To direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating Fort Gaines and Fort Morgan in Alabama as units of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

This bill, introduced in 2002, would have required the Department of the Interior to conduct a formal study to determine if Fort Gaines and Fort Morgan in Alabama should become part of the National Park System. The study would have evaluated whether these historic Civil War-era sites met the necessary criteria for national significance, suitability, and feasibility for federal management.

For citizens, the bill’s primary impact would have been the potential transition of these state-managed landmarks into federally protected national parks, which often brings increased federal funding, preservation resources, and national tourism visibility. However, the bill did not advance past the initial stages of the legislative process and never became law.