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Calendar No. 119 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 507 

[Report No. 113–65] 

To establish the Manhattan Project National Historical Park in Oak Ridge, 

Tennessee, Los Alamos, New Mexico, and Hanford, Washington, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 7, 2013 

Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. HEINRICH, Mrs. MURRAY, 

and Mr. UDALL of New Mexico) introduced the following bill; which was 

read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

JUNE 27, 2013 

Reported by Mr. WYDEN, with amendments 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To establish the Manhattan Project National Historical Park 

in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Los Alamos, New Mexico, and 

Hanford, Washington, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Manhattan Project Na3 tional Historical Park Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds that— 

6 (1) the Manhattan Project was an unprece7 dented top-secret program implemented during 

8 World War II to produce an atomic bomb before 

9 Nazi Germany; 

10 (2) a panel of experts convened by the Presi11 dent’s Advisory Council on Historic Preservation in 

12 2001— 

13 (A) stated that ‘‘the development and use 

14 of the atomic bomb during World War II has 

15 been called ‘the single most significant event of 

16 the 20th century’ ’’; and 

17 (B) recommended that nationally signifi18 cant sites associated with the Manhattan 

19 Project be formally established as a collective 

20 unit and be administered for preservation, com21 memoration, and public interpretation in co22 operation with the National Park Service; 

23 (3) the Manhattan Project National Historical 

24 Park Study Act (Public Law 108–340; 118 Stat. 

25 1362) directed the Secretary of the Interior, in con26 sultation with the Secretary of Energy, to conduct a 


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1 special resource study of the historically significant 

2 sites associated with the Manhattan Project to as3 sess the national significance, suitability, and feasi4 bility of designating 1 or more sites as a unit of the 

5 National Park System; 

6 (4) after significant public input, the National 

7 Park Service study found that ‘‘including Manhattan 

8 Project-related sites in the national park system will 

9 expand and enhance the protection and preservation 

10 of such resources and provide for comprehensive in11 terpretation and public understanding of this nation12 ally significant story in the 20th century American 

13 history’’; 

14 (5) the Department of the Interior, with the 

15 concurrence of the Department of Energy, rec16 ommended the establishment of a Manhattan Project 

17 National Historical Park comprised of resources 

18 at— 

19 (A) Oak Ridge, Tennessee; 

20 (B) Los Alamos, New Mexico; and 

21 (C) Hanford, in the Tri-Cities area, Wash22 ington; 

23 (6) designation of a Manhattan Project Na24 tional Historical Park as a unit of the National Park 

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1 tation of, and access to the nationally significant his2 toric resources associated with the Manhattan 

3 Project for present and future generations to gain a 

4 better understanding of the Manhattan Project, in5 cluding the significant, far-reaching, and complex 

6 legacy of the Manhattan Project; and 

7 (7) the permanent historical preservation of the 

8 B Reactor at Hanford as part of the Manhattan Na9 tional Historical Park would provide significant sav10 ings to the Federal Government relative to placing 

11 the reactor into interim safe storage and subse12 quently dismantling the reactor— 

13 (A) as determined as part of the Record of 

14 Decision entitled ‘‘Decommissioning of Eight 

15 Surplus Production 3 Reactors at the Hanford 

16 Site, Richland, WA’’; and 

17 (B) as included within milestone M–093– 

18 00 of the Hanford Federal Facility Agreement 

19 and Consent Order. 

20 SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 

21 The purposes of this Act are— 

22 (1) to preserve and protect for the benefit and 

23 education of present and future generations the na24 tionally significant historic resources associated with 

25 the Manhattan Project; 


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1 (2) to improve public understanding of the 

2 Manhattan Project and the legacy of the Manhattan 

3 Project through interpretation of the historic re4 sources associated with the Manhattan Project; 

5 (3) to enhance public access to the Historical 

6 Park, consistent with protection of public safety, na7 tional security, and other aspects of the mission of 

8 the Department of Energy; and 

9 (4) to assist the Department of Energy, Histor10 ical Park communities, historical societies, and other 

11 interested organizations and individuals in efforts to 

12 preserve and protect the historically significant re13 sources associated with the Manhattan Project. 

14 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

15 In this Act: 

16 (1) HISTORICAL PARK.—The term ‘‘Historical 

17 Park’’ means the Manhattan Project National His18 torical Park established under section 5. 

19 (2) MANHATTAN PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Man20 hattan Project’’ means the Federal program to de21 velop an atomic bomb ending on December 31, 

22 1946. 

23 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

24 the Secretary of the Interior. 


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1 SEC. 5. ESTABLISHMENT OF MANHATTAN PROJECT NA2 TIONAL HISTORICAL PARK. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 

4 the date of enactment of this Act, there shall be estab5 lished as a unit of the National Park System the Manhat6 tan Project National Historical Park. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

9 there is established in the States of Washington, New 

10 Mexico, and Tennessee a unit of the National Park 

11 System to be known as the ‘‘Manhattan Project Na12 tional Historical Park’’. 

13 (2) DETERMINATION BY SECRETARY RE14 QUIRED.—The Historical Park shall not be estab15 lished until the date on which the Secretary deter16 mines that— 

17 (A) sufficient land or interests in land have 

18 been acquired from among the sites described in 

19 subsection (b) to constitute a manageable park 

20 unit; or 

21 (B) the Secretary has entered into an agree22 ment with the Secretary of Energy in accordance 

23 with section 6. 

24 (b) ELIGIBLE AREAS.—The Historical Park may be 

25 comprised of 1 or more of the following areas or portions 

26 of the areas, as generally depicted on the map entitled 


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1 ‘‘Manhattan Project National Historical Park Sites’’, 

2 numbered 540/108,834–C (4 pages), and dated September 

3 2012: 

4 (1) OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE.—Facilities, land, 

5 or interests in land that are— 

6 (A) at Buildings 9204–3 and 9731 at the 

7 Y–12 National Security Complex; 

8 (B) at the X–10 Graphite Reactor at the 

9 Oak Ridge National Laboratory; 

10 (C) at the K–25 Building site at the East 

11 Tennessee Technology Park; 

12 (D) at the former Guest House located at 

13 210 East Madison Road; and 

14 (E) at other sites within the boundary of 

15 the city of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, that are not 

16 depicted on the map described in this sub17 section, but are determined by the Secretary to 

18 be suitable and appropriate for inclusion, except 

19 that sites owned or managed by the Secretary of 

20 Energy may be included only with the concur21 rence of the Secretary of Energy. 

22 (2) LOS ALAMOS, NEW MEXICO.—Facilities, 

23 land, or interests in land that are— 

24 (A) in the Los Alamos Scientific Labora25 tory National Historic Landmark District or 


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1 any addition to the Landmark District proposed 

2 in the National Historic Landmark Nomina3 tion—Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory 

4 (LASL) NHL District (Working Draft of NHL 

5 Revision), Los Alamos National Laboratory 

6 document LA–UR 12–00387 (January 26, 

7 2012); 

8 (B) at the former East Cafeteria located at 

9 1670 Nectar Street; and 

10 (C) at the former dormitory located at 

11 1725 17th Street. 

12 (3) HANFORD, WASHINGTON.—Facilities, land, 

13 or interests in land that are— 

14 (A) in the B Reactor National Historic 

15 Landmark; 

16 (B) at the Hanford High School in the 

17 town of Hanford and Hanford Construction 

18 Camp Historic District; 

19 (C) at the White Bluffs Bank building in 

20 the White Bluffs Historic District; 

21 (D) at the warehouse in the Bruggemann’s 

22 Agricultural Complex; 

23 (E) at the Hanford Irrigation District 

24 Pump House; and 


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1 (F) at the T Plant (221–T Process Build2 ing). 

3 (c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map described in 

4 subsection (b) shall be kept on file and available for public 

5 inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park 

6 Service and the Department of Energy. 

7 SEC. 6. AGREEMENT. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

9 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Sec10 retary of Energy (acting through the Oak Ridge, Rich11 land, and Los Alamos site offices) shall enter into an 

12 agreement governing the respective roles of the Secretary 

13 and the Secretary of Energy in administering the facili14 ties, land, or interests in land under the administrative 

15 jurisdiction of the Department of Energy that is to be in16 cluded in the Historical Park, including provisions for 

17 public access, management, interpretation, and historic 

18 preservation. 

19 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SECRETARY.—Any 

20 agreement under subsection (a) shall provide that the Sec21 retary shall— 

22 (1) have decisionmaking authority for the con23 tent of historic interpretation of the Manhattan 

24 Project for purposes of administering the Historical 

25 Park; and 


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1 (2) ensure that the agreement provides an ap2 propriate role for the National Park Service in pre3 serving the historic resources covered by the agree4 ment. 

5 (c) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SECRETARY OF EN6 ERGY.—Any agreement under subsection (a) shall provide 

7 that the Secretary of Energy— 

8 (1) shall ensure that the agreement appro9 priately protects public safety, national security, and 

10 other aspects of the ongoing mission of the Depart11 ment of Energy at the Los Alamos National Labora12 tory, Hanford Site, and Oak Ridge Reservation; 

13 (2) may consult with and provide historical in14 formation to the Secretary concerning the Manhat15 tan Project; and 

16 (3) shall retain responsibility, in accordance 

17 with applicable law, for any environmental remedi18 ation and structural safety that may be necessary in 

19 or around the facilities, land, or interests in land 

20 governed by the agreement. 

21 (d) AMENDMENTS.—The agreement under subsection 

22 (a) may be amended, including to add to the Historical 

23 Park facilities, land, or interests in land described in sec24 tion 5(b) that are under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 

25 of Energy. 


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1 SEC. 7. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall consult with 

3 interested State, county, and local officials, organizations, 

4 and interested members of the public— 

5 (1) before executing any agreement under sec6 tion 6; and 

7 (2) in the development of the general manage8 ment plan under section 8(b). 

9 (b) NOTICE OF DETERMINATION.—Not later than 30 

10 days after the date on which an agreement under section 

11 6 is executed, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal 

12 Register notice of the establishment of the Historical 

13 Park, including an official boundary map. 

14 (c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The official boundary 

15 map published under subsection (b) shall be on file and 

16 available for public inspection in the appropriate offices 

17 of the National Park Service. 

18 (d) ADDITIONS.—Any land, interest in land, or facil19 ity within the eligible areas described in section 5(b) that 

20 is acquired by the Secretary or included in an amendment 

21 to the agreement under section 6(d) shall be added to the 

22 Historical Park. 

23 SEC. 8. ADMINISTRATION. 

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

25 the Historical Park in accordance with— 

26 (1) this Act; and 


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1 (2) the laws generally applicable to units of the 

2 National Park System, including— 

3 (A) the National Park System Organic Act 

4 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.); and 

5 (B) the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 

6 461 et seq.). 

7 (b) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Not later than 

8 3 years after the date on which funds are made available 

9 to carry out this section, the Secretary, in consultation 

10 with the Secretary of Energy, shall complete a general 

11 management plan for the Historical Park in accordance 

12 with— 

13 (1) section 12(b) of Public Law 91–383 (com14 monly known as the ‘‘National Park Service General 

15 Authorities Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 1a–7(b)); and 

16 (2) the agreement established under section 6. 

17 (c) INTERPRETIVE TOURS.—The Secretary may, sub18 ject to applicable law, provide interpretive tours of histori19 cally significant Manhattan Project sites and resources in 

20 the States of Tennessee, New Mexico, and Washington 

21 that are located outside the boundary of the Historical 

22 Park. 

23 (d) LAND ACQUISITION.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may only ac2 quire land and interests in land within the eligible 

3 areas described in section 5(b) by— 

4 (A) transfer of administrative jurisdiction 

5 from the Department of Energy by agreement 

6 between the Secretary and the Secretary of En7 ergy; or 

8 (B) purchase from willing sellers, donation, 

9 or exchange. 

10 (2) FACILITIES.—The Secretary may acquire 

11 land or interests in land in the vicinity of Historical 

12 Park for visitor and administrative facilities. 

13 (e) DONATIONS; COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 

14 (1) FEDERAL FACILITIES.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

16 enter into 1 or more agreements with the head 

17 of a Federal agency to provide public access to, 

18 and management, interpretation, and historic 

19 preservation of, historically significant Manhat20 tan Project resources under the jurisdiction or 

21 control of the Federal agency. 

22 (B) DONATIONS; COOPERATIVE AGREE23 MENTS.—The Secretary may accept donations 

24 from, and enter into cooperative agreements 

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1 ment, tribal governments, organizations, or in2 dividuals to further the purpose of an inter3 agency agreement entered into under subpara4 graph (A). 

5 (2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 

6 may provide technical assistance to State, local, or 

7 tribal governments, organizations, or individuals for 

8 the management, interpretation, and historic preser9 vation of historically significant Manhattan Project 

10 resources not included within the Historical Park. 

11 (3) DONATIONS TO DEPARTMENT OF EN12 ERGY.—For the purposes of this Act, or for the pur13 pose of preserving or providing access to historically 

14 significant resources relating to the Manhattan 

15 Project, the Secretary of Energy may accept, hold, 

16 administer, and use gifts, bequests, and devises (in17 cluding labor and services). 


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Calendar No. 119 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 507 

[Report No. 113–65] 

A BILL 

To establish the Manhattan Project National Hisand for other purposes. mos, New Mexico, and Hanford, Washington, torical Park in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Los AlaJUNE 27, 2013 

Reported with amendments 


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