To establish the Steel Industry National Historic Site in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

     This Act may be cited as the ``Steel Industry National Historic 
Site Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Certain sites and structures in the Commonwealth of 
        Pennsylvania symbolize in physical form the heritage of the 
        steel industry of the United States.
            (2) Certain buildings and other structures in the 
        Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are nationally significant 
        historical resources, including the United States Steel 
        Homestead Works, the Carrie Furnace complex, and the Hot Metal 
        Bridge.
            (3) Despite substantial efforts for cultural preservation 
        and historical interpretation by the Commonwealth of 
        Pennsylvania and by individuals and public and private entities 
        in the Commonwealth, these buildings and other structures may 
        be lost without the assistance of the Federal Government.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are to ensure the 
preservation, interpretation, visitor enjoyment, and maintenance of the 
nationally significant historical and cultural sites and structures 
described in subsection (a) for the benefit and inspiration of present 
and future generations.

SEC. 3. STEEL INDUSTRY NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, PENNSYLVANIA.

    (a) Establishment.--The Steel Industry National Historic Site is 
hereby established as a unit of the National Park System in the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
    (b) Description.--
            (1) Inclusion of certain property.--Subject to paragraph 
        (2), the historic site shall consist of the following 
        properties, each of which relate to the former United States 
        Steel Homestead Works, as depicted on the map entitled ``Steel 
        Industry National Historic Site'', dated November 2003, and 
        numbered 80,000:
                    (A) The historic location of the Battle of 
                Homestead site in the borough of Munhall, Pennsylvania, 
                consisting of approximately 3 acres of land, including 
                the pumphouse and water tower and related structures, 
                within the property bounded by the Monongahela River, 
                the CSX railroad, Waterfront Drive, and the Damascus-
                Marcegaglia Steel Mill.
                    (B) The historic location of the Carrie Furnace 
                complex in the boroughs of Swissvale and Rankin, 
                Pennsylvania, consisting of approximately 35 acres of 
                land, including blast furnaces 6 and 7, the ore yard, 
                the cast house, the blowing engine house, the AC power 
                house, and related structures, within the property 
                bounded by the proposed southwesterly right-of-way line 
                needed to accommodate the Mon/Fayette Expressway and 
                the relocated CSX railroad right-of-way, the 
                Monongahela River, and a property line drawn northeast 
                to southwest approximately 100 yards east of the AC 
                power house.
                    (C) The historic location of the Hot Metal Bridge, 
                consisting of the Union railroad bridge and its 
                approaches, spanning the Monongahela River and 
                connecting the mill sites in the boroughs of Rankin and 
                Munhall, Pennsylvania.
            (2) Availability of map.--The map referred to in paragraph 
        (1) shall be available for public inspection in an appropriate 
        office of the National Park Service.
    (c) Acquisition of Property.-- To further the purposes of this 
section, the Secretary of the Interior may acquire, only by donation, 
property for inclusion in the historic site as follows:
            (1) Any land or interest in land with respect to the 
        property identified in subsection (b)(1).
            (2) Up to 10 acres of land adjacent to or in the general 
        proximity of the property identified in such subsection, for 
        the development of visitor, administrative, museum, curatorial, 
        and maintenance facilities.
            (3) Personal property associated with, and appropriate for, 
        the interpretation of the historic site.
    (d) Private Property Protections.--Nothing in this Act shall be 
construed--
            (1) to require any private property owner to permit public 
        access (including Federal, State, or local government access) 
        to the private property; or
            (2) to modify any provision of Federal, State, or local law 
        with regard to public access to or use of private property.
    (e) Administration.--The Secretary of the Interior shall administer 
the historic site in accordance with this Act and the provisions of law 
generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including 
the Act of August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), and the Act of August 
21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.).
    (f) Cooperative Agreements.--
            (1) In general.--Until such time as the Secretary of the 
        Interior has acquired the property identified in subsection 
        (b)(1), as depicted on the map referred to in such subsection, 
        the Secretary may enter into a cooperative agreement with any 
        interested individual, public or private agency, organization, 
        or institution to further the purposes of the historic site.
            (2) Contrary purposes.--Any payment made by the Secretary 
        pursuant to a cooperative agreement under this subsection shall 
        be subject to an agreement that conversion, use, or disposal of 
        the project so assisted for purposes contrary to the purpose of 
        the historic site, as determined by the Secretary, shall result 
        in a right of the United States to reimbursement of all funds 
        made available to such a 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.
    (g) Technical Assistance.--The Secretary of the Interior may 
provide technical assistance to any person for--
            (1) the preservation of historic structures within the 
        historic site; and
            (2) the maintenance of the natural and cultural landscape 
        of the historic site.
    (h) General Management Plan.--
            (1) Preparation.--Not later than three years after the date 
        on which funds are first made available to carry out this Act, 
        the Secretary of the Interior shall prepare a general 
        management plan for the historic site that will incorporate or 
        otherwise address substantive comments made during the 
        consultation required by paragraph (2).
            (2) Consultation.--The Secretary shall prepare the general 
        management plan in consultation with--
                    (A) an appropriate official of each appropriate 
                political subdivision of the Commonwealth of 
                Pennsylvania that has jurisdiction over all or a 
                portion of the lands included in the historic site;
                    (B) an appropriate official of the Steel Industry 
                Heritage Corporation; and
                    (C) private property owners in the vicinity of the 
                historic site.
            (3) Submission of plan to congress.--Upon the completion of 
        the general management plan, the Secretary shall submit 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.




                                                 

Summary: Steel Industry National Historic Site Act - Establishes the Steel Industry National Historic Site in Pennsylvania as a unit of the National Park System. Requires the Historic Site to consist of the following properties which relate to the former US Steel Homestead Works: (1) the Battle of Homestead site, (2) the Carrie Furnace complex. And (3) the Hot Metal Bridge. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire only by donation the following property for inclusion within the Site: (1) any land or interest in land in the properties. (2) up to ten acres of land adjacent to or in the general proximity of such properties for the development of visitor, administrative, museum, curatorial, and maintenance facilities. And (3) personal property associated with and appropriate for interpretation of such Site. Prohibits anything in this Act from being construed to: (1) require any private property owner to permit public access to the private property. Or (2) modify any provision of Federal, State, or local law with regard to public access to or use of private property. Allows the Secretary, until such time as the Secretary has acquired the properties, to enter into a cooperative agreement with any interested individual, public or private agency, organization, or institution to further the historic purposes of the Site. Provides that, any payment made by the Secretary pursuant to a cooperative agreement shall be subject to an agreement that conversion, use, or disposal of the project so assisted for purposes contrary to the purpose of the Site shall result in a right of the United States to reimbursement of all funds made available to such a project or the proportion of the increased value of the project attributable to such funds at the time of such conversion, use, or disposal, whichever is greater. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance for the: (1) preservation of historic structures within the Site. And (2) maintenance of the natural and cultural landscape of such Site. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees a general management plan for the Site, which will incorporate or otherwise address substantive comments made during consultation with: (1) an appropriate official of each appropriate political subdivision of Pennsylvania that has jurisdiction over all or part of the lands included in the Site, (2) an appropriate official of the Steel Industry Heritage Corporation. And (3) private property owners in the vicinity of such Site.