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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3120 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource 
study of the Stranahan House in Broward County, Florida, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2007 
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (for herself, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. ROS- 
LEHTINEN, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. 
MEEK of Florida, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. MACK, Mr. 
KLEIN of Florida, Ms. CASTOR, and Mr. MAHONEY of Florida) 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 of the Stranahan House in 
Broward County, Florida, 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 ‘‘Stranahan House, 
Trading Post and Campsite Historic Preservation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds that— 
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(1) Frank and Ivy Stranahan were among the 
first permanent non-Indian settlers to establish a 
home and business in southeast Florida and are con-
sidered the founding family of Fort Lauderdale, and 
have had a river, street, school, and subdivision 
named after them; 
(2) Frank Stranahan was one of the founders 
and earliest elected officials in Fort Lauderdale and 
Broward County, Florida, one of the nation’s fastest 
growing metropolitan areas with a population today 
of nearly 2 million people; 
(3) Frank and Ivy Stranahan were named 
Great Floridians by the Florida Legislature in 2000 
and former Interior Secretary Stewart Udall once 
honored Ivy Stranahan as the ‘‘first lady of Fort 
Lauderdale’’; 
(4) the Stranahan House historical and archae-
ological site, which is listed on the National Register 
of Historic Places, is one of the only Seminole trad-
ing post structures that remains preserved today in 
Florida; 
(5) the Stranahan House, trading post and 
campsite located at 335 S.E. 6th Avenue and 500 
East Las Olas Boulevard has been designated by the 
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Fort Lauderdale city commission as a historic land-
mark site; and 
(6) the Stranahan House, trading post and 
campsite, which also contains prehistoric Tequesta 
and later historic period archaeological remains, pre-
sents a valuable new opportunity to learn more 
about the historical development of South Florida 
and Everglades reclamation. 
SEC. 3. STUDY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior 
(hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall 
conduct a special resource study of the Stranahan House, 
trading post and camp historical and archaeological site 
in Broward County, Florida. The site studied shall include 
both the property on which the Stranahan House is lo-
cated at 335 S.E. 6th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 
33301, as well as the adjacent property, at 500 East Las 
Olas Boulevard, where portions of the trading post and 
the campsite were located. 
(b) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall conduct the 
study under subsection (a) in accordance with section 8(c) 
of Public Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–5(c)). 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 
funds are made available for the study under this section, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural 
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Resources of the United States House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 
the United States Senate a report on the findings, conclu-
sions, and recommendations of the study. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
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