16 U.S.C. § 410mmm: Thomas Edison National…

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Creates the Thomas Edison National Historical Park to honor Thomas A. Edison and to protect, restore, and use his site for public education, science, and culture. The park is part of the National Park System. Its boundaries include all property the United States owned in the former Edison National Historic Site and any property authorized for acquisition before March 30, 2009, as shown on the map titled "Thomas Edison National Historical Park," number 403/80,000, dated April 2008. That map is kept on file and can be seen by the public at National Park Service offices. The Secretary of the Interior will run the park under the usual National Park laws, including acts approved August 25, 1916, and August 21, 1935. The Secretary can acquire land only from willing sellers by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange. The Secretary can also acquire personal items for park displays and make cooperative agreements with others to help preserve and use the park. Any past reference to the "Edison National Historic Site" now means the "Thomas Edison National Historical Park." Congress may provide the money needed.

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(a)Purposes

The purposes of this section are—

(1)to recognize and pay tribute to Thomas Alva Edison and his innovations; and

(2)to preserve, protect, restore, and enhance the Edison National Historic Site to ensure public use and enjoyment of the Site as an educational, scientific, and cultural center.

(b)Establishment

(1)In general

There is established the Thomas Edison National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System (referred to in this section as the “Historical Park”).

(2)Boundaries

The Historical Park shall be comprised of all property owned by the United States in the Edison National Historic Site as well as all property authorized to be acquired by the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section as the “Secretary”) for inclusion in the Edison National Historic Site before March 30, 2009, as generally depicted on the map entitled the “Thomas Edison National Historical Park”, numbered 403/80,000, and dated April 2008.

(3)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.

(c)Administration

(1)In general

The Secretary shall administer the Historical Park in accordance with this section and with the provisions of law generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including the Acts 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 et seq.) and “An Act to provide for the preservation of historic American sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities of national significance, and for other purposes,” approved August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.).

(2)Acquisition of property

(A)Real property

The Secretary may acquire land or interests in land within the boundaries of the Historical Park, from willing sellers only, by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange.

(B)Personal property

The Secretary may acquire personal property associated with, and appropriate for, interpretation of the Historical Park.

(3)Cooperative agreements

The Secretary may consult and enter into cooperative agreements with interested entities and individuals to provide for the preservation, development, interpretation, and use of the Historical Park.

(4)Omitted

(5)References

Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the “Edison National Historic Site” shall be deemed to be a reference to the “Thomas Edison National Historical Park”.

(d)Authorization of appropriations

There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.

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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 et seq.), referred to in subsec. (c)(1), is act Aug. 25, 1916, ch. 408, 39 Stat. 535, known as the National Park Service Organic Act, which enacted section 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title and provisions set out as a note under section 100101 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs. Sections 1 to 4 of the Act were repealed and restated as section 1865(a) of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and section 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of Title 54 by Pub. L. 113–287, §§ 3, 4(a)(1), 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3094, 3260, 3272. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of former sections of this title, see Disposition Table preceding section 100101 of Title 54. The Act entitled “An Act to provide for the preservation of historic American sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities of national significance, and for other purposes,” approved

August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.), referred to in subsec. (c)(1), is act Aug. 21, 1935, ch. 593, 49 Stat. 666, known as the Historic Sites Act of 1935 and also as the Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act, which enacted sections 461 to 467 of this title. The Act was repealed and restated as section 1866(a) of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 102303 and 102304 and chapter 3201 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs, by Pub. L. 113–287, §§ 3, 4(a)(1), 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3094, 3260, 3272. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of former sections of this title, see Disposition Table preceding section 100101 of Title 54. Codification Section is comprised of section 7110 of Pub. L. 111–11. Subsec. (c)(4) of section 7110 of Pub. L. 111–11 repealed Pub. L. 87–628, which enacted provisions listed in a table of National Historic Sites set out under section 320101 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs.

§410mmm Thomas Edison National Historical Park, New Jersey

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