[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5692 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 5692


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 28, 2006

                                Received

                           November 13, 2006

     Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 AN ACT



 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource 
 study to determine the feasibility and suitability of establishing a 
 memorial to the Space Shuttle Columbia in the State of Texas and for 
          its inclusion as a unit of 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 ``Columbia Space Shuttle Memorial 
Study Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Memorial.--The term ``memorial'' means a memorial to 
        the Space Shuttle Columbia that is subject to the study in 
        section 3(a).
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National 
        Park Service.

SEC. 3. STUDY OF SUITABILITY AND FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING MEMORIALS 
              TO THE SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 3 years after the date on which 
funds are made available, the Secretary shall conduct a special 
resource study to determine the feasibility and suitability of 
establishing a memorial as a unit or units of the National Park System 
to the Space Shuttle Columbia on land in the State of Texas described 
in subsection (b) on which large debris from the Shuttle was recovered.
    (b) Description of Land.--The parcels of land referred to in 
subsection (a) are--
            (1) the parcel of land owned by the Fredonia Corporation, 
        located at the southeast corner of the intersection of East 
        Hospital Street and North Fredonia Street, Nacogdoches, Texas;
            (2) the parcel of land owned by Temple Inland Inc., 10 
        acres of a 61-acre tract bounded by State Highway 83 and Bayou 
        Bend Road, Hemphill, Texas;
            (3) the parcel of land owned by the city of Lufkin, Texas, 
        located at City Hall Park, 301 Charlton Street, Lufkin, Texas; 
        and
            (4) the parcel of land owned by San Augustine County, 
        Texas, located at 1109 Oaklawn Street, San Augustine, Texas.
    (c) Additional Sites.--The Secretary may recommend to Congress 
additional sites in the State of Texas relating to the Space Shuttle 
Columbia for establishment as memorials to the Space Shuttle Columbia.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 27, 2006.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.