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Bill Calls For Study Of Cold War Sites
Plane Crash Site On Mt. Charleston To Be Studied

LAS VEGAS -- The U.S. Senate has passed a federal lands bill that officials said will move several stalled Nevada projects forward.

Part of the umbrella bill calls for a study of sites that played key roles in the Cold War, including a plane crash site on Mount Charleston.

H.R.5139
Title: To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a theme study to identify sites and resources to commemorate and interpret the Cold War.

Sponsor: Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1] (introduced 1/28/2008) Cosponsors (2)
Related Bills: S.2561
Latest Major Action: 1/30/2008 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

1/28/2008--Introduced.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) conduct a national historic landmark theme study to identify sites and resources in the United States that are significant to the Cold War; (2) establish the Cold War Advisory Committee; and (3) prepare and publish an interpretive handbook on such War and disseminate information gathered through the study.