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 90 STAT. 2450 Study.

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PUBLIC LAW 94-518—OCT. 17, 1976 SEC. 502. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to study the Shawnee ELills in Saline, Pope, Gallatin, and Hardin Counties, Illinois, as depicted on the map entitled, "Shawnee Hills Study Area," dated June 1976, which shall be on file and available for inspection in the Office of the Chief, Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Within three years from the date of enactment of this title, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress, including his recommendation as to the desirability and feasibility of establishing a national recreation area within the Shawnee Hills Study Area. Such report shall include the estimated costs of such establishment and proposed legislation to implement any recommendation for the establishment of such area. TITLE VI—GEOKGE W. NORRIS HOME, McCOOK, NEBRASKA

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SEC. 601. The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare and transmit to the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives within two years from the date of enactment of this Act a feasibility/suitability study of the George W. Norris home as a unit of the National Park System. The study shall include cost estimates for any necessary acquisition, development, operation, and maintenance, as well as any alternatives for the administration and protection of the area. TITLE VII—MOUNT MITCHELL, NORTH CAROLINA

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SEC. 701. The Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Governor of the State of North Carolina and the Secretary of Agriculture, shall prepare and transmit to the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives within three years from the date of enactment of this Act a feasibility/ suitability study of the Black Mountain Range of North Carolina, including the Mount Mitchell State Park, and the nearby federally owned lands adjacent to the Blue Ridge Parkway, including the Craggy Mountains, as a proposed Mount Mitchell National Park. The study shall include cost estimates for any necessary acquisition, development, operation, and maintenance, as well as any alternatives for the administration and protection of the area. Approved October 17, 1976.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 94-1610 accompanying H.R. 15558 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORT No. 94-1152 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 122 (1976): Aug. 25, considered and passed Senate. Sept. 22, considered and passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 15558. Oct. 1, Senate concurred in House amendments with amendments; House concurred in Senate amendments.

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