[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[H.R. 1728 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]


        H.R.1728

                       One Hundred Ninth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
             the third day of January, two thousand and six


                                 An Act


 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and 
  feasibility of designating portions of Ste. Genevieve County in the 
 State of Missouri 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 ``Ste. Genevieve County National 
Historic Site Study Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
        (1) Area.--The term ``Area'' means Ste. Genevieve County, 
    Missouri, which includes the Bequette-Ribault, St. Gemme-Amoureaux, 
    and Wilhauk homes, and the related and supporting historical assets 
    located in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri.
        (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
    the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park 
    Service.

SEC. 3. STUDY.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 3 years after the date on which 
funds are made available to carry out this Act, the Secretary shall, in 
consultation with the State of Missouri--
        (1) complete a study on the suitability and feasibility of 
    designating the Area as a unit of the National Park System, which 
    shall include the potential impact that designation of the area as 
    a unit of the National Park System is likely to have on land within 
    the proposed area or bordering the proposed area that is privately 
    owned at the time that the study is conducted; and
        (2) 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 findings of the study.
    (b) Contents.--The study under subsection (a) shall be conducted in 
accordance with Public Law 91-383 (16 U.S.C. 1a-1 et seq.).

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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