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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
S. 216 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource 
study to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating Estate 
Grange and other sites related to Alexander Hamilton’s life on the 
island of St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands as a unit of 
the National Park System, and for other purposes. 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 13, 2009 
Mr. HATCH introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
special resource study to determine the suitability and 
feasibility of designating Estate Grange and other sites 
related to Alexander Hamilton’s life on the island of 
St. Croix in the United States 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. SHORT TITLE. 
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Alexander Hamilton 
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Boyhood Home Study Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
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Congress finds that— 
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(1) Alexander Hamilton, a native of the former 
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British colonies in the Caribbean, moved with his 
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family to St. Croix in 1765; 
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(2) Alexander Hamilton, who resided on St. 
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Croix during his formative years and until he left for 
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New York in 1772, was first exposed to commerce 
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and business in the United States Virgin Islands 
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while clerking for the Christiansted branch of 
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Beekman and Cruger, a New York-based merchant 
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house; 
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(3) St. Croix is where Alexander Hamilton, the 
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future author of the Federalist Papers learned to 
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write for the public, from his teenage contributions 
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to the Royal Danish American Gazette; 
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(4) Alexander Hamilton’s mother, Rachel 
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Fawcett Levine, died in 1768 and was buried at Es-
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tate Grange; and 
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(5) the M. K. Armstrong Trust currently owns 
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and administers the 115-acre estate. 
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SEC. 3. STUDY. 
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(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior (re-
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ferred to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’), in consultation 
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with the Governor of the Virgin Islands, shall conduct a 
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special resource study of Estate Grange and other sites 
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and resources associated with Alexander Hamilton’s life 
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on St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands. 
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(b) CONTENTS.—In conducting the study under sub-
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section (a), the Secretary shall evaluate— 
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(1) the national significance of the sites and re-
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sources; and 
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(2) the suitability and feasibility of designating 
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the sites and resources as a unit of the National 
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Park System. 
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(c) CRITERIA.—The criteria for the study of areas 
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for potential inclusion in the National Park System con-
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tained in section 8 of Public Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a– 
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5) shall apply to the study under subsection (a). 
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(d) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 
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on which funds are first made available for the study 
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under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the 
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Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-
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resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
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Resources of the Senate a report containing— 
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(1) the results of the study; and 
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(2) any findings, conclusions, and recommenda-
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tions of the Secretary. 
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SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
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There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
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as are necessary to carry out this Act. 
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