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Public Law 106–355
106th Congress

Oct. 24, 2000

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[H.R. 4613]

An Act

To amend the National Historic Preservation Act for purposes of establishing a national historic lighthouse preservation program.

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

National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000.
16 USC 470 note.SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000”.

16 USC 470w–7.SEC. 2. PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC LIGHT STATIONS.

Title III of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470w, 470w–6) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

“SEC. 308. HISTORIC LIGHTHOUSE PRESERVATION.

“(a) In General.—In order to provide a national historic light station program, the Secretary shall—

“(1) collect and disseminate information concerning historic light stations, including historic lighthouses and associated structures;

“(2) foster educational programs relating to the history, practice, and contribution to society of historic light stations;

“(3) sponsor or conduct research and study into the history of light stations;

“(4) maintain a listing of historic light stations; and

“(5) assess the effectiveness of the program established by this section regarding the conveyance of historic light stations.

“(b) Conveyance of Historic Light Stations.—

“(1) Process and policy.—Deadline.Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary and the Administrator shall establish a process and policies for identifying, and selecting, an eligible entity to which a historic light station could be conveyed for education, park, recreation, cultural, or historic preservation purposes, and to monitor the use of such light station by the eligible entity.

“(2) Application review.—The Secretary shall review all applications for the conveyance of a historic light station, when the agency with administrative jurisdiction over the historic light station has determined the property to be ‘excess property’ as that term is defined in the Federal Property Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 472(e)), and forward to the Administrator a single approved application for the conveyance of the historic light station. When selecting an eligible entity,