[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1728 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.1728
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and six
An Act
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and
feasibility of designating portions of Ste. Genevieve County in the
State of Missouri as a unit of the National Park System, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ste. Genevieve County National
Historic Site Study Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Area.--The term ``Area'' means Ste. Genevieve County,
Missouri, which includes the Bequette-Ribault, St. Gemme-Amoureaux,
and Wilhauk homes, and the related and supporting historical assets
located in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri.
(2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of
the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park
Service.
SEC. 3. STUDY.
(a) In General.--Not later than 3 years after the date on which
funds are made available to carry out this Act, the Secretary shall, in
consultation with the State of Missouri--
(1) complete a study on the suitability and feasibility of
designating the Area as a unit of the National Park System, which
shall include the potential impact that designation of the area as
a unit of the National Park System is likely to have on land within
the proposed area or bordering the proposed area that is privately
owned at the time that the study is conducted; and
(2) submit to the Committee on Resources of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
of the Senate a report describing the findings of the study.
(b) Contents.--The study under subsection (a) shall be conducted in
accordance with Public Law 91-383 (16 U.S.C. 1a-1 et seq.).
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.