Abel and Mary Nicholson House National Historic Site Study Act of 2000
The source supplies the latest action, but no lifecycle stage.
Latest action (4 Oct 2000): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9863)
What this bill does
S. 3160, introduced in 2000 by Sen. Frank Lautenberg, would direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the National Park Service, to conduct a study examining whether the Abel and Mary Nicholson House in Elsinboro Township, Salem County, New Jersey, is suitable and feasible for designation as a unit of the National Park System. The house, built in 1722, is described in the bill as an architecturally significant and largely unaltered example of an early Delaware Valley brick "patterned-end" house with ties to early Quaker settlement in North America.
The study, to be completed within three years of funding becoming available, would be carried out in consultation with the State of New Jersey. It would assess National Park System designation, consider alternative management arrangements—such as an administrative association with the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route—and follow standard procedures set out in existing law governing park feasibility studies (16 U.S.C. 1a-1 et seq.). Results would be reported to the House Committee on Resources and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The bill would not itself create a park unit; it authorizes only a study, along with unspecified appropriations to fund it.
This bill primarily affects the National Park Service, which would conduct the study, and the property's owners/potential donors, since the findings note the house may be available through a willing donor. Residents of Salem County and New Jersey more broadly could be affected if the study eventually leads to federal historic site designation.
The bill was introduced in the Senate on October 4, 2000, read twice, and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. It did not receive a vote and did not become law in the 106th Congress.
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Official summary
Abel and Mary Nicholson House National Historic Site Study Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to: (1) study and report to specified congressional committees on the suitability and feasibility of designating the Abel and Mary Nicholson House in Salem County, New Jersey, as a unit of the National Park System; and (2) consider management alternatives to create an administrative association with the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route.Authorizes appropriations.
Timeline
4 Oct 2000
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9863)
Common questions
- What does S. 3160 do?
- S. 3160, introduced in 2000 by Sen. Frank Lautenberg, would direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the National Park Service, to conduct a study examining whether the Abel and Mary Nicholson House in Elsinboro Township, Salem County, New Jersey, is suitable and feasible for designation as a unit of the National Park System. The house, built in 1722, is described in the bill as an architecturally significant and largely unaltered example of an early Delaware Valley brick "patterned-end" house with ties to early Quaker settlement in North America. The study, to be completed within three years of funding becoming available, would be carried out in consultation with the State of New Jersey. It would assess National Park System designation, consider alternative management arrangements—such as an administrative association with the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route—and follow standard procedures set out in existing law governing park feasibility studies (16 U.S.C. 1a-1 et seq.). Results would be reported to the House Committee on Resources and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The bill would not itself create a park unit; it authorizes only a study, along with unspecified appropriations to fund it. This bill primarily affects the National Park Service, which would conduct the study, and the property's owners/potential donors, since the findings note the house may be available through a willing donor. Residents of Salem County and New Jersey more broadly could be affected if the study eventually leads to federal historic site designation. The bill was introduced in the Senate on October 4, 2000, read twice, and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. It did not receive a vote and did not become law in the 106th Congress.
- Has S. 3160 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for S. 3160. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored S. 3160?
- S. 3160 was sponsored by Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] (D-NJ), with 0 cosponsors.
- What's the latest action on S. 3160?
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9863) (4 Oct 2000).
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