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[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1687 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.1687

                       One Hundred Eighth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
           the twentieth day of January, two thousand and four

                                 An Act

 
   To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the 
 preservation and interpretation of the historic sites of the Manhattan 
      Project for potential inclusion in the National Park System.

    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 ``Manhattan Project National 
Historical Park Study Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
        (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
    the Interior.
        (2) Study.--The term ``study'' means the study authorized by 
    section 3(a).
        (3) Study area.--
            (A) In general.--The term ``study area'' means the 
        historically significant sites associated with the Manhattan 
        Project.
            (B) Inclusions.--The term ``study area'' includes--
                (i) Los Alamos National Laboratory and townsite in the 
            State of New Mexico;
                (ii) the Hanford Site in the State of Washington; and
                (iii) Oak Ridge Reservation in the State of Tennessee.

SEC. 3. SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY.

    (a) Study.--
        (1) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation with the 
    Secretary of Energy, shall conduct a special resource study of the 
    study area to assess the national significance, suitability, and 
    feasibility of designating 1 or more sites within the study area as 
    a unit of the National Park System in accordance with section 8(c) 
    of Public Law 91-383 (16 U.S.C. 1a-5(c)).
        (2) Administration.--In conducting the study, the Secretary 
    shall--
            (A) consult with interested Federal, State, tribal, and 
        local officials, representatives of organizations, and members 
        of the public;
            (B) evaluate, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy, 
        the compatibility of designating 1 or more sites within the 
        study area as a unit of the National Park System with 
        maintaining the security, productivity, and management goals of 
        the Department of Energy and public health and safety; and
            (C) consider research in existence on the date of enactment 
        of this Act by the Department of Energy on the historical 
        significance and feasibility of preserving and interpreting the 
        various sites and structures in the study area.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date on which funds 
are made available to carry out the study, the Secretary shall submit 
to Congress a report that describes the findings of the study and the 
conclusions and recommendations of the Secretary.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
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