PUBLIC LAW 105-342—NOV. 2, 1998 112 STAT. 3201 States, require recognition as a national historical park in the National Park System. (b) PURPOSE. — The purpose of this Act is to establish the Adams National Historical Park in the City of Quincy, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to preserve, maintain and interpret the home, property, birthplaces, and burial site of John Adams and his wife Abigail, John Quincy Adams, and subsequent generations of the Adams family associated with the Adams property in Quincy, Massachusetts, for the benefit, education and inspiration of present and future generations of Americans. SEC. 3. DEFEVrnONS. As used in this Act: (1) HISTORICAL PARK.— The term "historical park" means the Adams National Historical Park established in section 4. (2) SECRETARY.—The term "Secretar)^" means the Secretary of the Interior. SEC. 4. ADAMS NATIONALfflSTORICALPARK. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—In order to preserve for the benefit and inspiration of the people of the United States as a national historical park certain properties in Quincy, Massachusetts, associated with John Adams, second President of the United States, his wife, Abigail Adams, John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States, and his wife, Louisa Adams, there is established the Adams National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System. (b) BOUNDARIES.—The historical park shall be comprised of the following: (1) All property administered by the National Park Service in the Adams National Historic Site as of the date of enactment of this Act, as well as all property previously authorized to be acquired by the Secretary for inclusion in the Adams National Historic Site, as generally depicted on the map entitled "Adams National Historical Park", numbered NERO 386/ 80,000, and dated April 1998. (2) All property authorized to be acquired for inclusion in the historical park by this Act or other law enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) VISITOR AND ADMINISTRATIVE SITES.— TO preserve the historical character and landscape of the main features of the historical park, the Secretary may acquire up to 10 acres for the development of visitor, administrative, museum, curatorial, and maintenance facilities adjacent to or in the general proximity of the property depicted on the map identified in subsection (b)(1)(A). (d) 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. SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION. (a) IN GENERAL.— The park shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance with this section and the provisions of law generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including the Act entitled "An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes", approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1, 2, 3, and 4) and the Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666; 16 U.S.C. 461-467), as amended. (b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—(1) The Secretary may consult and enter into cooperative agreements with interested entities and 16 USC 410eee-l. 16 USC 410eee-2. 16 USC 410eee-3.
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