Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PRISON SHIP MARTYRS’ MONUMENT STUDY; RE-
PORT. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument Preservation Act’’. 
(b) STUDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall complete a study to determine the suitability 
and feasibility of designating the Prison Ship Mar-
tyrs’ Monument in Fort Greene Park, in the New 
York City borough of Brooklyn, as a unit of the Na-
tional Park System. 
(2) APPLICABLE
LAW.—The study required 
under this subsection shall be conducted in accordance 
with section 8(c) of the National Park System Gen-
eral Authorities Act (16 U.S.C. 1a-5(c)). 
(3) CONTENT OF STUDY.—The study shall in-
clude— 
(A) an analysis of operational issues that 
should be considered if the Prison Ship Martyrs’ 
Monument were to be designated as a unit of the 
National Park System; 
(B) an analysis of the feasibility of admin-
istering the Prison Ships Martyrs’ Monument, 
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considering its size, configuration, and other fac-
tors, including an annual cost estimate; 
(C) an analysis of the economic, edu-
cational, and other impacts of the designation of 
the Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument as a unit 
of the National Park System; 
(D) an analysis of the effect of the designa-
tion of the Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument as 
a unit of the National Park System on— 
(i) 
existing 
commercial 
and 
rec-
reational activities, and on the authoriza-
tion, construction, operation, maintenance, 
or improvement of energy production and 
transmission infrastructure; and 
(ii) the authority of State and local 
governments to manage those activities; and 
(E) an identification of any authorities, in-
cluding condemnation, that will compel or per-
mit the Secretary of the Interior to influence or 
participate in local land use decisions (such as 
zoning) or place restrictions on non-Federal 
lands if the Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument is 
designated as a unit of the National Park Sys-
tem. 
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(c) NOTIFICATION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS.— 
Upon commencement of the study, owners of private prop-
erty in or adjacent to the Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument 
shall be notified of the study’s commencement and scope. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall transmit to the Committee on Natural Resources of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate a report containing 
the conclusions of the study required by subsection (b). 
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Union Calendar No. 291 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1501 
[Report No. 113–392] 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the 
suitability and feasibility of designating the Pris-
on Ship Martyrs’ Monument in Fort Greene 
Park, in the New York City borough of Brook-
lyn, as a unit of the National Park System. 
APRIL 1, 2014 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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