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Union Calendar No. 384 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2663 
[Report No. 108–640] 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasi-
bility of designating Castle Nugent Farms located on St. Croix, Virgin 
Islands, as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 8, 2003 
Mrs. CHRISTENSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources 
SEPTEMBER 7, 2004 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suit-
ability 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 Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STUDY REGARDING 
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CASTLE NUGENT FARMS. 
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(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Castle Nugent Farms, located on the south-
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eastern shore of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, is 
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the largest parcel of privately-held land in the Virgin 
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Islands and has been an operating cattle ranch for 
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50 years. 
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(2) This land has the largest and healthiest 
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fringing coral reef anywhere in the Virgin Islands. 
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(3) It consists of Caribbean dry forest and 
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pasturelands with considerable cultural resources in-
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cluding both pre-Columbian and post-European set-
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tlement. 
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(4) Castle Nugent Farms contains a large his-
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toric 17th century Danish estate house that sits on 
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over 4 miles of pristine Caribbean oceanfront prop-
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erty. 
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(5) In addition to being an area for turtle nest-
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ing and night heron nesting, it is the home for the 
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Senepol cattle breed, a unique breed of cattle that 
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was developed on St. Croix in the early 1900’s to 
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adapt to the island’s climate. 
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(b) STUDY.—The Secretary of the Interior shall carry 
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out a study regarding the suitability and feasibility of des-
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ignating Castle Nugent Farms as a unit of the National 
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Park System. 
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(c) STUDY PROCESS
AND COMPLETION.—Section 
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8(c) of Public Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–5(c)) shall 
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apply to the conduct and completion of the study required 
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by this section. 
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Union Calendar No. 384 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2663 
[Report No. 108–640] 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study 
the suitability and feasibility of designating Cas-
tle Nugent Farms located on St. Croix, Virgin Is-
lands, as a unit of the National Park System, 
and for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 7, 2004 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed