,,ii  #aai? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,s4 #bhja  ,,9 ,,! ,,s5ate ,,( ,,!      
,,unit$ ,,/ates  ,septemb] #ae1         
#bjbe,ms4 ,hassan 7= h]self & ,mr4      
,tillis7 introduc$ ! foll[+ bill2 :i* 0 
read twice & ref]r$ to ! ,committee on  
,en]gy & ,natural ,res\rces  ,a ,,bill  
,to au?orize ! ,secret>y ( ! ,int]ior to
 conduct a /udy to assess ! suitability 
& feasibility ( designat+ ! ,cant]bury  
,%ak] ,village ,national ,h]itage ,area1
 & = o!r purposes4  #a4 ,%ort title ,?is
 ,act may be cit$ z ! ,cant]bury ,%ak]  
,village ,national ,h]itage ,area ,/udy 
,au?orization ,act4  #b4 ,f9d+s         
,congress f9ds t-- 7#a7 ,cant]bury ,%ak]
 ,village1 :i* 0 e/abli%$ 9 #agib1 has  
play$ a prom95t role 9 ! hi/ory ( !     
,unit$ ,society ( ,believ]s1 commonly   
kn[n z ! ,%ak]s1 :i* 0 ! longe/-liv$ &  
mo/ successful ( ! sev]al utopian       
exp]im5ts ( ! #ai? c5tury 9 ! ,unit$    
,/ates2  7#b7 ! adv5t & gr[? ( ! ,%ak]  
movem5t 0 a significant compon5t ( a    
trans=mational religi\s & social f]vor 9

 ! ,unit$ ,/ates-- 7,a7 :i* is kn[n z ! 
,second ,great ,awak5+2 &  7,b7 t l$ to 
! developm5t ( a numb] ( *ur*es & sects 
t div]sifi$ & enri*$ ! society ( !      
,unit$ ,/ates2  7#c7 ! ,%ak]s-- 7,a7 7 a
 communal & celibate religi\s gr\p t saw
 "w1 music1 & dance z wor%ip2  7,b7     
practic$ equality ( ! sexes1 pacifism1 &
 te*nological inv5tion2 &  7,c7 by      
)draw+ f ! l>g] society1 develop$ a     
ref9$ & ae/hetically significant        
expression ( ar*itecture1 decorative    
arts1 & utilit>ian objects t are n[ kn[n
 & /udi$ ?r\gh\t ! _w2  7#d7 ,cant]bury 
,%ak] ,village play$ an increas+ly      
important role 9 ! ,%ak] movem5t1       
ev5tually becom+ ! home ( ! ,%ak]       
,c5tral ,m9i/ry1 :i* sup]vis$ !         
consolidation at ,cant]bury ,%ak]       
,village ( o!r ,%ak] settlem5ts z ! o!r 
settlem5ts decl9$ & clos$ dur+ ! #bj?   
c5tury1 pres]v+ & di/ill+ remnants ( !  
societies at a s+le site2  7#e7         
,cant]bury ,%ak] ,village 0 ! only ,%ak]
 community to delib]ately trans=m !     

community f a religi\s society to a     
nonpr(it museum1 ,cant]bury ,%ak]       
,village1 ,inc41 to :i*1 9 #aifi1       
,cant]bury ,%ak] ,village convey$ ! l&1 
build+s1 furni%+s1 & ar*ives (          
,cant]bury ,%ak] ,village z an intact   
legacy2  7#f7 9 #aiib1 9 recognition ( !
 hi/orical significance & physical      
integrity ( ,cant]bury ,%ak] ,village1  
,cant]bury ,%ak] ,village 0 designat$ z 
a ,national ,hi/oric ,l&m>k2  7#g7 z ( !
 date ( enactm5t ( ?is ,act1 ,cant]bury 
,%ak] ,village includes-- 7,a7          
approximately #gjj acres ( l&2  7,b7 #be
 build+s2 &  7,c7 ext5sive & v]ifi$     
ar*aeological res\rces1 g>d5s1 or*>ds1 a
 community cemet]y1 miles ( roadways1   
/one culv]ts & walls1 & a *a9 ( manmade 
ponds t h p[]$ a range ( indu/ries1     
includ+ "s indu/ries t d]iv$ f !        
inv5tions ( ! ,%ak]s2 &  7#h7 ,cant]bury
 ,%ak] ,village has be5 ! b5efici>y (   
ye>s ( conc5trat$ survey+1 mapp+1       
photographic recordation1 ar*aeological 
inve/igation1 & docum5t>y rese>* & writ+

 t-- 7,a7 reflect a fasc9ation on ! "p (
 ! outside _w ) ,cant]bury ,%ak]        
,village t began 9 ! e>ly #ahjjs2  7,b7 
are s*ol>ly & popul> 9 nature2 &  7,c7 h
 def9$ a cultural l&scape & a hi/orical 
legacy t is ( national significance &   
high educational & ae/hetic value to ! p
 ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates4  #c4 ,def9itions ,9 
?is ,act3 7#a7 ,secret>y ,! t]m         
,secret>y means ! ,secret>y ( !         
,int]ior4  7#b7 ,/ate ,! t]m ,/ate means
 ! ,/ate ( ,new ,hamp%ire4  7#c7 ,/udy  
area ,! t]m /udy area means ! geographic
 b\nd>ies ( ! ,cant]bury ,%ak] ,village 
,national ,hi/oric ,l&m>k locat$ 9      
,m]rimack ,c\nty1 ,new ,hamp%ire4  #d4  
,cant]bury ,%ak] ,village ,national     
,h]itage ,area /udy ,! ,secret>y1 9     
consultation ) ,/ate & local hi/oric    
pres]vation (fic]s1 ,/ate & local       
hi/orical societies1 ,/ate & local      
t\rism (fices1 & o!r appropriate        
organizations & gov]nm5tal ag5cies & 9  
accordance ) section #abjajc7;a7 ( title
 #ed1 ,unit$ ,/ates ,code1 %all conduct 

a /udy to assess ! suitability &        
feasibility ( designat+ ! /udy area z a 
,national ,h]itage ,area1 to be kn[n z !
 ,cant]bury ,%ak] ,village ,national    
,h]itage ,area4