I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 799 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource 
study to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the Colo-
nel Charles Young Home in Xenia, Ohio, as a unit of the National 
Park System, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 18, 2011 
Mr. AUSTRIA (for himself, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. BISHOP 
of Georgia, Ms. RICHARDSON, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Ms. 
SPEIER, Mr. LEWIS
of Georgia, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. SABLAN, Mrs. 
SCHMIDT, 
Mr. 
ELLISON, 
Mr. 
TURNER, 
Mr. 
KUCINICH, 
Mr. 
LATOURETTE, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. MOORE, and Mr. GIBBS) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
Resources 
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. 
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 ‘‘Colonel Charles Young 
Home Study Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) Colonel Charles Young was— 
(A) a distinguished African-American offi-
cer in the United States Army; 
(B) the third African-American to grad-
uate from West Point; 
(C) a commander of troops in combat in— 
(i) the Spanish-American War; and 
(ii) the Mexican expedition against 
Pancho Via; 
(D) one of the first military attache´s in the 
United States; and 
(E) a pioneer of techniques in military in-
telligence; 
(2) the experience of Colonel Young in the 
Army between 1884 and 1922 illustrates the chang-
ing nature of race relations in the United States 
during a period spanning from the end of the Civil 
War to the beginning of the Civil Rights movement; 
(3) Colonel Young was a friend and associate of 
other distinguished African-Americans of the period, 
including poet Paul Laurence Dunbar from nearby 
Dayton, Ohio; 
(4) as the commander of an Army unit assigned 
to protect and develop Sequoia National Park and 
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General Grant National Park in the State of Cali-
fornia, Colonel Young is recognized as the first Afri-
can-American to be the Superintendent of a Na-
tional Park; and 
(5) the home of Colonel Young located near 
Xenia, Ohio, is— 
(A) a National Historic Landmark; and 
(B) closely associated with— 
(i) Wilberforce University, a histori-
cally Black university at which Colonel 
Young served as Professor of Military 
Science; and 
(ii) Central State University, which 
is— 
(I) a historically Black univer-
sity; and 
(II) the location of the National 
Afro-American Museum and Cultural 
Center. 
SEC. 3. SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of the Interior (referred 
to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’), in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Army, shall conduct a special resource 
study of the Colonel Charles Young Home, a National His-
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toric Landmark in Xenia, Ohio (referred to in this Act 
as the ‘‘Home’’). 
(b) CONTENTS.—In conducting the study under sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall— 
(1) evaluate any architectural and archeological 
resources of the Home; 
(2) determine the suitability and feasibility of 
designating the Home as a unit of the National 
Park System; 
(3) consider other alternatives for preservation, 
protection, and interpretation of the Home by Fed-
eral, State, or local governmental entities or private 
and nonprofit organizations, including the use of 
shared management agreements with the Dayton 
Aviation Heritage National Historical Park or spe-
cific units of that Park, such as the Paul Laurence 
Dunbar Home; 
(4) consult with the Ohio Historical Society, 
Central State University, Wilberforce University, 
and other interested Federal, State, or local govern-
mental entities, private and nonprofit organizations, 
or individuals; and 
(5) identify cost estimates for any Federal ac-
quisition, development, interpretation, operation, and 
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maintenance associated with the alternatives consid-
ered under the study. 
(c) APPLICABLE LAW.—The study required under 
subsection (a) shall be conducted in accordance with sec-
tion 8 of Public Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–5). 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 3 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 Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate a report that contains— 
(1) the results of the study under subsection 
(a); and 
(2) any conclusions and recommendations of the 
Secretary. 
Æ 
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