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Calendar No. 783 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 662 

[Report No. 110–351] 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource 

study to evaluate resources at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House in 

Brunswick, Maine, to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing the site as a unit of the National Park System, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 16, 2007 

Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Ms. COLLINS) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

JUNE 16, 2008 

Reported by Mr. BINGAMAN, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 

special resource study to evaluate resources at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Brunswick, Maine, to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing the 

site 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 ‘‘Harriet Beecher Stowe 

5 House Special Resource Study Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that— 

8 (1) Harriet Beecher Stowe, who lived from 

9 1811 to 1896, was an important author, humani10 tarian, and abolitionist during the 19th century; 

11 (2) from the period beginning in 1850 and end12 ing in 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe lived at the 

13 house located at 63 Federal Street in Brunswick, 

14 Maine (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Harriet Bee15 cher Stowe House’’); 

16 (3) while living in that house, Harriet Beecher 

17 Stowe penned ‘‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’’, 1 of the most 

18 influential antislavery novels that introduced to the 

19 citizens of the United States the horrors of slavery; 

20 (4) the influence of that novel proved to be so 

21 great that it prompted President Abraham Lincoln, 

22 when meeting with Harriet Beecher Stowe, to re23 mark ‘‘So you’re the little lady who wrote the book 

24 that started this Great War.’’; 

25 (5) ‘‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’’— 


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1 (A) has been translated into 23 languages; 

2 and 

3 (B) is still considered by many critics and 

4 academics to be the most famous example of 

5 antislavery literature; and 

6 (6) the Harriet Beecher Stowe House was des7 ignated as a National Historic Landmark in 1963. 

8 SEC. 3. STUDY. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the 

10 date on which funds are made available to carry out this 

11 Act, the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this Act 

12 as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall complete a study of the Harriet 

13 Beecher Stowe House in Brunswick, Maine, to evaluate— 

14 (1) the national significance of the Harriet Bee15 cher Stowe House and surrounding land; and 

16 (2) the suitability and feasibility of designating 

17 the Harriet Beecher Stowe House and surrounding 

18 land as a unit of the National Park System. 

19 (b) STUDY GUIDELINES.—In conducting the study 

20 authorized under subsection (a), the Secretary shall use 

21 the criteria for the study of areas for potential inclusion 

22 in the National Park System contained in section 8(c) of 

23 Public Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–5(c)). 


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1 SEC. 4. REPORT. 

2 Not later than 3 years after the date on which funds 

3 are made available to carry out this Act, the Secretary 

4 shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re5 sources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Re6 sources of the House of Representatives a report con7 taining the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of 

8 the study conducted under section 3. 

9 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

10 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 

11 as are necessary to carry out this Act. 

12 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

13 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Harriet Beecher Stowe 

14 House Special Resource Study Act’’. 

15 SEC. 2. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE HOUSE SPECIAL RE16 SOURCE STUDY. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the 

18 date on which funds are made available to carry out this 

19 Act, the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this Act 

20 as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall complete a special resource study 

21 of the Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Brunswick, Maine, 

22 to evaluate— 

23 (1) the national significance of the Harriet Bee24 cher Stowe House and surrounding land; and 


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1 (2) the suitability and feasibility of designating 

2 the Harriet Beecher Stowe House and surrounding 

3 land as a unit of the National Park System. 

4 (b) STUDY GUIDELINES.—In conducting the study au5 thorized under subsection (a), the Secretary shall use the 

6 criteria for the study of areas for potential inclusion in the 

7 National Park System contained in section 8(c) of Public 

8 Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–5(c)). 

9 SEC. 3. REPORT. 

10 On completion of the study required under section 2, 

11 the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and 

12 Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Nat13 ural Resources of the House of Representatives a report con14 taining the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of 

15 the study. 

16 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

17 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as 

18 are necessary to carry out this Act. 


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Calendar No. 783 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 662 

[Report No. 110

–351] 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conposes. of the National Park System, and for other pur- and feasibility of establishing the site as a unit Brunswick, Maine, to determine the suitability sources at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House in duct a special resource study to evaluate reJUNE 16, 2008 

Reported with an amendment 


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