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[H.R. 1972 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]


        H.R.1972

                       One Hundred Ninth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
            the fourth day of January, two thousand and five


                                 An Act


 
 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource 
 study to determine the suitability and feasibility of including in the 
  National Park System certain sites in Williamson County, Tennessee, 
                   relating to the Battle of Franklin.

    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 ``Franklin National Battlefield Study 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
        (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
    the Interior.
        (2) Study area.--The term ``study area'' means the cities of 
    Brentwood, Franklin, Triune, Thompson's Station, and Spring Hill, 
    Tennessee.

SEC. 3. SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall conduct a special resource 
study of sites in the study area relating to the Battle of Franklin to 
determine--
        (1) the national significance of the sites; and
        (2) the suitability and feasibility of including the sites in 
    the National Park System.
    (b) Requirements.--The study conducted under subsection (a) shall 
include the analysis and recommendations of the Secretary on--
        (1) the effect on the study area of including the sites in the 
    National Park System; and
        (2) whether the sites could be included in an existing unit of 
    the National Park System or other federally designated unit in the 
    State of Tennessee.
    (c) Consultation.--In conducting the study under subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall consult with--
        (1) appropriate Federal agencies and State and local government 
    entities; and
        (2) interested groups and organizations.
    (d) Applicable Law.--The study required under subsection (a) shall 
be conducted in accordance with Public Law 91-383 (16 U.S.C. 1a-1 et 
seq.).

SEC. 4. REPORT.

    Not later than 3 years after the date funds are made available for 
the study, the Secretary 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 that describes--
        (1) the findings of the study; and
        (2) any conclusions and recommendations of the Secretary.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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