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TheWeekInCongress.com (TM) Week Ending March 9, 2006
H.R.376 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of including the battlefields and related sites of the First and Second Battles of Newtonia, Missouri, during the Civil War as part of Wilson's Creek National Battlefield or designating the battlefields and related sites as a separate unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
The Secretary of Interior is directed to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of adding the First and Second Battles battlefields in Newtonia, MO to the Wilson’s Creek national Battlefield and part of the National Park System.
The First battle took place on September 30, 1862 and the Second on October 28, 1864 during the Missouri Expedition by Confederate General Sterling Price.
The Secretary will evaluate the national significance of the battlefields and related sites; consider a 2004 document--Vision Plan from the Newtonia Battlefield Protection Association; evaluate the suitability and feasibility of including the battlefields in the National Park System; evaluate the potential impact of privately owned land nearby; consider alternatives for preservation and protection and interpretation of the sites by the governments, (such as private management) identify cost estimates and necessary acquisition, development, interpretation, operation and maintenance associated with any alternatives.
A report is due Congress in three years on the study results and any conclusions and recommendations from the Secretary.
Sponsor: Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO-7th) Vote: Passed House by voice vote March 5, 2007 Cost to the taxpayers: No cost data is yet available nor does the bill authorize or appropriate funds. Most studies of this nature cost around $100,000. Earmark Certification: Not applicable to this bill. ## All Rights Reserved. © 2007 TheWeekInCongress.com(TM) No reproduction, language translation or distribution without written permission from TheWeekInCongress.com.(TM)
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