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Union Calendar No. 400 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 443 

[Report No. 115–535] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 11, 2017 

Mr. DESJARLAIS (for himself and Mrs. BLACKBURN) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

JANUARY 29, 2018 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

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. 


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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 ‘‘James K. Polk Presi5 dential Home Study Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that— 

8 (1) in 1961, the James K. Polk Home was des9 ignated as a National Historic Landmark; and 

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

11 completed a reconnaissance survey of the James K. 

12 Polk Home, in which the National Park Service— 

13 (A) determined that— 

14 (i) the James K. Polk Home is con15 clusively nationally significant; and 

16 (ii) a special resource study is needed 

17 to fully analyze the suitability, feasibility, 

18 and need for management of the James K. 

19 Polk Home by the National Park Service; 

20 and 

21 (B) recommended that Congress consider 

22 authorizing a special resource study for the 

23 James K. Polk Home and associated properties. 


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1 SEC. 3. STUDY. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior (re3 ferred to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall conduct a 

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

5 Home in Columbia, Tennessee, and adjacent property (re6 ferred to in this Act as the ‘‘site’’). 

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

8 study under subsection (a) in accordance with section 

9 100507 of title 54, United States Code. 

10 (c) CONTENTS.—In conducting the study under sub11 section (a), the Secretary shall— 

12 (1) evaluate the national significance of the 

13 site; 

14 (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of 

15 designating the site as a unit of the National Park 

16 System; 

17 (3) include cost estimates for any necessary ac18 quisition, development, operation, and maintenance 

19 of the site; 

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

21 local governmental entities, private and nonprofit or22 ganizations, or other interested individuals; and 

23 (5) identify alternatives for the management, 

24 administration, and protection of the site. 

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

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


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

2 Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep3 resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 

4 Resources of the Senate a report that describes— 

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

6 and 

7 (2) any recommendations of the Secretary. 


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Union Calendar No. 400 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 443 

[Report No. 115–535] 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the 

other purposes. a unit of the National Park System, and for James K. Polk Home in Columbia, Tennessee, as suitability and feasibility of designating the 

JANUARY 29, 2018 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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