Pub. L. 101-628, tit. VI, sec. 602

Sec. 602. (a) The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, shall conduct a study of alternatives for commemorating and interpreting the Underground Railroad, the approximate routes taken by slaves escaping to free-104 STAT. 4496dom before the conclusion of the Civil War. The study shall include— (1) the consideration of the establishment of a new unit of the national park system; (2) the consideration of the establishment of various appropriate designations for those routes and sites utilized by the Underground Railroad, and alternative means to link those sites, including in Canada and Mexico; (3) recommendations for cooperative arrangements with State and local governments, local historical organizations, and other entities; and (4) cost estimates for the alternatives. (b) The study shall be— (1) conducted with public involvement and in consultation with the advisory committee established by section 4, State and local officials, scholarly and other interested organizations and individuals, (2) completed no later than two years after the date on which funds are made available for the study, and (3) submitted to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.