Fort Clatsop Suggested Historic Area Report

Public Law 590, 84th Congress, approved June 18, 1956, authorized and directed the Secretary of the Interior to investigate and report to the Congress as to the advisability of establishing Fort Clatsop, Oregon, as a national monument. The present report is a result of that authorization.

The full text of the Act is as follows:

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to make a full and complete investigation of the advisability of establishing Fort Clatsop, located in Clatsop County, Oregon, as a national monument.

SEC. 2. As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall report to the Congress the results of such investigation and study made by him under the first section of this Act, together with such recommendations as he deems appropriate. Such report shall contain specific findings with respect to (1) the national historical importance of the proposed memorial, (2) the size, present status and condition of Fort Clatsop, and (3) the estimated total cost of establishing such memorial.

Approved June 18, 1956