,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ahdf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #g1 #bjac ,ms4  
,velzquez introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
amend the ,act establishing the ,lower  
,east ,side ,tenement ,national         
,historic ,site1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,lower ,east ,side         
,tenement ,national ,historic ,site     
,amendments ,act4  #b4 ,findings ,the   
,congress finds the following3  7#a7    
,the ,lower ,east ,side ,tenement       
,museum was founded in #aihh and has1   
for the past #be years1 preserved and   
interpreted the history of immigration  
through the personal experiences of     
generations of newcomers who settled in 
and built lives on ,manhattan's ,lower  
,east ,side1 ,america's iconic immigrant
 neighborhood4  7#b7 7,a7 ,the ,director
 of the ,national ,park ,service found  
the ,lower ,east ,side ,tenement at #ig 

,orchard ,street to be nationally       
significant4  7,b7 ,on ,april #ai1      
#aiid1 the ,secretary of the ,interior  
declared the ,lower ,east ,side         
,tenement a ,national ,historic         
,landmark4  7,c7 ,the ,director of the  
,national ,park ,service1 through a     
special resource study1 found the ,lower
 ,east ,side ,tenement suitable and     
feasible for inclusion in the ,national 
,park ,system4  7,d7 ,on ,november #ab1 
#aiih1 the historic site was designated 
as an affiliated site of the ,national  
,park ,system pursuant to ,public ,law  
#aje-cgh4  7#c7 7,a7 ,in #bjjf1 the     
,secretary of the ,interior1 together   
with the ,national ,park ,service1      
compiled a general management plan for  
the site4  7,b7 ,the plan recognized the
 need for space for administrative      
functions1 collections storage1 and     
visitor services1 including orientation 
and additional exhibits4  7,c7 ,the plan
 expressly specified that a boundary    
adjustment to the ,national ,historic   

,site might be considered if the museum 
was able to obtain property and the     
resources--  7i7 included significant   
features related of the primary purposes
 of the site2  7ii7 addressed           
operational issues including access2 or 
7iii7 protected resources critical to   
the site's purposes4  7#d7 ,the ,museum 
obtained a neighboring #ahhh tenement1  
#ajc ,orchard ,street1 which was        
restored and renovated to serve as a    
visitor and education center4  7#e7 #ajc
 ,orchard ,street was declared a        
contributing property in the ,lower     
,east ,side ,national ,historic         
,district1 listed on both the ,national 
and ,new ,york ,state ,registers of     
,historic ,places4  #c4 ,amendments     
,public ,law #aje-cgh is amended--  7#a7
 in section #aja7;a7--  7,a7 in         
paragraph 7#d71 by striking the ,lower  
,east ,side ,tenement at #ig ,orchard   
,street in ,new ,york ,city is an       
outstanding survivor and inserting the  
,lower ,east ,side ,tenements at #ig and

 #ajc ,orchard ,street in ,new ,york    
,city are outstanding survivors2 and    
7,b7 in paragraph 7#e71 by striking the 
,lower ,east ,side ,tenement is and     
inserting the ,lower ,east ,side        
,tenements are2  7#b7 in section #ajb-- 
7,a7 in paragraph 7#a71 by striking     
,lower ,east ,side ,tenement found at   
#ig ,orchard ,street and inserting      
,lower ,east ,side ,tenements found at  
#ig and #ajc ,orchard ,street2 and  7,b7
 in paragraph 7#b71 by striking which   
owns and operates the tenement building 
at #ig ,orchard ,street and inserting   
which owns and operates the tenement    
buildings at #ig and #ajc ,orchard      
,street2  7#c7 in section #ajc7;a71 by  
striking the ,lower ,east ,side         
,tenement at #ig ,orchard ,street1 in   
the ,city of ,new ,york1 ,state of ,new 
,york1 is designated and inserting the  
,lower ,east ,side ,tenements at #ig and
 #ajc ,orchard ,street1 in the ,city of 
,new ,york1 ,state of ,new ,york1 are   
designated2 and  7#d7 in section        

#ajd7;d71 by striking the property at   
#ig ,orchard ,street and inserting the  
properties at #ig and #ajc ,orchard     
,street4