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[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1687 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1687

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                                 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.

            Passed the Senate September 15, 2004.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
108th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1687

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.
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