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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 5030

To establish the Steel Industry National Historic Park in the State of Pennsylvania and to provide for the extension of the Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail between Cumberland, Maryland, and Pittsburgh,

Pennsylvania.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 27, 2000

Mr. DOYLE (for himself and Mr. COYNE) introduced the following bill; which

was referred to the Committee on Resources

A BILL

To establish the Steel Industry National Historic Park in

the State of Pennsylvania and to provide for the extension of the Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail between Cumberland, Maryland, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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 ‘‘Steel Industry Na5 tional Historic Park Act of 2000’’.
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1 TITLE I—STEEL INDUSTRY

2 NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK

3 SEC. 101. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

4 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—

5 (1) certain sites and structures in the Common6 wealth of Pennsylvania symbolize in physical form

7 the heritage of the steel industry of the United

8 States;

9 (2) a very large proportion of the buildings and

10 other structures in the Commonwealth are nationally

11 significant historical resources, including the United

12 States Steel Homestead Works, the Carrie Furnace

13 complex, and the Hot Metal Bridge;

14 (3) despite substantial efforts for cultural pres15 ervation and historical interpretation by the Com16 monwealth of Pennsylvania and by individuals and

17 public and private entities in the region, these build18 ings and other structures may be lost without the

19 assistance of the Federal Government.

20 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this title are to pro21 vide for the preservation, development, interpretation, and

22 use of the nationally significant historical and cultural

23 sites and structures as described in subsection (a) for the

24 benefit and inspiration of present and future generations.
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1 SEC. 102. STEEL INDUSTRY NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK.

2 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the

3 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania the Steel Industry Na4 tional Historic Park as a unit of the National Park Sys5 tem.

6 (b) DESCRIPTION.—The historic park shall be com7 prised of the following properties, each of which relate to

8 the former United States Steel Homestead Works:

9 (1) The historic location of the Battle of Home10 stead site in the borough of Munhall, Pennsylvania,

11 consisting of approximately 3 acres of land, includ12 ing the pumphouse and water tower and related

13 structures, within the property bounded by the

14 Monongahela River, the CSX railroad, Waterfront

15 Drive, and the Damascus-Marcegaglia Steel Mill.

16 (2) The historic location of the Carrie Furnace

17 complex in the boroughs of Swissvale and Rankin,

18 Pennsylvania, consisting of approximately 35 acres

19 of land, including blast furnaces 6 and 7, the ore

20 yard, the cast house, the blowing engine house, the

21 AC power house, and related structures, within the

22 property bounded by the CSX railroad, the

23 Monongahela River, and a property line drawn

24 northeast to southwest approximately 100 yards east

25 of the AC power house.
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1 (3) The historic location of the Hot Metal

2 Bridge, consisting of the Union railroad bridge and

3 its approaches, spanning the Monongahela River and

4 connecting the mill sites in the boroughs of Rankin

5 and Munhall, Pennsylvania.

6 (4) All other property included in the historic

7 park by Federal law or acquired by the Secretary for

8 inclusion in the historic park pursuant to section

9 103 or other Federal law.

10 SEC. 103. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.

11 To further the purposes of this title, the Secretary

12 may acquire, by donation, property for inclusion in the his13 toric park as follows:

14 (1) Any land or interest in land with respect to

15 the property identified in paragraphs (1), (2), or (3)

16 of section 102(b).

17 (2) Up to 10 acres of land adjacent to or in the

18 general proximity of the property identified in para19 graphs (1), (2), or (3) of section 102(b), for the de20 velopment of visitor, administrative, museum, cura21 torial, and maintenance facilities.

22 (3) Personal property associated with, and ap23 propriate for, the interpretation of the historic park.
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1 SEC. 104. ADMINISTRATION.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall administer

3 the historic park in accordance with this title and the pro4 visions of law generally applicable to units of the National

5 Park System, including the Act of August 25, 1916 (16

6 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), and the Act of August 21, 1935 (16

7 U.S.C. 461 et seq.).

8 (b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—To further the purposes of

10 this title, the Secretary may enter into a cooperative

11 agreement with any interested individual, public or

12 private agency, organization, or institution.

13 (2) CONTRARY PURPOSES.—Any payment made

14 by the Secretary pursuant to a cooperative agree15 ment under this subsection shall be subject to an

16 agreement that conversion, use, or disposal of the

17 project so assisted for purposes contrary to the pur18 pose of this title, as determined by the Secretary,

19 shall result in a right of the United States to reim20 bursement of all funds made available to such a

21 project or the proportion of the increased value of

22 the project attributable to such funds as determined

23 at the time of such conversion, use, or disposal,

24 whichever is greater.

25 (c) TECHNICAL AND PRESERVATION ASSISTANCE.—

26 The Secretary may provide to any person technical assist-
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1 ance for the preservation of historic structures of, the

2 maintenance of the cultural landscape of, and local preser3 vation planning for, the historic park.

4 SEC. 105. GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the last day of the

6 third fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of

7 this Act, the Secretary shall, in consultation with the offi8 cials described in subsection (b), prepare a general man9 agement plan for the historic park.

10 (b) OFFICIALS CONSULTED.—The officials described

11 in this subsection are—

12 (1) an appropriate official of each appropriate

13 political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Penn14 sylvania that has jurisdiction over all or a portion of

15 the historic park; and

16 (2) an appropriate official of the Steel Industry

17 Heritage Corporation.

18 (c) SUBMISSION OF PLAN TO CONGRESS.—Upon the

19 completion of the general management plan, the Secretary

20 shall submit a copy of the plan to the Committee on En21 ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Com22 mittee on Resources of the House of Representatives.

23 SEC. 106. DEFINITIONS.

24 For purposes of this title, the following definitions

25 shall apply:
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1 (1) HISTORIC PARK.—The term ‘‘historic park’’

2 means the Steel Industry National Historic Park es3 tablished by section 102.

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

5 the Secretary of the Interior.

6 SEC. 107. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

7 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums

8 as may be necessary to carry out this title.

9 TITLE II—EXTENSION OF POTO10 MAC HERITAGE NATIONAL

11 SCENIC TRAIL

12 SEC. 201. DESIGNATION OF ALLEGHENY TRAIL ALLIANCE

13 TRAILS AS COMPONENTS OF POTOMAC HER14 ITAGE NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL.

15 Section 5(a)(11) of the National Trails System Act

16 (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(11)) is amended by inserting before

17 the last sentence the following: ‘‘Consistent with the pre18 ceding sentence, the Secretary of the Interior shall des19 ignate the approximately 214-mile system of trails be20 tween Cumberland, Maryland, and Pittsburgh, Pennsyl21 vania, known as the Allegheny Trail Alliance Trails, as

22 depicted on the map entitled ‘Cumberland and Pittsburgh

23 Trail’ and dated July 24, 2000, as official components of

24 the Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail.’’.

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