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[H.R. 685 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 148
111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 685

                          [Report No. 111-267]

To require a study of the feasibility of establishing the United States 
           Civil Rights Trail System, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 26, 2009

  Mr. Clay (for himself and Mr. Wamp) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

                           September 29, 2009

 Additional sponsors: Mr. Souder, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Meeks of New York, 
    Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Doyle, Ms. 
 Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Ms. Corrine Brown of 
Florida, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Thompson 
 of Mississippi, Ms. Edwards of Maryland, Ms. Clarke, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
 Butterfield, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Ms. Moore of 
 Wisconsin, Mr. Rush, Mr. Watt, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Hastings of 
Florida, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Cleaver, Mrs. Christensen, Ms. Richardson, Ms. 
     Kilpatrick of Michigan, Ms. Watson, Ms. Fudge, and Ms. Waters

                           September 29, 2009

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 
                               26, 2009]





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                                 A BILL


 
To require a study of the feasibility of establishing the United States 
           Civil Rights Trail 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 ``United States Civil Rights Trail 
Special Resource Study Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY REGARDING PROPOSED UNITED STATES CIVIL 
              RIGHTS TRAIL.

    (a) Study Required.--The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a 
special resource study for the purpose of evaluating a range of 
alternatives for protecting and interpreting sites associated with the 
struggle for civil rights in the United States, including alternatives 
for potential addition of some or all of the sites to the National 
Trails System.
    (b) Consultation.--The Secretary shall conduct the special resource 
study in consultation with appropriate Federal, State, county, and 
local governmental entities.
    (c) Study Requirements.--The Secretary shall conduct the study 
required under subsection (a) in accordance with section 8(c) of Public 
Law 91-383 (16 U.S.C. 1a-5(c)) and section 5(b) of the National Trails 
System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(b)), as appropriate.
    (d) Study Objectives.--In conducting the special resource study, 
the Secretary shall evaluate alternatives for achieving the following 
objectives:
            (1) Identifying the resources and historic themes 
        associated with the movement to secure racial equality in the 
        United States for African-Americans that, focusing on the 
        period from 1954 through 1968, challenged the practice of 
        racial segregation in the Nation and achieved equal rights for 
        all American citizens.
            (2) Making a review of existing studies and reports, such 
        as the Civil Rights Framework Study, to complement and not 
        duplicate other studies of the historical importance of the 
        civil rights movements that may be underway or undertaken.
            (3) Establishing connections with agencies, organizations, 
        and partnerships already engaged in the preservation and 
        interpretation of various trails and sites dealing with the 
        civil rights movement.
            (4) Protecting historically significant landscapes, 
        districts, sites, and structures.
            (5) Identifying alternatives for preservation and 
        interpretation of the sites by the National Park Service, other 
        Federal, State, or local governmental entities, or private and 
        nonprofit organizations, including the potential inclusion of 
        some or all of the sites in a National Civil Rights Trail.
            (6) Identifying cost estimates for any necessary 
        acquisition, development, interpretation, operation, and 
        maintenance associated with the alternatives developed under 
        the special resource study.
    (e) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date on which funds 
are made available to carry out this section, the Secretary shall 
submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 
the Senate a report containing the results of the study conducted under 
subsection (c) and any recommendations of the Secretary with respect to 
the route.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to require the 
        Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study 
        regarding the proposed United States Civil Rights Trail, and 
        for other purposes.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 148

111th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 685

                          [Report No. 111-267]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To require a study of the feasibility of establishing the United States 
           Civil Rights Trail System, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 29, 2009

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed