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Salem Maritime National Historical Park Redesignation and Boundary Study ActSection 3 › Proposal

The Secretary of the Interior is to conduct a boundary study

To redesignate the Salem Maritime National Historic Site as the “Salem Maritime National Historical Park”, and for other purposes, section 3, Sec. 3. Written by .

The Secretary of the Interior is to conduct a boundary study

The document says “shallWho acts: Secretary of the InteriorHow: statuteSec. 3 in the PDF
What the document says

“The Secretary shall conduct a boundary study to evaluate the suitability and feasibility of including in the National Park System, as part of the Salem Maritime National Historical Park (as redesignated by section 2(a)), sites and resources in the study area”

To redesignate the Salem Maritime National Historic Site as the “Salem Maritime National Historical Park”, and for other purposes, Sec. 3

Subsection (a). It directs the Secretary of the Interior to study whether sites and resources in the study area are suitable and feasible for inclusion in the National Park System as part of the park redesignated by section 2(a). The subsection names three subjects the sites and resources are to be associated with: maritime history, coastal defenses, and military history, including National Guard and militia activity. It does not itself move any boundary.

What the document actually says

“The Secretary shall conduct a boundary study to evaluate the suitability and feasibility of including in the National Park System, as part of the Salem Maritime National Historical Park (as redesignated by section 2(a)), sites and resources in the study area”

To redesignate the Salem Maritime National Historic Site as the “Salem Maritime National Historical Park”, and for other purposes, Sec. 3
That sentence, in plain words

The Secretary must run a study. It asks if land near the park should be added to it.

What this is about

A study like this asks two things. Is the land a good fit? Can it be done? The land they look at has ties to ships, to old forts, and to war.

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