[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1633 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1633

    To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special 
    resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of 
     including the battlefield and related sites of the Battle of 
Shepherdstown in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, as part of Harpers Ferry 
  National Historical Park or Antietam National Battlefield, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 15, 2007

   Mr. Byrd introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special 
    resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of 
     including the battlefield and related sites of the Battle of 
Shepherdstown in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, as part of Harpers Ferry 
  National Historical Park or Antietam National Battlefield, 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. NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY, SHEPHERDSTOWN 
              BATTLEFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA.

    (a) Special Resources Study.--The Secretary of the Interior 
(referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall conduct a special 
resource study relating to the Battle of Shepherdstown in 
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, to evaluate--
            (1) the national significance of the Shepherdstown 
        battlefield and sites relating to the Shepherdstown 
        battlefield; and
            (2) the suitability and feasibility of adding the 
        Shepherdstown battlefield and sites relating to the 
        Shepherdstown battlefield as part of--
                    (A) Harpers Ferry National Historical Park; or
                    (B) Antietam National Battlefield.
    (b) Criteria.--In conducting the study authorized under subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall use the criteria for the study of areas for 
potential inclusion in the National Park System contained in section 
8(a) of Public Law 91-383 (16 U.S.C. 1a-5(a)).
    (c) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date on which funds 
are made available to carry out this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report 
containing the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the study 
conducted under subsection (a).
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.
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