[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[H.R. 3201 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3201

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
             the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand


                                 An Act


 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and 
feasibility of designating the Carter G. Woodson Home in the District of 
      Columbia as a National Historic Site, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Carter G. Woodson Home National 
Historic Site Study Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
        (1) Dr. Carter G. Woodson, cognizant of the widespread 
    ignorance and scanty information concerning the history of African 
    Americans, founded on September 9, 1915, the Association for the 
    Study of Negro Life and History, since renamed the Association for 
    the Study of African-American Life and History.
        (2) The Association was founded in particular to counter racist 
    propaganda alleging black inferiority and the pervasive influence 
    of Jim Crow prevalent at the time.
        (3) The mission of the Association was and continues to be 
    educating the American public of the contributions of Black 
    Americans in the formation of the Nation's history and culture.
        (4) Dr. Woodson dedicated nearly his entire adult life to every 
    aspect of the Association's operations in furtherance of its 
    mission.
        (5) Among the notable accomplishments of the Association under 
    Dr. Woodson's leadership, Negro History Week was instituted in 1926 
    to be celebrated annually during the second week of February. Negro 
    History Week has since evolved into Black History Month.
        (6) The headquarters and center of operations of the 
    Association was Dr. Woodson's residence, located at 1538 Ninth 
    Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C.

SEC. 3. DEFINITION.

    For purposes of this Act, the term ``Secretary'' means the 
Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National 
Park Service.

SEC. 4. STUDY.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 18 months after the date on which 
funds are made available for such purpose, the Secretary, after 
consultation with the Mayor of the District of Columbia, shall submit 
to the Committee on Resources of the United States House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 
the United States Senate a resource study of the Dr. Carter G. Woodson 
Home and headquarters of the Association for the Study of African-
American Life and History, located at 1538 Ninth Street, Northwest, 
Washington, D.C.
    (b) Contents.--The study under subsection (a) shall--
        (1) identify suitability and feasibility of designating the 
    Carter G. Woodson Home as a unit of the National Park System; and
        (2) include cost estimates for any necessary acquisition, 
    development, operation and maintenance, and identification of 
    alternatives for the management, administration, and protection of 
    the Carter G. Woodson Home.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.