary Expansion and Redesignation Act of 2009

Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park Boundary Expansion and Redesignation Act of 2009 - Redesignates the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site (located in Brownsville, Texas, and dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the Mexican-American War) as the "Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park."

Amends the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site Act of 1991 to expand the boundaries of the Park to include certain land.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 279 Introduced in House (IH)]







111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 279

 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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 2009

Mr. Ortiz (for himself and Mr. Gonzalez) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 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.

    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 ``Palo Alto Battlefield National 
Historical Park Boundary Expansion and Redesignation Act of 2009''.

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''.
    (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.
    (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--
            (1) by striking ``National Historic Site'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``National Historical Park'';
            (2) in the heading for section 3, by striking ``national 
        historic site'' and inserting ``national historical park''; and
            (3) by striking ``historic site'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``historical park''.

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--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new 
        paragraph:
    ``(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.''; and
            (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)''.
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