John Hansen: “Mr. Speaker, H.R. 5036 was introduced by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hall) and amends the 1992 Dayton Aviation Heritage…”

“Mr. Speaker, H.R. 5036 was introduced by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hall) and amends the 1992 Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act by adding three properties to the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park. The Historical Park was originally created and authorized in 1992, which preserves sites associated with Wilbur and Orville Wright and the early development of aviation. Yesterday I went to that site and looked at this spot. The bill also removes a provision in the current law which contains a limit of $200,000 on appropriated funds for use on non-federally owned properties within the boundaries of the historical park. The cap on this appropriation has caused concern for interpretive functions, funding from other sources, and for a construction project which has a small amount of non-Federal land within it. Mr. Speaker, we request that this bill pass with an amendment which is purely technical in nature. In the introduced bill, the map for the land parcels to be included in this legislation was not numbered or dated. Since that time, we have the information and this is reflected in the amendment. This is a bipartisan measure, has support from the National Park Service, and I urge my colleagues for their support on H.R. 5036, as amended.”