SHENANDOAH VALLEY CIVIL WAR SITES STUDY.

SEC. 1204. SHENANDOAH VALLEY CIVIL WAR SITES STUDY. (a) Study.— (1) The Secretary is authorized and directed to prepare a study of Shenandoah Valley Civil War sites. Such study shall identify the sites, determine the relative significance of such sites, assess short- and long-term threats to their integrity, and provide alternatives for the preservation and interpretation of such sites by Federal, State, and local governments, or other public or private entities, as may be appropriate. Such alternatives may include, but shall not be limited to, designation as units of the National Park System or as affiliated areas. The study shall examine methods and make recommendations to continue current land use practices, such as agriculture, where feasible. (2) The Secretary shall designate at least two nationally recognized Civil War historians to participate in the study required by paragraph (1). (3) The study shall include the views and recommendations of the National Park System Advisory Board. (b) Transmittal to Congress.—Not later than 1 year after the date that funds are made available for the study referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary shall transmit such study to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate.