Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Salem Maritime National Historical Park Redesignation and Technical Corrections Act”.
Salem Maritime National Historical Park Redesignation and Technical Corrections Act
A BILL
To redesignate the Salem Maritime National Historic Site as the Salem Maritime National Historical Park, and for the purposes.
Sec. 2 Salem Maritime National Historical Park
In general— The Salem Maritime National Historic Site is redesignated as the “Salem Maritime National Historical Park”.
References in law— Any reference to the Salem Maritime National Historic Site in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be deemed to be a reference to the Salem Maritime National Historical Park.
Boundary revision— Section 1 of the Act entitled “An Act to revise the boundaries of Salem Maritime National Historic Site in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and for other purposes” (Public Law 100–349; 102 Stat. 659) is amended—
in the heading, by striking “National Historic Site” and inserting “National Historical Park”;
by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
“(a) Boundary revision—The Salem Maritime National Historical Park (designated as the Salem Maritime National Historic Site on March 17, 1938 (3 Fed. Reg. 787), and redesignated as the Salem National Historical Park by the Salem Maritime National Historical Park Redesignation and Technical Corrections Act) located in Salem, Massachusetts, shall consist of lands and interests in lands as generally depicted on the map entitled “__”, numbered __, and dated __. The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.”
in subsection (b), by striking “national historic site” in each place it appears and inserting “national historical park”;
in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking “visitor center” in each place it appears and inserting “visitor center and curatorial facility”; and
in subsection (b)(2)(B)(ii), by striking “12,000” and inserting “70,000”.
Special resource study— Not later than January 1, 2026, the Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a special resource study of sites and resources associated with the maritime history and coastal defenses of Salem, Massachusetts, and its vicinity, for the purpose of evaluating potential revisions to the boundaries of the Salem Maritime National Historical Park to include such sites and resources.