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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2008
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasi-
bility of designating the International Civil Rights Center and Museum,
located in Greensboro, North Carolina, as a unit of the National Park
System, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 24, 2001
Mr. WATT of North Carolina (for himself, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. JONES of
North Carolina, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. SOLIS, and Mr. UDALL of Colo-
rado) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Resources
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suit-
ability and feasibility of designating the International
Civil Rights Center and Museum, located in Greensboro,
North Carolina, as a unit of the National Park System,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘International Civil
Rights Center and Museum Study Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STUDY REGARDING
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS CENTER AND
MUSEUM, GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) On February 1, 1960, 4 North Carolina
A&T State University students, Ezell Blair, Jr.,
Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, and David Rich-
mond, sat at the whites-only lunch counter of a
Woolworth store in Greensboro, North Carolina, to
protest segregation.
(2) In the following days hundreds of students
joined the protest and participated in the Woolworth
sit-in.
(3) The Woolworth sit-in inspired similar sit-ins
in hundreds of communities throughout the United
States and was instrumental in leading to the deseg-
regation of public facilities in the South.
(4) The Woolworth sit-in was a prominent event
in the history of the civil rights movement.
(5) Woolworth closed the lunch counter in the
Greensboro store in October 1993 and donated a
section of the counter, 4 stools, and other items to
the Smithsonian Institution for display at the Na-
tional Museum of American History.
(6) The former Woolworth store is located in a
district listed on the National Register of Historic
Places.
(7) Community leaders and businesses in
Greensboro have undertaken significant efforts to
preserve this historic site and convert the former
Woolworth store into a museum devoted to the his-
tory of the civil rights movement.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) MUSEUM.—The term ‘‘Museum’’ means the
International Civil Rights Center and Museum lo-
cated in Greensboro, North Carolina.
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the National Park Service.
(c) STUDY.—The Secretary shall, in consultation
with the State of North Carolina, carry out a study on
the suitability and feasibility of designating the Museum
as a unit of the National Park System.
(d) STUDY PROCESS
AND COMPLETION.—Section
8(c) of Public Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–5(c)) shall
apply to the conduct and completion of the study required
by this section.
(e) SUBMISSION OF STUDY RESULTS.—
(1) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to
the Committee on Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Nat-
ural Resources of the Senate a report describing the
results of the study.
(2) FINDINGS INCLUDED IN REPORT.—In addi-
tion to findings with respect to the matters specified
in section 8(c) of Public Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C.
1a–5(c)), the report shall contain findings with re-
spect to—
(A) the types of Federal, State, and local
programs that are available to assist with the
development of the Museum; and
(B) the potential use of, and coordination
with, Federal, State, and local programs to as-
sist in the management of the historical and
cultural resources of the Museum.
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