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S. 2801119th Congress
Official title: Canterbury Shaker Village National Heritage Area Study Authorization Act
Introduced:
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The bill funds a study on whether Canterbury Shaker Village should become a National Heritage Area, not the designation itself.
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This bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to study whether Canterbury Shaker Village in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, should be designated a National Heritage Area. It does not create the heritage area itself, only authorizes the research needed to evaluate that possibility.
The study directly affects residents of Merrimack County and New Hampshire, plus historians, museum operators, and tourism businesses tied to the Shaker Village. Other Americans see no direct effect since it only funds a feasibility study.
The outcome could shape future decisions on tourism, preservation, and educational programming at the historic site, but no designation or new federal program results from this bill alone.
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Right now: a Senate committee is reviewing it. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.