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Calendar No. 608 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 685 

[Report No. 111–322] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 

Reported by Mr. BINGAMAN, without amendment 

AN ACT 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special 

resource study regarding the proposed United States 

Civil Rights Trail, 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 ‘‘United States Civil 

5 Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY REGARDING PROPOSED 

2 UNITED STATES CIVIL RIGHTS TRAIL. 

3 (a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the Inte4 rior shall conduct a special resource study for the purpose 

5 of evaluating a range of alternatives for protecting and 

6 interpreting sites associated with the struggle for civil 

7 rights in the United States, including alternatives for po8 tential addition of some or all of the sites to the National 

9 Trails System. 

10 (b) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall conduct 

11 the special resource study in consultation with appropriate 

12 Federal, State, county, and local governmental entities. 

13 (c) STUDY REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall 

14 conduct the study required under subsection (a) in accord15 ance with section 8(c) of Public Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 

16 1a–5(c)) and section 5(b) of the National Trails System 

17 Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(b)), as appropriate. 

18 (d) STUDY OBJECTIVES.—In conducting the special 

19 resource study, the Secretary shall evaluate alternatives 

20 for achieving the following objectives: 

21 (1) Identifying the resources and historic 

22 themes associated with the movement to secure ra23 cial equality in the United States for African Ameri24 cans that, focusing on the period from 1954 through 

25 1968, challenged the practice of racial segregation in 


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1 the Nation and achieved equal rights for all Amer2 ican citizens. 

3 (2) Making a review of existing studies and re4 ports, such as the Civil Rights Framework Study, to 

5 complement and not duplicate other studies of the 

6 historical importance of the civil rights movements 

7 that may be underway or undertaken. 

8 (3) Establishing connections with agencies, or9 ganizations, and partnerships already engaged in the 

10 preservation and interpretation of various trails and 

11 sites dealing with the civil rights movement. 

12 (4) Protecting historically significant land13 scapes, districts, sites, and structures. 

14 (5) Identifying alternatives for preservation and 

15 interpretation of the sites by the National Park 

16 Service, other Federal, State, or local governmental 

17 entities, or private and nonprofit organizations, in18 cluding the potential inclusion of some or all of the 

19 sites in a National Civil Rights Trail. 

20 (6) Identifying cost estimates for any necessary 

21 acquisition, development, interpretation, operation, 

22 and maintenance associated with the alternatives de23 veloped under the special resource study. 

24 (e) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 

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1 tion, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Nat2 ural Resources of the House of Representatives and the 

3 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen4 ate a report containing the results of the study conducted 

5 under subsection (c) and any recommendations of the Sec6 retary with respect to the route. 


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Calendar No. 608 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 685 

[Report No. 111–322] 

AN ACT 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct 

purposes. United States Civil Rights Trail, and for other a special resource study regarding the proposed 

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 

Reported without amendment 


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