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President Signs H.R. 14689, providing for a plan and funding for Lowell Historic Canal District in Lowell, MA [Signing Statements and Announcements]
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President Signs H.R. 14689, providing for a plan and funding for Lowell Historic Canal District in Lowell, MA [Signing Statements and Announcements]
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Digitized from Box 6 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JANUARY 4, 1975
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
I have approved H.R. 14689, a bill "to provide
for a plan for the preservation, interpretation, development,
and use of the historic, cultural, and architectural resources
of the Lowell Historic Canal District in Lowell, Massachusetts,
and for other purposes."
This legislation establishes a nine-member commission
for the purposes outlined with an authorization of $150,000
to support the work of the commission.
In signing this bill into law, I associate myself fully
with the view of the House Interior Committee that "Congress
would be required to take additional affirmative action
before any federal commitment to the implementation of the
plan would be made."
This view makes it clear that none of the provisions
of this bill, or its authorization of Federal funds to
support the work of the commission, constitutes any commitment
to future Federal funding or participation in the Canal District
project. Enactment of the bill does not alter the criteria
determining whether Federal support will be provided areas
such as the Lowell Historic Canal District.
In my judgment, the foregoing considerations should guide
the commission in the preparation of its plan, and I have
approved the measure on that basis.
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