8 }3 {. a+ G6 P H这项修正案２６日以口头表决形式通过，但没有强迫公园重新开放头像顶部。 / [( A; u8 j" P, Y3 P' }: p, L3 P2 r2 f. ?; X$ @' c. F* v6 x$ n
公园管理处的人员认为，通往自由女神像顶部的１６８级螺旋阶梯有遭受火灾和恐怖袭击的危险，不适于对外开放。但魏纳２６日说：「我不会放弃这项提议，我认为他们迟早会作出回复……应使自由女神昔日光辉再现。」 4 z0 J1 {. k& A5 v 3 ?; K7 v9 W* U/ B7 w% q自由女神像位于占地１２英亩（合４．９公顷）的纽约港自由岛，２００１年「９﹒１１」事件后被关闭。在耗资２０００万美元改善安全保卫措施后，女神像于２００４年重新开放，但目前游客只被允许到女神像基座部位参观。1 f0 j/ D" i/ b* `3 J' y" \
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D! M7 W* M3 W6 Q7 F1 @ C- A3 c 8 D9 m1 [" E) K* i' N% r. k3 I0 eThe Statue of Liberty is seen in New York, Oct. 26, 2006. The House Representatives on Tuesday, June 26, 2007, prodded parks officials to re-open the crown of the 121-year-old statue to the public, a step the government says is too dangerous. For the second year in a row an amendment was added to a spending bill giving the National Park Service $1 million to study how to safely re-open the staircase to the statue's crown, something that has been prohibited since the 2001 terror attacks. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) 7 V/ k2 R8 k/ @& u8 r a( o
