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                                                 Union Calendar No. 187
109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1728

                          [Report No. 109-338]

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and 
  feasibility of designating the French Colonial Heritage Area in the 
State of Missouri as a unit of the National Park System, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 20, 2005

 Mr. Carnahan (for himself and Mrs. Emerson) introduced the following 
         bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

                           December 13, 2005

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 
                               20, 2005]

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and 
  feasibility of designating the French Colonial Heritage Area in the 
State of Missouri as a unit of the National Park System, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``French Colonial Heritage National 
Historic Site Study Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Area.--The term ``Area'' means the French Colonial 
        Heritage Area, which includes the Bequette-Ribault, St. Gemme-
        Amoureaux, and Wilhauk homes, and the related and supporting 
        historical assets located in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National 
        Park Service.

SEC. 3. STUDY.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 3 years after the date on which 
funds are made available to carry out this Act, the Secretary shall, in 
consultation with the State of Missouri--
            (1) complete a study on the suitability and feasibility of 
        designating the Area as a unit of the National Park System, 
        which shall include the potential impact that designation of 
        the area as a national heritage area is likely to have on land 
        within the proposed area or bordering the proposed area that is 
        privately owned at the time that the study is conducted; and
            (2) submit to the Committee on Resources of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
        Resources of the Senate a report describing the findings of the 
        study.
    (b) Contents.--The study under subsection (a) shall be conducted in 
accordance with Public Law 91-383 (16 U.S.C. 1a-1 et seq.).
                                                 Union Calendar No. 187

109th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1728

                          [Report No. 109-338]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and 
  feasibility of designating the French Colonial Heritage Area in the 
State of Missouri as a unit of the National Park System, and for other 
                               purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           December 13, 2005

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed`