Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM SPECIAL RESOURCE 
STUDY, 
NEWTONIA 
CIVIL 
WAR 
BATTLE-
FIELDS, MISSOURI. 
(a) SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY.—The Secretary of 
the Interior shall conduct a special resource study relating 
to the First Battle of Newtonia in Newton County, Mis-
souri, which occurred on September 30, 1862, and the 
Second Battle of Newtonia, which occurred on October 28, 
1864, during the Missouri Expedition of Confederate Gen-
eral Sterling Price in September and October 1864. 
(b) CONTENTS.—In conducting the study under sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall—
(1) evaluate the national significance of the 
Newtonia battlefields and their related sites; 
(2) consider the findings and recommendations 
contained in the document entitled ‘‘Vision Plan for 
Newtonia Battlefield Preservation’’ and dated June 
2004, which was prepared by the Newtonia Battle-
fields Protection Association; 
(3) evaluate the suitability and feasibility of 
adding the battlefields and related sites as part of 
Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield or designating
the battlefields and related sites as a unit of the Na-
tional Park System; 
(4) analyze the potential impact that the inclu-
sion of the battlefields and related sites as part of 
Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield or their designa-
tion as a unit of the National Park System is likely 
to have on land within or bordering the battlefields 
and related sites that is privately owned at the time 
of the study is conducted; 
(5) consider alternatives for preservation, pro-
tection, and interpretation of the battlefields and re-
lated sites by the National Park Service, other Fed-
eral, State, or local governmental entities, or private 
and nonprofit organizations; and 
(6) identify cost estimates for any necessary ac-
quisition, development, interpretation, operation, and 
maintenance associated with the alternatives re-
ferred to in paragraph (5). 
(c) CRITERIA.—The criteria for the study of areas 
for potential inclusion in the National Park System con-
tained in section 8 of Public Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–
5) shall apply to the study under subsection (a). 
(d) TRANSMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
three years after the date on which funds are first made 
available for the study under subsection (a), the Secretary
shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on En-
ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report con-
taining—
(1) the results of the study; and 
(2) any conclusions and recommendations of the 
Secretary. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 5, 
2007. 
Attest:
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 376
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to con-
duct a special resource study to determine the 
suitability and feasibility of including the battle-
fields and related sites of the First and Second 
Battles of Newtonia, Missouri, during the Civil 
War as part of Wilson’s Creek National Battle-
field or designating the battlefields and related 
sites as a separate unit of the National Park 
System, and for other purposes.