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Salem Maritime National Historical Park Redesignation and Boundary Study Act
This act redesignates the Salem Maritime National Historic Site in Massachusetts as the Salem Maritime National Historical Park. In addition, the act directs the Department of the Interior to conduct and report on a boundary study. The study must evaluate the suitability and feasibility of including in the National Park System, as part of the Salem Maritime National Historical Park, sites and resources in the study area associated with its maritime history, coastal defenses, and military history.
- Measure
- H.R. 2215 · 119th Congress
- Latest action
- July 15, 2025
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- 1
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- CRS summary (Public Law) · Congress.gov
Became Public Law No: 119-25.
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House · May 14, 2025
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 382 - 31 (Roll no. 125).
382 yea · 31 nay · 19 other · Republicans 182–31 · Democrats 200–0 · Official record
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Redesignates the Salem Maritime National Historic Site in Massachusetts as the Salem Maritime National Historical Park.
In addition, the act directs the Department of the Interior to conduct and report on a boundary study. The study must evaluate the suitability and feasibility of including in the National Park System, as part of the Salem Maritime National Historical Park, sites and resources in the study area associated with its maritime history, coastal defenses, and military history.
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