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Calendar No. 537 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2933 

[Report No. 111–267] 

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

study to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the Colonel Charles Young Home in Xenia, Ohio, as a unit of the National 

Park System, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 20, 2010 

Mr. VOINOVICH (for himself and Mr. BROWN) introduced the following bill; 

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

AUGUST 5, 2010 

Reported by Mr. BINGAMAN, with an amendment 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 

special resource study to determine the suitability and 

feasibility of designating the Colonel Charles Young 

Home in Xenia, Ohio, as a unit of the National Park 

System, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Colonel Charles Young 

3 Home Study Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds that— 

6 (1) Colonel Charles Young was— 

7 (A) a distinguished African-American offi8 cer in the United States Army; 

9 (B) the third African-American to grad10 uate from West Point; 

11 (C) a commander of troops in combat in— 

12 (i) the Spanish-American War; and 

13 (ii) the Mexican expedition against 

14 Pancho Via; 

15 (D) 1 of the first military attach ́es in the 

16 United States; and 

17 (E) a pioneer of techniques in military in18 telligence; 

19 (2) the experience of Colonel Young in the 

20 Army between 1884 and 1922 illustrates the chang21 ing nature of race relations in the United States 

22 during a period spanning from the end of the Civil 

23 War to the beginning of the Civil Rights movement; 

24 (3) Colonel Young was a friend and associate of 

25 other distinguished African-Americans of the period, 


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1 including poet Paul Laurence Dunbar from nearby 

2 Dayton, Ohio; 

3 (4) as the commander of an Army unit assigned 

4 to protect and develop Sequoia National Park and 

5 General Grant National Park in the State of Cali6 fornia, Colonel Young is recognized as the first Afri7 can-American to be the Superintendent of a Na8 tional Park; and 

9 (5) the home of Colonel Young located near 

10 Xenia, Ohio, is— 

11 (A) a National Historic Landmark; and 

12 (B) closely associated with— 

13 (i) Wilberforce University, a histori14 cally Black university at which Colonel 

15 Young served as Professor of Military 

16 Science; and 

17 (ii) Central State University, which 

18 is— 

19 (I) a historically Black univer20 sity; and 

21 (II) the location of the National 

22 Afro-American Museum and Cultural 

23 Center. 


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1 SEC. 3. SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY. 

2 SEC. 2. SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY. 

3 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary of the Interior (referred 

4 to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’), in consultation with 

5 the Secretary of the Army, shall conduct a special resource 

6 study of the Colonel Charles Young Home, a National His7 toric Landmark in Xenia, Ohio (referred to in this Act 

8 as the ‘‘Home’’). 

9 (b) CONTENTS.—In conducting the study under sub10 section (a), the Secretary shall— 

11 (1) evaluate any architectural and archeological 

12 resources of the Home; 

13 (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of 

14 designating the Home as a unit of the National 

15 Park System; 

16 (3) consider other alternatives for preservation, 

17 protection, and interpretation of the Home by Fed18 eral, State, or local governmental entities or private 

19 and nonprofit organizations, including the use of 

20 shared management agreements with the Dayton 

21 Aviation Heritage National Historical Park or spe22 cific units of that Park, such as the Paul Laurence 

23 Dunbar Home; 

24 (4) consult with the Ohio Historical Society, 

25 Central State University, Wilberforce University, 

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1 mental entities, private and nonprofit organizations, 

2 or individuals; and 

3 (5) identify cost estimates for any Federal ac4 quisition, development, interpretation, operation, and 

5 maintenance associated with the alternatives consid6 ered under the study. 

7 (c) APPLICABLE LAW.—The study required under 

8 subsection (a) shall be conducted in accordance with sec9 tion 8 of Public Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–5). 

10 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 

11 on which funds are first made available for the study 

12 under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the 

13 Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep14 resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 

15 Resources of the Senate a report that contains— 

16 (1) the results of the study under subsection 

17 (a); and 

18 (2) any conclusions and recommendations of the 

19 Secretary. 


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Calendar No. 537 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2933 

[Report No. 111–267] 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conpurposes. unit of the National Park System, and for other nel Charles Young Home in Xenia, Ohio, as a suitability and feasibility of designating the Colo- duct a special resource study to determine the 

AUGUST 5, 2010 

Reported with an amendment 


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