[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1501 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1501


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 29, 2014

   Received; 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 study the suitability and 
 feasibility of designating the Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument in Fort 
Greene Park, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, 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. PRISON SHIP MARTYRS' MONUMENT STUDY; REPORT.

    (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Prison Ship 
Martyrs' Monument Preservation Act''.
    (b) Study.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
        complete a study to determine the suitability and feasibility 
        of designating the Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument in Fort Greene 
        Park, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, as a unit of 
        the National Park System.
            (2) Applicable law.--The study required under this 
        subsection shall be conducted in accordance with section 8(c) 
        of the National Park System General Authorities Act (16 U.S.C. 
        1a-5(c)).
            (3) Content of study.--The study shall include--
                    (A) an analysis of operational issues that should 
                be considered if the Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument were 
                to be designated as a unit of the National Park System;
                    (B) an analysis of the feasibility of administering 
                the Prison Ships Martyrs' Monument, considering its 
                size, configuration, and other factors, including an 
                annual cost estimate;
                    (C) an analysis of the economic, educational, and 
                other impacts of the designation of the Prison Ship 
                Martyrs' Monument as a unit of the National Park 
                System;
                    (D) an analysis of the effect of the designation of 
                the Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument as a unit of the 
                National Park System on--
                            (i) existing commercial and recreational 
                        activities, and on the authorization, 
                        construction, operation, maintenance, or 
                        improvement of energy production and 
                        transmission infrastructure; and
                            (ii) the authority of State and local 
                        governments to manage those activities; and
                    (E) an identification of any authorities, including 
                condemnation, that will compel or permit the Secretary 
                of the Interior to influence or participate in local 
                land use decisions (such as zoning) or place 
                restrictions on non-Federal lands if the Prison Ship 
                Martyrs' Monument is designated as a unit of the 
                National Park System.
    (c) Notification of Private Property Owners.--Upon commencement of 
the study, owners of private property in or adjacent to the Prison Ship 
Martyrs' Monument shall be notified of the study's commencement and 
scope.
    (d) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall transmit 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 conclusions of the study required by subsection (b).

            Passed the House of Representatives April 28, 2014.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.