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S. 2716: Aleut Confinement and Relocation Sites Study Act

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S. 2716: Aleut Confinement and Relocation Sites Study Act

113th Congress · introduced 2014-07-31 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2014-07-31 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Aleut Confinement and Relocation Sites Study Act

Plain summary

Aleut Confinement and Relocation Sites Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine whether the following sites are suitable for inclusion in the National Park System: (1) the World War II Aleut relocation sites at Funter Bay, Burnett Inlet, Killisnoo, Ward Lake, and the Wrangell Institute in Alaska; and (2) the villages of Makushin, Kashega, and Biorka around Unalaska Island and Attu on Attu Island in Alaska, from which the Aleut people were forcibly removed. Requires the Secretary to: evaluate the national significance of the sites; determine the suitability and feasibility of designating those sites as units of the National Park System; consider alternatives for preservation, protection, and interpretation of the land comprising those sites; and identify cost estimates for any federal acquisition, development, interpretation, operation, and maintenance associated with carrying out such alternatives.

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Official text

Aleut Confinement and Relocation Sites Study Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] · 0 cosponsors

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Record fed-us-cong113-s2716 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113