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Union Calendar No. 252 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4003 
[Report No. 111–436] 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study 
to evaluate resources in the Hudson River Valley in the State of New 
York to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing the site 
as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 3, 2009 
Mr. HINCHEY (for himself, Mrs. LOWEY, and Mr. ENGEL) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
MARCH 11, 2010 
Additional sponsors: Mr. TONKO, Mr. MURPHY of New York, and Mr. HALL 
of New York 
MARCH 11, 2010 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on November 3, 2009] 
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A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special 
resource study to evaluate resources in the Hudson River 
Valley in the State of New York to determine the suit-
ability and feasibility of establishing the site as a unit 
of the National Park System, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Hudson River Valley 
Special Resource Study Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(2) STUDY AREA.—The term ‘‘study area’’— 
(A) means the portion of the Hudson River 
that flows from Rodgers Island at Fort Edward 
to the southern-most boundary of Westchester 
County, New York; and 
(B) includes any relevant sites and land-
scapes within the counties in New York that abut 
the area described in subparagraph (A). 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF STUDY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as funds are made avail-
able for this purpose, the Secretary shall complete a special 
resource study of the Hudson River Valley in the State of 
New York to evaluate— 
(1) the national significance of the area; and 
(2) the suitability and feasibility of designating 
the area as a unit of the National Park System. 
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(b) STUDY GUIDELINES.—In conducting the study 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 
(1) use the criteria for the study of areas for po-
tential inclusion in the National Park System in ac-
cordance with section 8(c) of Public Law 91–383 (16 
U.S.C. 1a–5(c)); 
(2) determine the effect of the designation of the 
area as a unit of the National Park System on exist-
ing commercial and recreational activities, including 
but not limited to hunting, fishing, trapping, rec-
reational shooting, motor boat use, off-highway vehicle 
use, snowmobile use, and on the authorization, con-
struction, operation, maintenance, or improvement of 
energy production and transmission infrastructure, 
and the effect on the authority of State and local gov-
ernments to manage those activities; 
(3) identify any authorities that will compel or 
permit the Secretary to influence local land use deci-
sions (such as zoning) or place restrictions on non- 
Federal land if the area is designated a unit of the 
National Park System; and 
(4) closely examine park unit models, in par-
ticular national river and recreation areas, as well as 
other landscape protection models, that— 
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Union Calendar No. 252 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4003 
[Report No. 111–436] 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct 
a special resource study to evaluate resources in 
the Hudson River Valley in the State of New 
York to determine the suitability and feasibility 
of establishing the site as a unit of the National 
Park System, and for other purposes. 
MARCH 11, 2010 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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