H.R. 2627: Act Commemorating the LITE, or Lifetime Innovations of Thomas Edison

110th Congress · introduced 2007-06-07 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 820.

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Where it came from: introduced 2007-06-07 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Act Commemorating the LITE, or Lifetime Innovations of Thomas Edison

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Act Commemorating the LITE, or Lifetime Innovations of Thomas Edison - Establishes the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in New Jersey as a unit of the National Park System. Specifies that 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 for inclusion in the Historic Site before the enactment of this Act. Allows the Secretary to acquire: (1) land or interests in land within the Historical Park's boundaries only from willing sellers; and (2) personal property associated with, and appropriated for, interpretation of the Historical Park. Permits the Secretary to consult and enter into cooperative agreements with interested entities and individuals to provide for the preservation, development, interpretation, and use of the Historical Park. Repeals the Act regarding the establishment and administration of the Edison National Historic Site. Authorizes appropriations.

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Act Commemorating the LITE, or Lifetime Innovations of Thomas Edison

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Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] · 9 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2627, Act Commemorating the LITE, or Lifetime Innovations of Thomas Edison (2008-05-14); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2627, Act Commemorating the LITE, or Lifetime Innovations of Thomas Edison (2008-05-14)

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Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ)

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Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110hr2627.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/hr>

Record fed-us-cong110-hr2627 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110