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 PUBLIC LAW 102-101—AUG. 17, 1991 105 STAT. 493 Public Law 102-101 102d Congress An Act Aug. 17, 1991 [H.R. 1143] To authorize a study of nationally significant places in American labor history. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. THEME STUDY. 16 USC la-5 (a) The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this Act referred to as the "Secretary") shall prepare and transmit to the Congress a National Historic Landmark Theme Study on American Labor History (hereafter in this Act referred to as the "Theme Study"). The Theme Study shall be prepared in consultation with the Secretary of Labor and pursuant to the guidelines prepared under section 2. The purpose of the Theme Study shall be to identify the key sites in American labor history, including the history of workers and their work, of organizing, unions and strikes, of the impacts of industrial and technological change, and of the contributions of American labor to American history. The Theme Study shall identify, evaluate, and nominate as national historic landmarks those districts, sites, buildings, and structures that best illustrate or commemorate American labor history in its fullest variety. On the basis of the Theme Study, the Secretary shall identify possible new park units appropriate to this theme and prepare a list in order of importance or merit pf the most appropriate sites. The list shall include a discussion of the feasibility and suitability of such sites. (b) The theme study shall be completed not later than 3 years after the date funds are made available for such study. SEC. 2. CONSULTATION. 16 USC la-5 The Secretary shall consult with workers, workers' representatives, scholars of labor history, and historic preservationists for technical assistance and for the preparation of guidelines for the Theme Study.

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