Beaufort, South Carolina Study Area Act of 2002

Beaufort, South Carolina Study Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study and report to specified congressional committees on whether an area comprised of historical sites in the historic district of Beaufort, South Carolina, relating to the Reconstruction Era or individual sites within the area are suitable for inclusion in the National Park System (NPS).

Requires the Secretary to conduct and report to specified congressional committees on a National Historic Landmark theme study to identify sites and resources throughout the United States that are significant to the Reconstruction Era. Requires such study to include recommendations for commemorating and interpreting identified sites and resources (including sites for which new national historic landmarks should be nominated and sites for which further study for potential inclusion in the NPS is needed).

Authorizes appropriations.