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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5068 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 10, 2014 

Mr. CLAY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

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 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY REGARDING PROPOSED 

7 UNITED STATES CIVIL RIGHTS TRAIL. 

8 (a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the Inte9 rior shall conduct a special resource study for the purpose 


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1 of evaluating a range of alternatives for protecting and 

2 interpreting sites associated with the struggle for civil 

3 rights in the United States, including alternatives for po4 tential addition of some or all of the sites to the National 

5 Trails System. 

6 (b) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall conduct 

7 the special resource study in consultation with appropriate 

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

9 (c) STUDY REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall 

10 conduct the study required under subsection (a) in accord11 ance with section 8(c) of Public Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 

12 1a–5(c)) and section 5(b) of the National Trails System 

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

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

15 resource study, the Secretary shall evaluate alternatives 

16 for achieving the following objectives: 

17 (1) Identifying the resources and historic 

18 themes associated with the movement to secure ra19 cial equality in the United States for African Ameri20 cans that, focusing on the period from 1954 through 

21 1968, challenged the practice of racial segregation in 

22 the Nation and achieved equal rights for all Amer23 ican citizens. 

24 (2) Making a review of existing studies and re25 ports, such as the Civil Rights Framework Study, to 


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1 complement and not duplicate other studies of the 

2 historical importance of the civil rights movements 

3 that may be underway or undertaken. 

4 (3) Establishing connections with agencies, or5 ganizations, and partnerships already engaged in the 

6 preservation and interpretation of various trails and 

7 sites dealing with the civil rights movement. 

8 (4) Protecting historically significant land9 scapes, districts, sites, and structures. 

10 (5) Identifying alternatives for preservation and 

11 interpretation of the sites by the National Park 

12 Service, other Federal, State, or local governmental 

13 entities, or private and nonprofit organizations, in14 cluding the potential inclusion of some or all of the 

15 sites in a National Civil Rights Trail. 

16 (6) Identifying cost estimates for any necessary 

17 acquisition, development, interpretation, operation, 

18 and maintenance associated with the alternatives de19 veloped under the special resource study. 

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

21 on which funds are made available to carry out this sec22 tion, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Nat23 ural Resources of the House of Representatives and the 

24 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen25 ate a report containing the results of the study conducted 


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1 under subsection (c) and any recommendations of the Sec2 retary with respect to the route. 

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