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 ‘‘New Philadelphia, Illi-
nois, Study Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) Frank McWorter, an enslaved man, bought 
his freedom and the freedom of 15 family members by 
mining for crude niter in Kentucky caves and proc-
essing the mined material into saltpeter; 
(2) New Philadelphia, founded in 1836 by Frank 
McWorter, was the first town planned and legally reg-
istered by a free African-American before the Civil 
War; 
(3) the first railroad constructed in the area of 
New Philadelphia bypassed New Philadelphia, which 
led to the decline of New Philadelphia; and 
(4) the New Philadelphia site— 
(A) is a registered National Historic Land-
mark; 
(B) is covered by farmland; and 
(C) does not contain any original buildings 
of the town or the McWorter farm and home that 
are visible above ground. 
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SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(2) STUDY
AREA.—The term ‘‘Study Area’’ 
means the New Philadelphia archeological site and 
the surrounding land in the State of Illinois. 
SEC. 4. SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a special re-
source study of the Study Area. 
(b) CONTENTS.—In conducting the study under sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall— 
(1) evaluate the national significance of the 
Study Area; 
(2) determine the suitability and feasibility of 
designating the Study Area as a unit of the National 
Park System; 
(3) consider other alternatives for preservation, 
protection, and interpretation of the Study Area by— 
(A) Federal, State, or local governmental 
entities; or 
(B) private and nonprofit organizations; 
(4) consult with— 
(A) interested Federal, State, or local gov-
ernmental entities; 
(B) private and nonprofit organizations; or 
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(C) any other interested individuals; 
(5) identify cost estimates for any Federal acqui-
sition, development, interpretation, operation, and 
maintenance associated with the alternatives consid-
ered under paragraph (3); and 
(6) determine the effect of the designation of the 
Study Area as a unit of the National Park System 
on— 
(A) existing commercial and recreational 
activities, including but not limited to hunting, 
fishing, recreational shooting, and on the author-
ization, construction, operation, maintenance or 
improvement of energy production and trans-
mission infrastructure; and 
(B) the effect of the authority of State and 
local governments to manage those activities; and 
(7) identify any authorities, including con-
demnation, that will compel or permit the Secretary 
to influence or participate in local land use decisions 
(such as zoning) or place restrictions on nonfederal 
land if the Study Area is designated a unit of the Na-
tional Park System. 
(c) APPLICABLE LAW.—The study required under sub-
section (a) shall be conducted in accordance with section 
8 of Public Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–5). 
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(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 Representatives and 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen-
ate a report containing— 
(1) the results of the study; and 
(2) any conclusions and recommendations of the 
Secretary. 
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Union Calendar No. 159 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 930 
[Report No. 113–219] 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to con-
duct a special resource study of the archeological 
site and surrounding land of the New Philadel-
phia town site in the State of Illinois, and for 
other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2013 
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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