Canterbury Shaker Village National Heritage Area Study Authorization Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 2801 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2801 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating the Canterbury Shaker Village National Heritage Area, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 15, 2025 Ms. Hassan (for herself and Mr. Tillis) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating the Canterbury Shaker Village National Heritage Area, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Canterbury Shaker Village National Heritage Area Study Authorization Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds that-- (1) Canterbury Shaker Village, which was established in 1792, has played a prominent role in the history of the United Society of Believers, commonly known as the ``Shakers'', which was the longest-lived and most successful of the several utopian experiments of the 19th century in the United States; (2) the advent and growth of the Shaker movement was a significant component of a transformational religious and social fervor in the United States-- (A) which is known as the ``Second Great Awakening''; and (B) that led to the development of a number of churches and sects that diversified and enriched the society of the United States; (3) the Shakers-- (A) were a communal and celibate religious group that saw work, music, and dance as worship; (B) practiced equality of the sexes, pacifism, and tech