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S. 1215: Lowell National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2011

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S. 1215: Lowell National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2011

112th Congress · introduced 2011-06-16 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-401.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-06-16 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-401. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Lowell National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2011

Plain summary

Lowell National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to exchange any federal land or interest within the boundaries of Lowell National Historical Park in Massachusetts for any non-federal land or interest owned by the state of Massachusetts, the city of Lowell, or the University of Massachusetts Building Authority. Requires, if facilities or infrastructure required for the management and operation of the Park are located on the federal land to be exchanged and the value of the federal and non-federal land is not of equal value, the value shall be equalized by the making of a cash equalization payment to the Secretary. Requires any such payments received by the Secretary to be credited to a special account in the Treasury and made available for the replacement of such facilities and infrastructure. Bars the Secretary from being required to equalize the value of the federal and non-federal land if the non-federal land exceeds the value of the federal land. Requires loans made by the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission to the Lowell Development and Financial Corporation to enable the Corporation to provide low interest loans for the preservation, restoration, or development of certain property in the Park or Lowell Historic Preservation District because of its national historic or cultural significance to have a maturity of 60 years (under current law, 35 years).

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Official text

Lowell National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2011

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · 1 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-s1215 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112