To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia, as a unit of the National Park System.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the Director of the National Park Service (NPS), to conduct a study of the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia, to evaluate its national significance and the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System. Requires the identification of alternatives for the management, administration, and protection of the Memorial.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2689 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2689

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and 
  feasibility of designating the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, 
            Virginia, as a unit of the National Park System.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 3, 2009

 Mr. Perriello (for himself, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Nye, Mr. Moran 
of Virginia, and Mr. Boucher) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and 
  feasibility of designating the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, 
            Virginia, as a unit of the National Park System.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. NATIONAL D-DAY MEMORIAL STUDY.

    (a) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Area.--The term ``Area'' means in the National D-Day 
        Memorial in Bedford, Virginia.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National 
        Park Service.
    (b) Study.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct a study of the 
        Area to evaluate the national significance of the Area and 
        suitability and feasibility of designating the Area as a unit 
        of the National Park System.
            (2) Criteria.--In conducting the study required by 
        paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use the criteria for the 
        study of areas for potential inclusion in the National Park 
        System in section 8(c) of Public Law 91-383 (16 U.S.C. 1a-
        5(c)).
            (3) Contents.--The study required by paragraph (1) shall--
                    (A) determine the suitability and feasibility of 
                designating the Area as a unit of the National Park 
                System;
                    (B) include cost estimates for any necessary 
                acquisition, development, operation, and maintenance of 
                the Area; and
                    (C) identify alternatives for the management, 
                administration, and protection of the Area.
    (c) Report.--Section 8(c) of Public Law 91-383 (16 U.S.C. 1a-5(c)) 
shall apply to the conduct of the study required by this section, 
except that the study shall be submitted to the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate not later than 3 years after the 
date on which funds are first made available for the study.
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