To authorize the National Park Service to provide funding to assist in the restoration, reconstruction, rehabilitation, preservation, and maintenance of the historic buildings known as "poplar Forest" in Bedford County, Virginia, designed, built, and lived in by Thomas Jefferson, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.

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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Feb 4, 1993

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to provide assistance under the Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act to nonprofit organizations to be used to: (1) restore, preserve, and maintain the historic buildings designed, built, and lived in by Thomas Jefferson known as Poplar Forest in Bedford County, Virginia; (2) preserve and maintain related sites; (3) provide and maintain public access to such buildings and related sites; (4) design and plan activities necessary to carry out this Act; and (5) acquire lands and interests in lands to provide for the preservation and interpretation of such buildings and related sites. Prohibits funds made available pursuant to this Act from exceeding 50 percent of the total cost of the project to be funded.

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Rep. Payne, Lewis F., Jr. [D-VA-5] · D–VA

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Natural Resources Committee

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Mar 2, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Feb 4, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Feb 4, 1993
Introduced in House
Feb 4, 1993
Introduced in House

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Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/860

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Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/860

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Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/860

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Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/103/bills/hr860/BILLS-103hr860ih.htm

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Discuss H.R.860, 103rd Congress: To authorize the National Park Service to provide funding to assist in the restoration, reconstruction, rehabilitation, preservation, and maintenance of the historic buildings known as "poplar Forest" in Bedford County, Virginia, designed, built, and lived in by Thomas Jefferson, and for other purposes.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/860

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 1993-02-04.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/103/bills/hr860/BILLS-103hr860ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-01-02T17:23:05Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Examine H.R.860 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.