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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 306 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study 

of the site of the Kettle Creek Battlefield in Wilkes County, Georgia, 

and adjacent property, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 8, 2019 

Mr. HICE of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special 

resource study of the site of the Kettle Creek Battlefield 

in Wilkes County, Georgia, and adjacent property, 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. KETTLE CREEK BATTLEFIELD STUDY. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Kettle Creek Battlefield Study Act’’. 

6 (b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

7 (1) on February 14, 1779, the Revolutionary 

8 War Battle of Kettle Creek occurred in Wilkes 


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1 County, Georgia, where 350 Patriots defeated 800 

2 British Loyalists; 

3 (2) the National Park Service has recognized 

4 this battle as the only significant Patriot victory in 

5 Georgia, and noted the battle as having had a ‘‘de6 monstrable influence on the course, conduct and re7 sults of the Revolutionary War’’; 

8 (3) the site was listed in the National Register 

9 of Historic Places in 1975, which determined that— 

10 (A) Kettle Creek Battlefield is conclusively 

11 nationally significant; and 

12 (B) its historic and archeological resources 

13 should be protected and preserved for future 

14 generations; and 

15 (4) a special resource study is needed to fully 

16 analyze the suitability, feasibility, and need for man17 agement of Kettle Creek Battlefield by the National 

18 Park Service. 

19 (c) SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY.— 

20 (1) STUDY.—The Secretary of the Interior (re21 ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall 

22 conduct a special resource study of the site of the 

23 Kettle Creek Battlefield in Wilkes County, Georgia, 

24 and adjacent property (referred to in this section as 

25 the ‘‘site’’). 


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1 (2) APPLICABLE LAW.—The Secretary shall 

2 conduct the study under paragraph (1) in accord3 ance with section 100507 of title 54, United States 

4 Code. 

5 (3) REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDY.—In con6 ducting the study under paragraph (1), the Sec7 retary shall— 

8 (A) evaluate the national significance of 

9 the site; 

10 (B) determine the suitability and feasibility 

11 of designating the site as a unit of the National 

12 Park System; 

13 (C) consult with interested Federal, State, 

14 or local governmental entities, private and non15 profit organizations, or other interested individ16 uals; 

17 (D) consider alternatives for the manage18 ment, administration, and protection of the site 

19 by the Federal Government, State or local gov20 ernmental entities, or private and non-profit or21 ganizations; 

22 (E) determine the effect of the designation 

23 of the site as a unit of the National Park Sys24 tem on existing commercial and recreational 


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1 uses and the effect on State and local govern2 ments to manage those activities; and 

3 (F) identify cost estimates for any Federal 

4 acquisition, development, interpretation, oper5 ation, and maintenance associated with the al6 ternatives. 

7 (4) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the 

8 date on which funds are made available to carry out 

9 the study under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 

10 submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of 

11 the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

12 Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a re13 port that describes— 

14 (A) the results of the study; and 

15 (B) any conclusions and recommendations 

16 of the Secretary. 

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