Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site Act of 1999

Summary: Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site Act of 1999 - Establishes as an affiliated National Park System (NPS) area, the Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site in the State of Ohio. 
Requires the Site to be administered in a manner consistent with this Act and all laws generally applicable to NPS units. 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Metropolitan Park District of the Toledo Area (management entity) to provide technical assistance to ensure the marking, research, interpretation, education, and preservation of the Site.  Makes any payments by the Secretary pursuant to this Act subject to an agreement that conversion, use, or disposal of the project so assisted for purposes contrary to this Act shall result in a right of the U.S. to reimbursement of all funds made available to such project or the proportion of the increased value of the project attributable to such funds as determined at the time of such conversion, use of disposal, whichever is greater.  Directs the Secretary to develop and transmit to specified congressional committees a general management plan for the Site within two years after the date funds are made available. 
Authorizes appropriations.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort 
Miamis National Historic Site Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act:
        (1) The term ``historic site'' means the Fallen Timbers 
    Battlefield and Monument and Fort Miamis National Historic Site 
    established by section 4 of this Act.
        (2) The term ``management plan'' means the general management 
    plan developed pursuant to section 5(d).
        (3) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Interior.
        (4) The term ``management entity'' means the Metropolitan Park 
    District of the Toledo Area.
        (5) The term ``technical assistance'' means any guidance, 
    advice, or other aid, other than financial assistance, provided by 
    the Secretary.

SEC. 3. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
        (1) The 185-acre Fallen Timbers Battlefield is the site of the 
    1794 battle between General Anthony Wayne and a confederation of 
    Native American tribes led by Little Turtle and Blue Jacket.
        (2) Fort Miamis was occupied by General Wayne's legion from 
    1796 to 1798.
        (3) In the spring of 1813, British troops, led by General Henry 
    Proctor, landed at Fort Miamis and attacked the fort twice, without 
    success.
        (4) Fort Miamis and Fallen Timbers Battlefield are in Lucas 
    County, Ohio, in the city of Maumee.
        (5) The 9-acre Fallen Timbers Battlefield Monument is listed as 
    a National Historic Landmark.
        (6) Fort Miamis is listed in the National Register of Historic 
    Places as a historic site.
        (7) In 1959, the Fallen Timbers Battlefield was included in the 
    National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings as 1 of 22 sites 
    representing the ``Advance of the Frontier, 1763-1830''.
        (8) In 1960, the Fallen Timbers Battlefield was designated as a 
    National Historic Landmark.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
        (1) to recognize and preserve the 185-acre Fallen Timbers 
    Battlefield site;
        (2) to recognize and preserve the Fort Miamis site;
        (3) to formalize the linkage of the Fallen Timbers Battlefield 
    and Monument to Fort Miamis;
        (4) to preserve and interpret United States military history 
    and Native American culture during the period from 1794 through 
    1813;
        (5) to provide assistance to the State of Ohio, political 
    subdivisions of the State, and nonprofit organizations in the State 
    to implement the management plan and develop programs that will 
    preserve and interpret the historical, cultural, natural, 
    recreational and scenic resources of the historic site; and
        (6) to authorize the Secretary to provide technical assistance 
    to the State of Ohio, political subdivisions of the State, and 
    nonprofit organizations in the State, including the Ohio Historical 
    Society, the city of Maumee, the Maumee Valley Heritage Corridor, 
    the Fallen Timbers Battlefield Commission, Heidelberg College, the 
    city of Toledo, and the Metropark District of the Toledo Area, to 
    implement the management plan.
SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FALLEN TIMBERS BATTLEFIELD AND FORT MIAMIS 
NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE.
    (a) In General.--There is established, as an affiliated area of the 
National Park System, the Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis 
National Historic Site in the State of Ohio.
    (b) Description.--The historic site is comprised of the following 
as generally depicted on the map entitled Fallen Timbers Battlefield 
and Fort Miamis National Historical Site-proposed, number NHS-FTFM, and 
dated May 1999:
        (1) The Fallen Timbers site, comprised generally of the 
    following:
            (A) The Fallen Timbers Battlefield site, consisting of an 
        approximately 185-acre parcel located north of U.S. 24, west of 
        U.S. 23/I-475, south of the Norfolk and Western Railroad line, 
        and east of Jerome Road.
            (B) The approximately 9-acre Fallen Timbers Battlefield 
        Monument, located south of U.S. 24; and
        (2) The Fort Miamis Park site.
    (c) Map.--The map shall be on file and available for public 
inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION OF HISTORIC SITES.

    (a) Applicability of National Park System Laws.--The historic site 
shall be administered in a manner consistent with this Act and all laws 
generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including 
the Act of August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1, 2-4; commonly known as the 
National Park Service Organic Act), and the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 
U.S.C. 461 et seq.; commonly known as the Historic Sites, Buildings, 
and Antiquities Act).
    (b) Cooperative Agreement.--The Secretary may enter into a 
cooperative agreement with the management entity to provide technical 
assistance to ensure the marking, research, interpretation, education 
and preservation of the Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis 
National Historic Site.
    (c) Reimbursement.--Any payment made by the Secretary pursuant to 
this section shall be subject to an agreement that conversion, use, or 
disposal of the project so assisted for purposes contrary to the 
purposes of this section as determined by the Secretary, shall result 
in a right of the United States to reimbursement of all funds made 
available to such project or the proportion of the increased value of 
the project attributable to such funds as determined at the time of 
such conversion, use, or disposal, whichever is greater.
    (d) General Management Plan.--
        (1) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation with the 
    management entity and Native American tribes whose ancestors were 
    involved in events at these sites, shall develop a general 
    management plan for the historic site. The plan shall be prepared 
    in accordance with section 12(b) of Public Law 91-383 (16 U.S.C. 
    1a-1 et seq.; commonly known as the National Park System General 
    Authorities Act).
        (2) Completion.--The plan shall be completed not later than 2 
    years after the date funds are made available.
        (3) Transmittal.--Not later than 30 days after completion of 
    the plan, the Secretary shall provide a copy of the plan to the 
    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the 
    Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

    There is authorized to be appropriated such funds as are necessary 
to carry out this Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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