US Congress House Bill 3131 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: Introduced on September 18 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-09-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

National Park Service Study Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct special resource studies of: (1) the Kau coast, on the island of Hawaii; (2) the prehistoric, historic, and limestone forest sites on the island of Rota in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; (3) sites in Alaska associated with the forced abandonment of the Aleut villages of Makushin, Kashega, and Biorka around Unalaska Island and Attu on Attu Island during World War II; (4) the five relocation sites in Alaska at Funter Bay, Burnett Inlet, Killisnoo, Ward Lake and the Wrangell Institute; (5) specified World War II Japanese American Relocation Center sites; (6) Mahaulepu, on the island of Kauai in Hawaii; (7) the town of Goldfield and outlying mining sites in Nevada; (8) the Hudson River Valley in New York; (9) the Norman Studios in Jacksonville, Florida, where African-American casts and crews were used in the production of silent films; (10) the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta in Alabama; (11) Galveston Bay in Texas; (12) the Pullman site in Illinois; (13) the northern coast of Maui in Hawaii; and (14) historic sites on the Midway Atoll. Requires updates of: (1) the study authorized by the National Park Service Studies Act of 1999 relating to World War II sites, Republic of Palau; and (2) the 1979 study entitled "Vermejo Ranch, New Mexico/Colorado: Study of Management Options." Directs the Secretary to: (1) study alternatives for commemorating and interpreting the role of the Buffalo Soldiers in the early years of the National Parks, (2) conduct a national historic landmark theme study to identify sites and resources in the southern United States that are significant to the Reconstruction era, and (3) study the feasibility of including 45 miles of the Chattahoochee River and land along the river corridor within the boundary of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area located in Georgia.

National Park Service Study Act of 2013

Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. John Dingell [D-MI]
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]
Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-09-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
2013-09-18	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3131/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3131/BILLS-113hr3131ih.pdf