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H.R. 5371: Lowell National Historical Park Creative Partnerships Act

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H.R. 5371: Lowell National Historical Park Creative Partnerships Act

114th Congress · introduced 2016-05-26 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2016-05-26 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Lowell National Historical Park Creative Partnerships Act

Plain summary

Lowell National Historical Park Creative Partnerships Act This bill requires any loan made in 1984 by the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission to the Lowell Development and Financial Corporation to enable it to furnish low-interest loans for the preservation, restoration, or development of certain properties in the Lowell National Historical Park or the Lowell Historic Preservation District in Massachusetts to have a maturity of 42 years. (Under current law, all such loans, regardless of the year in which they were made, must have a maturity of 35 years.)

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Official text

Lowell National Historical Park Creative Partnerships Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3] · 0 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr5371 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114