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 114 STAT. 2202 PUBLIC LAW 106-487—NOV. 9, 2000 Public Law 106-487 106th Congress An Act Nov. 9, 2000 To authorize a feasibility study on the preservation of certain Civil War battlefields [S. 710] along the Vicksburg Campaign Trail. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Vicksburg the United States of America in Congress assembled. Campaign Trail Battlefields SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. oflooa^ ^°^ ^ This Act may be cited as the "Vicksburg Campaign Trail Battle- State Usting. fields Preservation Act of 2000". SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) FINDINGS.— Congress finds that— (1) there are situated along the Vicksburg Campaign Trail in the States of Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee the sites of several key Civil War battles; (2) the battlefields along the Vicksburg Campaign Trail are collectively of national significance in the history of the Civil War; and (3) the preservation of those battlefields would vitally contribute to the understanding of the heritage of the United States. (b) PURPOSE. — The purpose of this Act is to authorize a feasibility study to determine what measures should be taken to preserve certain Civil War battlefields along the Vicksburg Campaign Trail. SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) CAMPAIGN TRAIL STATE. —The term "Campaign Trail State" means each of the States of Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee, including political subdivisions of those States. (2) CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELD. —The term "Civil War battlefield" includes the following sites (including related structures adjacent to or thereon)— (A) the battlefields at Helena and Arkansas Post, Arkansas; (B) Goodrich's Landing near Transylvania, and sites in and around Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, Louisiana; (C) the battlefield at Milliken's Bend, Madison Parish, Louisiana; (D) the route of Grant's march through Louisiana from Milliken's Bend to Hard Times, Madison and Tensas Parishes, Louisiana; (E) the Winter Quarters at Tensas Parish, Louisiana;

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