[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2628 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2628

                      One Hundred Seventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

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


                                 An Act


 
   To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the 
 suitability and feasibility of establishing the Muscle Shoals National 
            Heritage Area in Alabama, 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 ``Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area 
Study Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. STUDY.

    The Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with appropriate 
State historic preservation officers, States historical societies, and 
other appropriate organizations, shall conduct a study regarding the 
suitability and feasibility of designating the study area described in 
section 3 as the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area. The study shall 
include analysis, documentation, and determination regarding whether 
the study area--
        (1) has an assemblage of natural, historic, and cultural 
    resources that together represent distinctive aspects of American 
    heritage worthy of recognition, conservation, interpretation, and 
    continuing use, and are best managed through partnerships among 
    public and private entities and by combining diverse and sometimes 
    noncontiguous resources and active communities;
        (2) reflects traditions, customs, beliefs, and folklife that 
    are a valuable part of the national story;
        (3) provides outstanding opportunities to conserve natural, 
    historic, cultural, or scenic features;
        (4) provides outstanding recreational and educational 
    opportunities;
        (5) contains resources important to the identified theme or 
    themes of the study area that retain a degree of integrity capable 
    of supporting interpretation;
        (6) includes residents, business interests, nonprofit 
    organizations, and local and State governments that are involved in 
    the planning, have developed a conceptual financial plan that 
    outlines the roles of all participants (including the Federal 
    Government), and have demonstrated support for the concept of a 
    national heritage area;
        (7) has a potential management entity to work in partnership 
    with residents, business interests, nonprofit organizations, and 
    local and State governments to develop a national heritage area 
    consistent with continued local and State economic activity; and
        (8) has a conceptual boundary map that is supported by the 
    public.

SEC. 3. BOUNDARIES OF THE STUDY AREA.

    The study area referred to in section 2 shall be comprised of the 
following:
        (1) The part of the Tennessee River's watershed in northern 
    Alabama.
        (2) The cities of Florence, Sheffield, Tuscumbia, and Muscle 
    Shoals City, Alabama.
        (3) The towns of Anderson, Cherokee, Courtland, Leighton, 
    Lexington, Littleville, Red Bay, Rogersville, Russellville, Town 
    Creek, and Waterloo, Alabama, and their environs.
        (4) Colbert, Lauderdale, Franklin, and Lawrence Counties, 
    Alabama.
        (5) Other areas that have heritage aspects that are similar to 
    those aspects that are in the areas described in paragraphs (1) 
    through (4) and which are adjacent to or in the vicinity of those 
    areas.

SEC. 4. REPORT.

    Not later than 3 fiscal years after the date on which funds are 
first made available for this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 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 on the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the study.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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