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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3201
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasi-
bility of designating the Carter G. Woodson Home in the District of
Columbia as a National Historic Site, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 2, 1999
Ms. NORTON 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 Carter G. Wood-
son Home in the District of Columbia as a National
Historic Site, 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 ‘‘Carter G. Woodson
Home National Historic Site Study Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Dr. Carter G. Woodson, cognizant of the
widespread ignorance and scanty information con-
cerning the history of African Americans, founded
on September 9, 1915, the Association for the Study
of Negro Life and History, since renamed the Asso-
ciation for the Study of African-American Life and
History.
(2) The Association was founded in particular
to counter racist propaganda alleging black inferi-
ority and the pervasive influence of Jim Crow preva-
lent at the time.
(3) The mission of the Association was and con-
tinues to be educating the American public of the
contributions of Black Americans in the formation of
the Nation’s history and culture.
(4) Dr. Woodson dedicated nearly his entire
adult life to every aspect of the Association’s oper-
ations in furtherance of its mission.
(5) Among the notable accomplishments of the
Association under Dr. Woodson’s leadership, Negro
History Week was instituted in 1926 to be cele-
brated annually during the second week of February.
Negro History Week has since evolved into Black
History Month.
(6) The headquarters and center of operations
of the Association was Dr. Woodson’s residence, lo-
cated at 1538 Ninth Street, Northwest, Washington,
D.C.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’
means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the
Director of the National Park Service.
SEC. 4. STUDY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after
the date on which funds are made available for such pur-
pose, the Secretary, after consultation with the Mayor of
the District of Columbia, shall submit to the Committee
on Resources of the United States House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the United States Senate a resource study of
the Dr. Carter G. Woodson Home and headquarters of
the Association for the Study of African-American Life
and History, located at 1538 Ninth Street, Northwest,
Washington, D.C.
(b) CONTENTS.—The study under subsection (a)
shall—
(1) identify suitability and feasibility of desig-
nating the Carter G. Woodson Home as a unit of
the National Park System; and
(2) include cost estimates for any necessary ac-
quisition, development, operation and maintenance,
and identification of alternatives for the manage-
ment, administration, and protection of the Carter
G. Woodson Home.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as are necessary to carry out this Act.
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