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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 443 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 17, 2018 

Received 

AN ACT 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability 

and feasibility of designating the James K. Polk Home 

in Columbia, Tennessee, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘James K. Polk Presi3 dential Home Study Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds that— 

6 (1) in 1961, the James K. Polk Home was des7 ignated as a National Historic Landmark; and 

8 (2) in April 2015, the National Park Service 

9 completed a reconnaissance survey of the James K. 

10 Polk Home, in which the National Park Service— 

11 (A) determined that— 

12 (i) the James K. Polk Home is con13 clusively nationally significant; and 

14 (ii) a special resource study is needed 

15 to fully analyze the suitability, feasibility, 

16 and need for management of the James K. 

17 Polk Home by the National Park Service; 

18 and 

19 (B) recommended that Congress consider 

20 authorizing a special resource study for the 

21 James K. Polk Home and associated properties. 

22 SEC. 3. STUDY. 

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

25 special resource study of the site of the James K. Polk 


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1 Home in Columbia, Tennessee, and adjacent property (re2 ferred to in this Act as the ‘‘site’’). 

3 (b) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall conduct the 

4 study under subsection (a) in accordance with section 

5 100507 of title 54, United States Code. 

6 (c) CONTENTS.—In conducting the study under sub7 section (a), the Secretary shall— 

8 (1) evaluate the national significance of the 

9 site; 

10 (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of 

11 designating the site as a unit of the National Park 

12 System; 

13 (3) include cost estimates for any necessary ac14 quisition, development, operation, and maintenance 

15 of the site; 

16 (4) consult with interested Federal, State, or 

17 local governmental entities, private and nonprofit or18 ganizations, or other interested individuals; and 

19 (5) identify alternatives for the management, 

20 administration, and protection of the site. 

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

22 on which funds are made available to carry out the study 

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

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1 resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 

2 Resources of the Senate a report that describes— 

3 (1) the findings and conclusions of the study; 

4 and 

5 (2) any recommendations of the Secretary. 

Passed the House of Representatives April 16, 2018. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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