[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2109 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 2109


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 1, 2002

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
    To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special 
resource study of Virginia Key Beach Park in Biscayne Bay, Florida, for 
            possible inclusion in the National Park System.

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

SECTION 1. STUDY AND CRITERIA.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary of the Interior (in this Act referred to 
as ``the Secretary'') shall conduct a study of Virginia Key Beach Park 
in Biscayne Bay, Florida, which was used for recreation by African 
Americans at a time when public beaches were racially segregated by 
law. The study shall evaluate the national significance of the site and 
the suitability and feasibility of establishing the site as a unit of 
the National Park System.
    (b) Criteria.--In conducting the study required by subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall use the criteria for the study of areas for 
potential inclusion in the National Park System contained in section 8 
of Public Law 91-383 (16 U.S.C. 1a-5; popularly known as the National 
Park System General Authorities Act).

SEC. 2. REPORT.

    Upon completion of the study, the Secretary shall transmit to the 
Congress a report on the findings of the study and the conclusions and 
recommendations of the Secretary.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 30, 2002.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.