,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddag  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #g1 #bjad ,ms4
 ,norton introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
direct the ,secretary of the ,interior  
to conduct a special resources study to 
determine the suitability and           
feasibility of entering into            
public-private partnerships to operate  
federally owned golf courses in the     
,district of ,columbia1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,national park service   
study and report  7a7 ,study ,process   
and ,completion ,the ,secretary of the  
,interior1 acting through the ,director 
of the ,national ,park ,service1 shall  
conduct a special resources study to    
determine the suitability and           
feasibility of entering into            
public-private partnerships with        
non-,federal entities to operate ,east  
,potomac ,golf ,course1 ,langston ,golf 
,course1 and ,rock ,creek ,park ,golf   

,course1 located in the ,district of    
,columbia4 ,the ,secretary shall conduct
 the study in accordance with section   
#h7;c7 of ,public ,law #ia-chc 7#af     
,u4,s4,c4 #a;a-#e7;c774  7b7            
,considerations ,in conducting the study
 pursuant to subsection 7a71 the        
,secretary shall assume that--  7#a7 one
 of the three golf courses will be a    
world-class1 tournament-quality public  
course1 with playing fees commensurate  
with such courses2  7#b7 the other two  
golf courses shall be public courses of 
substantially similar quality to        
top-ranked courses owned by cities1     
towns1 counties1 and ,states2 and  7#c7 
the playing fees for the two courses    
referred to in paragraph 7#b7 shall     
remain the same as they are on the date 
of the enactment of this ,act1 but shall
 be indexed annually to the ,consumer   
,price ,index as determined by the      
,bureau of ,labor ,statistics4  7c7     
,report ,not later than #c years after  
the date on which funds are made        

available to carry out this ,act1 the   
,secretary shall submit to the          
,committee on ,natural ,resources of the
 ,house of ,representatives and the     
,committee on ,energy and ,natural      
,resources of the ,senate a report      
containing--  7#a7 the results of the   
study1 including a determination of     
which golf course would be best suitable
 as the world-class1 tournament-quality 
public course referred to in subsection 
7b77#a72 and  7#b7 any recommendations  
of the ,secretary4