H. R. 318
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and six 
An Act 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility 
of designating Castle Nugent Farms located on St. Croix, Virgin Islands, as 
a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STUDY REGARDING CASTLE 
NUGENT FARMS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Castle Nugent Farms, located on the southeastern shore 
of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, is the largest parcel of pri-
vately-held land in the Virgin Islands and has been an oper-
ating cattle ranch for 50 years. 
(2) This land has the largest and healthiest fringing coral 
reef anywhere in the Virgin Islands. 
(3) It consists of Caribbean dry forest and pasturelands 
with considerable cultural resources including both pre-Colum-
bian and post-European settlement. 
(4) Castle Nugent Farms contains a large historic 17th 
century Danish estate house that sits on over 4 miles of pristine 
Caribbean oceanfront property. 
(5) In addition to being an area for turtle nesting and 
night heron nesting, it is the home for the Senepol cattle 
breed, a unique breed of cattle that was developed on St. 
Croix in the early 1900’s to adapt to the island’s climate. 
(b) STUDY.—The Secretary of the Interior shall carry out a 
study regarding the suitability and feasibility of designating Castle 
Nugent Farms as a unit of the National Park System. 
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(c) STUDY PROCESS AND COMPLETION.—Section 8(c) of Public 
Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–5(c)) shall apply to the conduct and 
completion of the study required by this section.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.