Today, December 4, 2007, the House of Representatives examined HR 3998, "America's Historical and Natural Legacy Study Act". The bill's description:

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct special resources studies of certain lands and structures to determine the appropriate means for preservation, use, and management of the resources associated with such lands and structures.

In the text of the bill, there is a list of ten historical and natural sites, from the site of the Battle of Camden to Harry Truman's birthplace to the Mississippi River itself, and it authorizes the Department of the Interior to study ways to preserve the sites and possibly integrate some into the National Parks system. It's a study only.

HR 3998 passed, by a vote of 326 to 79.

Congressman Tim Walberg voted No. He was the only member of the Michigan delegation to vote against the bill.

Nice. I guess someone didn't like history class field trips.

Labels: 110th Congress, Historical Preservation, Issues, Tim Walberg, Walberg Voting Record