Chapter 489. To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to investigate and report to Congress on the advisability and practicability of establishing a national park to be known as the Upper Mississippi National Park in the States of Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota
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CHAP. 489.— An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to investigate and report to Congress on the advisability and practicability of establishing a national park to be known as the Upper Mississippi National Park in the States of Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. June 14, 1930.[[H. R. 4020](/us/bill/71/hr/4020).][[Public, No. 358](/us/pl/71/358).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Upper Mississippi National Park.Investigation, etc., as to desirability of establishing, by Secretary of the Interior.Area included.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to investigate and report to Congress as to the desirability and practicability of establishing a national park, to be known as the Upper Mississippi National Park, along the Mississippi River in the counties of Jackson, Dubuque, Clayton, and Allamakee of the State of Iowa; the county of Jo Daviess of the State of Illinois; the counties of Grant, Crawford, Vernon, La Crosse, Trempealeau, Buffalo, Pepin, and Pierce of the State of Wisconsin; and the counties of Houston, Winona, Wabasha, Goodhue, Dakota, and Washington of the State of Minnesota and vicinity for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of the United States and to preserve said area in its natural state, including Extent of report.in his report full information as to the ownership, value, estimated cost to acquire, and character of the lands involved and his opinion as to whether such areas measure up to national-park standards.
Approved, June 14, 1930.