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H.R. 376: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of including the battlefields and related sites of the First and Second Battles of Newtonia, Missouri, during the Civil War as part of Wilson's Creek National Battlefield or designating the battlefields and related sites as a separate unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

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H.R. 376: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of including the battlefields and related sites of the First and Second Battles of Newtonia, Missouri, during the Civil War as part of Wilson's Creek National Battlefield or designating the battlefields and related sites as a separate unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

110th Congress · introduced 2007-01-10 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530)

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2007-01-10 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Blunt, Roy [R-MO-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of including the battlefields and related sites of the First and Second Battles of Newtonia, Missouri, during the Civil War as part of Wilson's Creek National Battlefield or designating the battlefields and related sites as a separate unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study relating to the First and Second Battles of Newtonia (Missouri) during the Civil War, including evaluating the suitability and feasibility of adding the battlefields and related sites as part of Wilson's Creek National Battlefield or designating such battlefields and sites as a unit of the National Park System. Makes the criteria for the study of areas for potential inclusion in the National Park System applicable to such study. Requires the Secretary to submit to specified congressional committees a report containing the results of such study and any conclusions and recommendations of the Secretary.

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Official text

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of including the battlefields and related sites of the First and Second Battles of Newtonia, Missouri, during the Civil War as part of Wilson's Creek National Battlefield or designating the battlefields and related sites as a separate unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment)

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Sponsor: Rep. Blunt, Roy [R-MO-7] · 0 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 376, An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of including the battlefields and related sites of the First and Second Battles of Newtonia, Missouri (2007-06-04); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 376, An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a...study...of the First and Second Battles of Newtonia, MO, during the Civil War as part of Wilson's Creek National Battlefield or...separate unit of the National Park Syste (2007-06-04); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 376, An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of including the battlefields and related sites of the First and Second Battles of Newtonia, Missouri (2007-06-04); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 376, An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a...study...of the First and Second Battles of Newtonia, MO, during the Civil War as part of Wilson's Creek National Battlefield or...separate unit of the National Park Syste (2007-06-04)

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Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr376 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110