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        H.R.4794

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
             the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand


                                 An Act


 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to complete a resource study of 
      the 600 mile route through Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, 
  Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and 
 Virginia, used by George Washington and General Rochambeau during the 
                       American Revolutionary War.

    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 ``Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary 
Route National Heritage Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. STUDY OF THE WASHINGTON-ROCHAMBEAU REVOLUTIONARY ROUTE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 2 years after the date on which 
funds are made available to carry out this section, the Secretary shall 
submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 
and the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives, a 
resource study of the 600 mile route through Connecticut, Delaware, 
Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode 
Island, and Virginia, used by George Washington and General Jean 
Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau during the American 
Revolutionary War.
    (b) Consultation.--In conducting the study required by subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall consult with State and local historic 
associations and societies, State historic preservation agencies, and 
other appropriate organizations.
    (c) Contents.--The study shall--
        (1) identify the full range of resources and historic themes 
    associated with the route referred to in subsection (a), including 
    its relationship to the American Revolutionary War;
        (2) identify alternatives for National Park Service involvement 
    with preservation and interpretation of the route referred to in 
    subsection (a); and
        (3) include cost estimates for any necessary acquisition, 
    development, interpretation, operation, and maintenance associated 
    with the alternatives identified pursuant to paragraph (2).

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.

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