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[H.R. 146 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.146

                      One Hundred Seventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
             the third day of January, two thousand and one


                                 An Act


 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and 
    feasibility of designating the Great Falls Historic District in 
  Paterson, New Jersey, as a unit of the National Park System, 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 ``Great Falls Historic District Study 
Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STUDY REGARDING GREAT FALLS HISTORIC 
              DISTRICT, PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
        (1) Great falls historic district.--The term ``Great Falls 
    Historic District'' means the Great Falls Historic District in the 
    city of Paterson, New Jersey, established as an historic district 
    by section 510 of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act 
    of 1996 (Public Law 104-333; 110 Stat. 4158; 16 U.S.C. 461 note).
        (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
    the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park 
    Service.
    (b) Study.--As soon as practicable after funds are made available 
to carry out this section, the Secretary shall commence a study 
regarding the suitability and feasibility of further recognizing the 
historic and cultural significance of the lands and structures of the 
Great Falls Historic District through the designation of the Great 
Falls Historic District as a unit of the National Park System.
    (c) Study Process and Completion.--Section 8(c) of Public Law 91-
383 (16 U.S.C. 1a-5(c)) shall apply to the study required by this 
section.
    (d) Submission.--The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate a report describing the results of 
the study.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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