110 STAT. 4204 PUBLIC LAW 104-333—NOV. 12, 1996 Notification. Tallgrass Prairie National I*reserve Act of 1996. Kansas. 16 USC 698u note. 16 USC 698u. SEC. 902. ILLINOIS AND MICHIGAN CANAL NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR The Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-398; 16 U.S.C. 461 note) is amended by inserting after section 117 the following new section: "SEC. 118. STUDY OF POSSIBLE ADDITIONS TO CORRIDOR. 'The Commission shall undertake a study to determine whether the Joliet Army Ammunition Plant and the Calumet-Sag and Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canals should be added to the corridor. The study shall specifically examine the relationship between the purposes of this Act and the areas proposed for study and shall identify any specific resources which are related to the purposes for which the corridor was established. The study shall propose boundaries which provide for the inclusion of any related resources within the corridor. The Commission shall submit the study to the Secretary and the appropriate congressional committees. Upon receipt of the study, the Secretary shall determine which lands (if any) should be added to the corridor and shall so notify the appropriate congressional committees.". TITLE X—MISCELLANEOUS Subtitle A—Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE. This subtitle may be cited as the "Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Act of 1996". SEC. 1002. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) FINDINGS. — Congress finds that— (1) of the 400,000 square miles of tallgrass prairie that once covered the North American Continent, less than 1 percent remains, primarily in the Flint Hills of Kansas; (2) in 1991, the National Park Service conducted a special resource study of the Spring Hill Ranch, located in the Flint Hills of Kansas; (3) the study concludes that the Spring Hill Ranch— (A) is a nationally significant example of the once vast tallgrass ecosystem, and includes buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places pursuant to section 101 of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470a) that represent outstanding examples of Second Empire and other 19th Century architectural styles; and (B) is suitable and feasible as a potential addition to the National Park System; and (4) the National Park Trust, which owns the Spring Hill Ranch, has agreed to permit the National Park Service— (A) to purchase a portion of the ranch, as specified in the subtitle; and (B) to manage the ranch in order to— (i) conserve the scenery, natural and historic objects, and wildlife of the ranch; and (ii) provide for the enjoyment of the ranch in such a manner and by such means as will leave the scenery,
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