A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the President James K. Polk Home in Columbia, Tennessee, as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
James K. Polk Presidential Home Study Act
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the James K. Polk Home and adjacent property in Columbia, Tennessee.
In conducting this study, Interior shall evaluate the national significance of the study area, determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System, and consider other alternatives for preservation, protection, and interpretation of the study area by government entities or private and nonprofit organizations.
Received in the Senate.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-36.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-36.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 50.
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