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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. 

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 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Alexander Hamilton 

5 Boyhood Home Study Act of 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds that— 

3 (1) Alexander Hamilton, a native of the former 

4 British colonies in the Caribbean, moved with his 

5 family to St. Croix in 1765; 

6 (2) Alexander Hamilton, who resided on St. 

7 Croix during his formative years and until he left for 

8 New York in 1772, was first exposed to commerce 

9 and business in the United States Virgin Islands 

10 while clerking for the Christiansted branch of 

11 Beekman and Cruger, a New York-based merchant 

12 house; 

13 (3) St. Croix is where Alexander Hamilton, the 

14 future author of the Federalist Papers learned to 

15 write for the public, from his teenage contributions 

16 to the Royal Danish American Gazette; 

17 (4) Alexander Hamilton’s mother, Rachel 

18 Fawcett Levine, died in 1768 and was buried at Es19 tate Grange; and 

20 (5) the M. K. Armstrong Trust currently owns 

21 and administers the 115-acre estate. 

22 SEC. 3. STUDY. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior (re24 ferred to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’), in consultation 

25 with the Governor of the Virgin Islands, shall conduct a 

26 special resource study of Estate Grange and other sites 


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1 and resources associated with Alexander Hamilton’s life 

2 on St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands. 

3 (b) CONTENTS.—In conducting the study under sub4 section (a), the Secretary shall evaluate— 

5 (1) the national significance of the sites and re6 sources; and 

7 (2) the suitability and feasibility of designating 

8 the sites and resources as a unit of the National 

9 Park System. 

10 (c) CRITERIA.—The criteria for the study of areas 

11 for potential inclusion in the National Park System con12 tained in section 8 of Public Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a– 

13 5) shall apply to the study under subsection (a). 

14 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 

15 on which funds are first made available for the study 

16 under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the 

17 Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep18 resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 

19 Resources of the Senate a report containing— 

20 (1) the results of the study; and 

21 (2) any findings, conclusions, and recommenda22 tions of the Secretary. 


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1 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 

3 as are necessary to carry out this Act. 

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