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103 STAT. 1952 PUBLIC LAW 101-229—DEC. 13, 1989 TITLE II—FORT JEFFERSON NATIONAL MONUMENT REDESIGNATION STUDY SEC. 201. FORT JEFFERSON NATIONAL MONUMENT REDESIGNATION STUDY. The Secretary shall prepare and transmit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives, not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, a feasibility and suitability study of expanding and redesignating Fort Jefferson National Monument in the Dry Tortugas as Fort Jefferson National Park. The study shall include cost estimates for any necessary acquisition, development, operation, and maintenance, as well as alternatives, including a joint Federal and State manage- ment scheme, to further protect the waters, reef tracts, fisheries, and shallow banks in and around the Florida Keys and Fort Jeffer- son National Monument. Approved December 13, 1989. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1727 (S. 724): HOUSE REPORTS: No. 101-182, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs) and Pt. 2 (Comm. on Public Works and Transportation). SENATE REPORTS: No. 101-168 accompanying S. 724 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 135 (1989): Nov. 7, considered and passed House. Nov. 21, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 724. House concurred in Senate amendment. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 25 (1989): Dec. 13, Presidential statement.