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S 1537 111th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Agricultural practices and innovations Historic sites and heritage areas Iowa Land transfers Parks, recreation areas, trails

A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to designate the Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace and Childhood Home in Cresco, Iowa, as a…

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A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to designate the Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace and Childhood Home in Cresco, Iowa, as a National Historic Site and as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 29, 2009 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Mar 17, 2010
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-476.
Jul 29, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jul 29, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requires, if the Secretary of the Interior acquires by donation from the Borlaug Heritage Foundation fee simple and unencumbered title to the Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace site and the Norman E. Borlaug Childhood Home site (both in Cresco, Iowa) and any related personal property, designation of all such property as a National Historic Site and as a unit of the National Park System, to be known as the "Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace Home National Historic Site."

What's happening now March 17, 2010

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-476.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1537: A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to designate the Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace and Childhood Home in Cresco, Iowa, as a National Historic Site and as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1537/
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"S. 1537: A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to designate the Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace and Childhood Home in Cresco, Iowa, as a National Historic Site and as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1537/.
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S. 1537, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1537/.
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[S. 1537: A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to designate the Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace and Childhood Home in Cresco, Iowa, as a National Historic Site and as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1537/)
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