United StatesSenate bill would order Interior to study making Canterbury Shaker Village a National Heritage Area
This Senate bill, reported from committee, would require the Interior Secretary to study whether Canterbury Shaker Village in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, should be designated a National Heritage Area.
What it does
The Interior Secretary would study whether the Canterbury Shaker Village landmark in New Hampshire is suitable and feasible as a National Heritage Area, consulting state and local groups.
Argument forA study could show whether heritage-area status would help protect and share the village's history, which the bill's findings call nationally significant.
Argument againstThe study uses Interior Department staff time, and the text shown provides no money for it, so it may compete with other agency work.
More detail
The Secretary of the Interior would conduct a study to assess whether designating the study area as the Canterbury Shaker Village National Heritage Area is suitable and feasible. The study area is the boundaries of the Canterbury Shaker Village National Historic Landmark in Merrimack County, New Hampshire. The Secretary must consult State and local historic preservation officers, historical societies, tourism offices, and other appropriate organizations and agencies. The bill orders a study only; it does not create the heritage area.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Sep 17Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.Latest
- Sep 17Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 643.
- Jul 29Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jul 21Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
- 2025
- Sep 15Introduced in Senate
- Sep 15Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.Introduced
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