[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1728 Referred in Senate (RFS)]


109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1728


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 1, 2006

   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 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.).

            Passed the House of Representatives February 28, 2006.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.