112 STAT. 3200 PUBLIC LAW 105-342—NOV. 2, 1998 Public Law 105-342 105th Congress Nov. 2, 1998 [S. 2240] Adams National Historical Park Act of 1998. 16 USC 410eee note. 16 USC 410eee. An Act To establish the Adams National Historical Park in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 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 "Adams National Historical Park Act of 1998". SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) FINDINGS. —Congress finds that— (1) in 1946, Secretary of the Interior J.A. Krug, by means of the authority granted the Secretary of the Interior under section 2 of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935, established the Adams Mansion National Historic Site, located in Quincy, Massachusetts; (2) in 1952, Acting Secretary of the Interior Vernon D. Northrup enlarged the site and renamed it the Adams National Historic Site, using the Secretary authority as provided in the Historic Sites Act; (3) in 1972, Congress, through Public Law 92-272, authorized the Secretary of the Interior to add approximately 3.68 acres at Adams National Historic Site; (4) in 1978, Congress, through Public Law 95-625, authorized the Secretary of the Interior to accept by conveyance the birthplaces of John Adams and John Quincy Adams, both in Quincy, Massachusetts, to be managed as part of the Adams National Historic Site; (5) in 1980, Congress, through Public Law 96-435, authorized the Secretary of the Interior to accept the conveyance of the United First Parish Church in Quincy, Massachusetts, the burial place of John Adams, Abigail Adams, and John Quincy Adeuns and his wife, to be administered as part of the Adams National Historic Site; (6) the actions taken by past Secretaries of the Interior and past Congresses to preserve for the benefit, education and inspiration of present and future generations of Americans the home, property, birthplaces and burial site of John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and Abigail Adams, have resulted in a multi-site unit of the National Park System with no overarching enabling or authorizing legislation; and (7) that the sites and resources associated with John Adams, second President of the United States, his wife Abigail Adams, and John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United
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