[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 541 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 541

 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource 
study to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing the 
 John P. Parker House in Ripley, Ohio, as a unit of the National Park 
                                System.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 24, 2015

   Mr. Brown 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 direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource 
study to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing the 
 John P. Parker House in Ripley, Ohio, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``John P. Parker House Study Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (2) Study area.--The term ``study area'' means the John P. 
        Parker House in Ripley, Ohio, which was recognized as a 
        National Historic Landmark in 1997.

SEC. 3. SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY OF JOHN P. PARKER HOUSE.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a special resource study of 
the study area to determine the suitability and feasibility of 
establishing the John P. Parker House in Ripley, Ohio, as a unit of the 
National Park System.
    (b) Study Requirements.--The Secretary shall conduct the study in 
accordance with section 100507 of title 54, United States Code.
    (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 Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report 
that describes--
            (1) the results of the study; and
            (2) any recommendations of the Secretary.
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