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PUBLIC LAW 101-603—NOV. 16, 1990 104 STAT. 3065 Public Law 101-603 101st Congress An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain lands to be added to the Nov. 16, 1990 Fort Raleigh Nationed Historic Site in North Carolina. [H.R. 5497] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. PURPOSE OF FORT RALEIGH NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE. 16 USC 461 note. The purpose of Fort Raleigh National Historic Site (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "historic site") shall be the preservation and interpretation of^ (1) the first English colony in the New World; and (2) the history of the Native Americans, European Americans, and African Americans who lived on Roanoke Island, North Carolina. SEC. 2. ADDITION OF LANDS TO FORT RALEIGH NATIONAL HISTORIC 16 USC 461 note. SITE. (a) AUTHORITY FOR ACQUISITION.—The Secretary of the Interior may acquire through purchase, donation, or exchange all right, title, and interest in and to the lands described in subsection (b). Upon acquisition, the lands shall be added to and administered as part of the historic site. (b) DESCRIPTION OF LANDS.— The lands referred to in subsection (a) are the approximately 335 acres depicted on the map entitled "Fort Raleigh National Historic Site Expansion", numbered 383/80,001A, dated October 1990, and on file with the Director of the National Park Service. SEC. 3. RESEARiCH. 16 USC 461 note. The Secretary, in consultation with scholarly and other historic organizations, shall undertake research on the history and archaeology of the historic site, and the associated peoples and events. SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 16 USC 461 note. There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act. Approved November 16, 1990. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 5497: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 101-840, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 136 (1990): Oct. 10, considered and passed House. Oct. 27, considered and passed Senate.