113 STAT. 1714 PUBLIC LAW 106-146—DEC. 9, 1999 Public Law 106-146 106th Congress An Act Dec. 9, 1999 To establish the Thomas Cole National Historic Site in the State of New York [H.R 658] as an affiliated area of the National Park System. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Thomas Cole the United States of America in Congress assembled, Si?e/St^ ^^^^°^^ SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 16 USC 461 note. (a) SHORT TITLE.— Th is Act may be cited as the "Thomas Cole National Historic Site Act". (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Sec. 3. Findings and purposes. Sec. 4. Establishment of Thomas Cole National Historic Site. Sec. 5. Retention of ownership and management of historic site by Greene County Historical Society. Sec. 6. Administration of historic site. Sec. 7. Authorization of appropriations. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. As used in this Act: (1) The term "historic site" means the Thomas Cole National Historic Site established by section 4 of this Act. (2) The term "Hudson River artists" means artists who were associated with the Hudson River school of landscape painting. (3) The term "plan" means the general management plan developed pursuant to section 6(d). (4) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior. (5) The term "Society" means the Greene County Historical Society of Greene County, New York, which owns the Thomas Cole home, studio, and other property comprising the historic site. SEC. 3. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) FINDINGS. —Congress finds the following: (1) The Hudson River school of landscape painting was inspired by Thomas Cole and was characterized by a group of 19th century landscape artists who recorded and celebrated the landscape and wilderness of America, particularly in the Hudson River Valley region in the State of New York. (2) Thomas Cole is recognized as America's most prominent landscape and allegorical painter of the mid-19th century. (3) Located in Greene County, New York, the Thomas Cole House, also known as Thomas Cole's Cedar Grove, is
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