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Study.

Report, submittal to President and Congress.

Master plan.

Kalaupapa National Historical Park Advisory Commission. Establishment. Membership.

PUBLIC LAW 94-518—OCT. 17, 1976 until at last succumbing to their disease. This inspiring work made him a figure of such national acclaim that a statue of him rests in the Nation's Capitol. This work led to proceedings for his beatification by the Catholic Church and to worldwide veneration of this devotion and mission. This respect and admiration served to focus unprecedented attention on the disease of lepros}^ and stimulated charity and scientific research toward its cure. (2) The Kalaupapa settlement constitutes a unique and nationally significant cultural, historical, educational, and scenic resource. (b) The purposes of this title are— (1) to preserve and interpret the Kalaupapa settlement for the education and inspiration of present and future generations, and (2) to provide that the preservation and interpretation of that settlement be managed and performed by native Hawaiians, including patients and former patients of the Kalaupapa settlement, to the extent practical, and that training opportunities be provided such persons in management and interpretation of the settlement's cultural, historical, educational, and scenic resources. SEC. 402. (a) The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") shall study the feasibility and desirability of establishing as a part of the National Park System an area (hereinafter referred to as the "proposed park area") comprising all, or a portion of, the lands, waters, and interest in Kalawao County on the island of Molokai. (b) As a part of such study, the Secretary shall consult with other interested Federal agencies, with other interested State and local bodies and officials, with patients and former patients presently in residence at the Kalaupapa settlement and with the Commission established by section 404, and he shall coordinate the study with other applicable planning activities. SEC. 403. (a) The Secretary shall submit to the President and the Congress within two years after the date of the enactment of this title a report of his study. The report of the Secretary shall contain, but not be limited to, findings with respect to the historic, cultural, educational, scenic, and natural values of the resources involved and recommendations for preservation and interpretation of those resources. (b) The report of the Secretary referred to in subsection (a) shall include a detailed proposed master plan for the development of the proposed park area. Such plan shall include: (1) a schedule of acquisition of the proposed park area, (2) an assessment of planned restorations of historic sites, (3) an estimate of park development and longterm operation costs, (4) a plan for the development of programs (including training programs) for native Hawaiians, including patients and former patients of the Kalaupapa settlement, to manage and perform the preservation and interpretation of the park, (5) provision for the preservation of existing, exclusive hunting and fishing (konohiki) rights of the residents of Kalawao County, and (6) provision to prevent the dislocation or displacement of any patient or former patient presently in residence at the Kalaupapa settlement and to maintain transportation and hospital facilities and other public services as may be necessary for any remaining patients or settlement staff. SEC. 404. (a) There is hereby established a Kalaupapa National Historical Park Advisory Commission. (b) The Commission shall be composed of fifteen members, at least six of whom shall be native Hawaiians, appointed by the Secretary, as follows:

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