Minuteman Missile National Historic Site Establishment Act of 1999

Summary: Minuteman Missile National Historic Site Establishment Act of 1999 - Establishes the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, in South Dakota, as a unit of the National Park System. 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to prepare a general management plan for the Site and to consider coordinating or consolidating appropriate administrative, management, and personnel functions of the Site and the Badlands National Park. 
Authorizes appropriations.  Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to transfer to the Secretary any funds specifically appropriated to the Air Force in FY 1999 for the maintenance, protection, or preservation of the land or interests in lands comprising the Minuteman II ICBM launch control facilities, including areas surrounding the facilities known as Delta 1 and Delta 9.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Minuteman Missile National Historic 
Site Establishment Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
        (1) the Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile 
    (referred to in this Act as ``ICBM'') launch control facility and 
    launch facility known as ``Delta 1'' and ``Delta 9'', respectively, 
    have national significance as the best preserved examples of the 
    operational character of American history during the Cold War;
        (2) the facilities are symbolic of the dedication and 
    preparedness exhibited by the missileers of the Air Force stationed 
    throughout the upper Great Plains in remote and forbidding 
    locations during the Cold War;
        (3) the facilities provide a unique opportunity to illustrate 
    the history and significance of the Cold War, the arms race, and 
    ICBM development; and
        (4) the National Park System does not contain a unit that 
    specifically commemorates or interprets the Cold War.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
        (1) to preserve, protect, and interpret for the benefit and 
    enjoyment of present and future generations the structures 
    associated with the Minuteman II missile defense system;
        (2) to interpret the historical role of the Minuteman II 
    missile defense system--
            (A) as a key component of America's strategic commitment to 
        preserve world peace; and
            (B) in the broader context of the Cold War; and
        (3) to complement the interpretive programs relating to the 
    Minuteman II missile defense system offered by the South Dakota Air 
    and Space Museum at Ellsworth Air Force Base.

SEC. 3. MINUTEMAN MISSILE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE.

    (a) Establishment.--
        (1) In general.--The Minuteman Missile National Historic Site 
    in the State of South Dakota (referred to in this Act as the 
    ``historic site'') is established as a unit of the National Park 
    System.
        (2) Components of site.--The historic site shall consist of the 
    land and interests in land comprising the Minuteman II ICBM launch 
    control facilities, as generally depicted on the map referred to as 
    ``Minuteman Missile National Historic Site'', numbered 406/80,008 
    and dated September, 1998, including--
            (A) the area surrounding the Minuteman II ICBM launch 
        control facility depicted as ``Delta 1 Launch Control 
        Facility''; and
            (B) the area surrounding the Minuteman II ICBM launch 
        control facility depicted as ``Delta 9 Launch Facility''.
        (3) Availability of map.--The map described in paragraph (2) 
    shall be on file and available for public inspection in the 
    appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
        (4) Adjustments to boundary.--The Secretary of the Interior 
    (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') is authorized to 
    make minor adjustments to the boundary of the historic site.
    (b) Administration of Historic Site.--The Secretary shall 
administer the historic site in accordance with this Act and laws 
generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including--
        (1) the Act entitled ``An Act to establish a National Park 
    Service, and for other purposes'', approved August 25, 1916 (16 
    U.S.C. 1 et seq.); and
        (2) the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the preservation 
    of historic American sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities of 
    national significance, and for other purposes'', approved August 
    21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.).
    (c) Coordination With Heads of Other Agencies.--The Secretary shall 
consult with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State, as 
appropriate, to ensure that the administration of the historic site is 
in compliance with applicable treaties.
    (d) Cooperative Agreements.--The Secretary may enter into 
cooperative agreements with appropriate public and private entities and 
individuals to carry out this Act.
    (e) Land Acquisition.--
        (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
    Secretary may acquire land and interests in land within the 
    boundaries of the historic site by--
            (A) donation;
            (B) purchase with donated or appropriated funds; or
            (C) exchange or transfer from another Federal agency.
        (2) Prohibited acquisitions.--
            (A) Contaminated land.--The Secretary shall not acquire any 
        land under this Act if the Secretary determines that the land 
        to be acquired, or any portion of the land, is contaminated 
        with hazardous substances (as defined in section 101 of the 
        Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
        Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601)), unless, with respect 
        to the land, all remedial action necessary to protect human 
        health and the environment has been taken under that Act.
            (B) South dakota land.--The Secretary may acquire land or 
        an interest in land owned by the State of South Dakota only by 
        donation or exchange.
    (f) General Management Plan.--
        (1) In general.--Not later than 3 years after the date funds 
    are made available to carry out this Act, the Secretary shall 
    prepare a general management plan for the historic site.
        (2) Contents of plan.--
            (A) New site location.--The plan shall include an 
        evaluation of appropriate locations for a visitor facility and 
        administrative site within the areas depicted on the map 
        described in subsection (a)(2) as--
                (i) ``Support Facility Study Area--Alternative A''; or
                (ii) ``Support Facility Study Area--Alternative B''.
            (B) New site boundary modification.--On a determination by 
        the Secretary of the appropriate location for a visitor 
        facility and administrative site, the boundary of the historic 
        site shall be modified to include the selected site.
        (3) Coordination with badlands national park.--In developing 
    the plan, the Secretary shall consider coordinating or 
    consolidating appropriate administrative, management, and personnel 
    functions of the historic site and the Badlands National Park.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as are necessary to carry out this Act.
    (b) Air Force Funds.--
        (1) Transfer.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall transfer to 
    the Secretary any funds specifically appropriated to the Air Force 
    in fiscal year 1999 for the maintenance, protection, or 
    preservation of the land or interests in land described in section 
    3.
        (2) Use of air force funds.--Funds transferred under paragraph 
    (1) shall be used by the Secretary for establishing, operating, and 
    maintaining the historic site.
    (c) Legacy Resource Management Program.--Nothing in this Act 
affects the use of any funds available for the Legacy Resource 
Management Program being carried out by the Air Force that, before the 
date of enactment of this Act, were directed to be used for resource 
preservation and treaty compliance.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.