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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4387 

To establish the Tule Lake National Historic Site in the State of California, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 13, 2016 

Mr. LAMALFA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To establish the Tule Lake National Historic Site in the 

State of California, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tule Lake National 

5 Historic Site Establishment Act of 2016’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) HISTORIC SITE.—The term ‘‘Historic Site’’ 

9 means the Tule Lake National Historic Site estab10 lished by section 3(a). 


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1 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en2 titled ‘‘Tule Lake National Historic Site Proposed 

3 Boundary’’, numbered 501/128,313, and dated 

4 March 2015. 

5 (3) MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘Monument’’ 

6 means the World War II Valor in the Pacific Na7 tional Monument. 

8 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

9 the Secretary of the Interior. 

10 (5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

11 of California. 

12 (6) AIRPORT.—The term ‘‘Airport’’ means the 

13 Tule Lake Municipal Airport, designated O81 by the 

14 Federal Aviation Administration. 

15 (7) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means the 

16 County of Modoc. 

17 (8) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the City of 

18 Tulelake. 

19 SEC. 3. TULE LAKE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE. 

20 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—To preserve, protect, and in21 terpret for the benefit of present and future generations 

22 the historic site of incarceration and segregation of United 

23 States citizens of Japanese descent and resident immi24 grants of Japanese citizenry at Tule Lake during World 

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1 toric Site in the State as a unit of the National Park Sys2 tem. 

3 (b) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the Historic 

4 Site shall be the boundaries generally depicted on the 

5 Map. 

6 (c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The Map shall be on file 

7 and available for public inspection in the appropriate of8 fices of the National Park Service. 

9 (d) ADMINISTRATION.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin11 ister the Historic Site in accordance with— 

12 (A) this Act; and 

13 (B) the laws generally applicable to units 

14 of the National Park System, including— 

15 (i) section 100101(a), chapter 1003, 

16 and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, 

17 and 102101 of title 54, United States 

18 Code; and 

19 (ii) chapter 3201 of title 54, United 

20 States Code. 

21 (2) INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT.—The Director 

22 of the National Park Service and the Director of the 

23 United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall enter 

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1 sources of the portions of the Historic Site, as de2 picted on the Map, that are located within the 

3 boundary of the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge, 

4 consistent with the management requirements of the 

5 Refuge. 

6 (3) SHARED RESOURCES.—To the maximum 

7 extent practicable, the Secretary may use the re8 sources of the Lava Beds National Monument to ad9 minister the Historic Site. 

10 (4) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years 

12 after the date on which this Act is enacted 

13 available to prepare a general management plan 

14 for the Historic Site, the Secretary shall pre15 pare the general management plan in accord16 ance with section 100502 of title 54, United 

17 States Code. 

18 (B) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall 

19 coordinate the preparation and implementation 

20 of the general management plan under subpara21 graph (A) with the Tule Lake National Wildlife 

22 Refuge. 

23 (C) CONSULTATION.—When preparing the 

24 general management plan, the Secretary shall 

25 consult with the City, County, and Airport to 


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1 ensure that management of the Historic Site 

2 does not negatively impact operation of the Air3 port. 

4 SEC. 4. REMOVAL OF TULE LAKE UNIT FROM THE WORLD 

5 WAR II VALOR IN THE PACIFIC NATIONAL 

6 MONUMENT. 

7 (a) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the Monument 

8 are revised to exclude from the Monument the land and 

9 interests in land known as the ‘‘Tule Lake Unit’’, con10 sisting of portions of the Tule Lake Segregation Center 

11 National Historic Landmark and Camp Tule Lake, as de12 picted on the Map. 

13 (b) INCORPORATION INTO HISTORIC SITE.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The land and interests in 

15 land excluded from the Monument under subsection 

16 (a) are incorporated in and made part of the His17 toric Site in accordance with section 3. 

18 (2) USE OF FUNDS.—Any funds for the pur19 poses of the land and interests in land excluded from 

20 the Monument under subsection (a) shall be made 

21 available for the purposes of the Historic Site. 

22 (c) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, regula23 tion, document, record, map, or other paper of the United 

24 States to the Tule Lake Unit of World War II Valor in 


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1 the Pacific National Monument shall be considered to be 

2 a reference to the Tule Lake National Historic Site. 

3 SEC. 5. CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT. 

4 The President may not designate lands for inclusion 

5 in the Historic Site outside the boundaries depicted on the 

6 Map, and the Secretary may not acquire lands for inclu7 sion in the Historic Site outside the boundaries depicted 

8 on the Map, unless not more than 1 year before such des9 ignation or acquisition, the Secretary of the Interior— 

10 (1) consulted with County and City; and 

11 (2) obtained written concurrence for the des12 ignation or acquisition from the governing bodies of 

13 the City and County. 

14 SEC. 6. BUFFER ZONES OR REGULATION. 

15 Nothing in this Act, the establishment of the park, 

16 or the management plan of the park shall be construed 

17 to create buffer zones outside of the park. That an activity 

18 or use can be seen or heard from within the park shall 

19 not preclude the conduct of that activity or use outside 

20 the park. 

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