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[H.R. 3207 Reported in House (RH)]






                                                 Union Calendar No. 462
108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3207

                          [Report No. 108-744]

   To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the 
preservation and interpretation of the historic sites of the Manhattan 
      Project for potential inclusion in the National Park System.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 30, 2003

  Mr. Hastings of Washington introduced the following bill; which was 
                 referred to the Committee on Resources

                            October 6, 2004

              Additional sponsor: Mr. Udall of New Mexico

                            October 6, 2004

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                          September 30, 2003]

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the 
preservation and interpretation of the historic sites of the Manhattan 
      Project for potential 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Manhattan Project Sites Study Act of 
2004''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (2) Study.--The term ``study'' means the study authorized 
        by section 3(a).
            (3) Study area.--The term ``study area'' means the 
        following historically significant sites associated with the 
        Manhattan Project sites:
                    (A) Los Alamos National Laboratory and townsite in 
                the State of New Mexico.
                    (B) The Hanford Site in the State of Washington.
                    (C) Oak Ridge Laboratory in the State of Tennessee.

SEC. 3. SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY.

    (a) Study.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary in consultation with the 
        Secretary of Energy, shall conduct a special resource study of 
        the study area to assess the national significance, 
        suitability, and feasibility of designating one or more sites 
        within the study area as a unit of the National Park System in 
        accordance with section 8(c) of Public Law 91-383 (16 U.S.C. 
        1a-5(c)).
            (2) Administration.--In conducting the study, the Secretary 
        shall--
                    (A) consult with interested Federal, State, tribal, 
                and local officials, representatives of organizations, 
                and members of the public;
                    (B) evaluate, in coordination with the Secretary of 
                Energy, the compatibility of designating one or more 
                sites within the study area as a unit of the National 
                Park System with maintaining the security, 
                productivity, and management goals of the Department of 
                Energy and public health and safety; and
                    (C) consider research in existence on the date of 
                enactment of this Act by the Department of Energy on 
                the historical significance and feasibility of 
                preserving and interpreting the various sites and 
                structures in the study area.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date on which funds 
are made available to carry out the study, the Secretary shall submit 
to Congress a report that describes the findings of the study and any 
conclusions and recommendations of the Secretary.




                                                 Union Calendar No. 462

108th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3207

                          [Report No. 108-744]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

   To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the 
preservation and interpretation of the historic sites of the Manhattan 
      Project for potential inclusion in the National Park System.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            October 6, 2004

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed