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[S. 662 Reported in Senate (RS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 783
110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                 S. 662

                          [Report No. 110-351]

    To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special 
resource study to evaluate resources at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House 
 in Brunswick, Maine, to determine the suitability and feasibility of 
 establishing the site as a unit of the National Park System, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 16, 2007

Ms. Snowe (for herself and Ms. Collins) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

                             June 16, 2008

              Reported by Mr. Bingaman, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
    To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special 
resource study to evaluate resources at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House 
 in Brunswick, Maine, to determine the suitability and feasibility of 
 establishing the site 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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Harriet Beecher Stowe House 
Special Resource Study Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. FINDINGS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Congress finds that--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Harriet Beecher Stowe, who lived from 1811 to 
        1896, was an important author, humanitarian, and abolitionist 
        during the 19th century;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) from the period beginning in 1850 and ending 
        in 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe lived at the house located at 63 
        Federal Street in Brunswick, Maine (referred to in this Act as 
        the ``Harriet Beecher Stowe House'');</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) while living in that house, Harriet Beecher 
        Stowe penned ``Uncle Tom's Cabin'', 1 of the most influential 
        antislavery novels that introduced to the citizens of the 
        United States the horrors of slavery;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) the influence of that novel proved to be so 
        great that it prompted President Abraham Lincoln, when meeting 
        with Harriet Beecher Stowe, to remark ``So you're the little 
        lady who wrote the book that started this Great 
        War.'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) ``Uncle Tom's Cabin''--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) has been translated into 23 languages; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) is still considered by many critics 
                and academics to be the most famous example of 
                antislavery literature; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) the Harriet Beecher Stowe House was designated 
        as a National Historic Landmark in 1963.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. STUDY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Not later than 3 years after the date on 
which funds are made available to carry out this Act, the Secretary of 
the Interior (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall 
complete a study of the Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Brunswick, 
Maine, to evaluate--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the national significance of the Harriet 
        Beecher Stowe House and surrounding land; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) the suitability and feasibility of designating 
        the Harriet Beecher Stowe House and surrounding land as a unit 
        of the National Park System.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Study Guidelines.--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(c) of Public Law 91-383 (16 U.S.C. 1a-
5(c)).</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. REPORT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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 section 3.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are 
necessary to carry out this Act.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Harriet Beecher Stowe House Special 
Resource Study Act''.

SEC. 2. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE HOUSE SPECIAL RESOURCE 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 of the 
Interior (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall complete 
a special resource study of the Harriet Beecher Stowe House in 
Brunswick, Maine, to evaluate--
            (1) the national significance of the Harriet Beecher Stowe 
        House and surrounding land; and
            (2) the suitability and feasibility of designating the 
        Harriet Beecher Stowe House and surrounding land as a unit of 
        the National Park System.
    (b) Study Guidelines.--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(c) of Public Law 91-383 (16 U.S.C. 1a-5(c)).

SEC. 3. REPORT.

    On completion of the study required under section 2, 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.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this Act.
                                                       Calendar No. 783

110th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                 S. 662

                          [Report No. 110-351]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

    To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special 
resource study to evaluate resources at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House 
 in Brunswick, Maine, to determine the suitability and feasibility of 
 establishing the site as a unit of the National Park System, and for 
                            other purposes.

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                             June 16, 2008

                       Reported with an amendment