[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 216 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 216

    To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special 
    resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of 
    designating Estate Grange and other sites related to Alexander 
Hamilton's life on the island of St. Croix in the United States Virgin 
 Islands as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 13, 2009

   Mr. Hatch 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 
    designating Estate Grange and other sites related to Alexander 
Hamilton's life on the island of St. Croix in the United States Virgin 
 Islands 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,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Alexander Hamilton Boyhood Home 
Study Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) Alexander Hamilton, a native of the former British 
        colonies in the Caribbean, moved with his family to St. Croix 
        in 1765;
            (2) Alexander Hamilton, who resided on St. Croix during his 
        formative years and until he left for New York in 1772, was 
        first exposed to commerce and business in the United States 
        Virgin Islands while clerking for the Christiansted branch of 
        Beekman and Cruger, a New York-based merchant house;
            (3) St. Croix is where Alexander Hamilton, the future 
        author of the Federalist Papers learned to write for the 
        public, from his teenage contributions to the Royal Danish 
        American Gazette;
            (4) Alexander Hamilton's mother, Rachel Fawcett Levine, 
        died in 1768 and was buried at Estate Grange; and
            (5) the M. K. Armstrong Trust currently owns and 
        administers the 115-acre estate.

SEC. 3. STUDY.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this 
Act as the ``Secretary''), in consultation with the Governor of the 
Virgin Islands, shall conduct a special resource study of Estate Grange 
and other sites and resources associated with Alexander Hamilton's life 
on St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.
    (b) Contents.--In conducting the study under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall evaluate--
            (1) the national significance of the sites and resources; 
        and
            (2) the suitability and feasibility of designating the 
        sites and resources as a unit of the National Park System.
    (c) Criteria.--The criteria for the study of areas for potential 
inclusion in the National Park System contained in section 8 of Public 
Law 91-383 (16 U.S.C. 1a-5) shall apply to the study under subsection 
(a).
    (d) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date on which funds 
are first made available for the study under subsection (a), 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--
            (1) the results of the study; and
            (2) any findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the 
        Secretary.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

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