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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 507 

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 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Manhattan Project Na5 tional Historical Park Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that— 


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1 (1) the Manhattan Project was an unprece2 dented top-secret program implemented during 

3 World War II to produce an atomic bomb before 

4 Nazi Germany; 

5 (2) a panel of experts convened by the Presi6 dent’s Advisory Council on Historic Preservation in 

7 2001— 

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

9 of the atomic bomb during World War II has 

10 been called ‘the single most significant event of 

11 the 20th century’ ’’; and 

12 (B) recommended that nationally signifi13 cant sites associated with the Manhattan 

14 Project be formally established as a collective 

15 unit and be administered for preservation, com16 memoration, and public interpretation in co17 operation with the National Park Service; 

18 (3) the Manhattan Project National Historical 

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

20 1362) directed the Secretary of the Interior, in con21 sultation with the Secretary of Energy, to conduct a 

22 special resource study of the historically significant 

23 sites associated with the Manhattan Project to as24 sess the national significance, suitability, and feasiVerDate Mar 15 2010 00:27 Mar 09, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S507.IS S507

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1 bility of designating 1 or more sites as a unit of the 

2 National Park System; 

3 (4) after significant public input, the National 

4 Park Service study found that ‘‘including Manhattan 

5 Project-related sites in the national park system will 

6 expand and enhance the protection and preservation 

7 of such resources and provide for comprehensive in8 terpretation and public understanding of this nation9 ally significant story in the 20th century American 

10 history’’; 

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

12 concurrence of the Department of Energy, rec13 ommended the establishment of a Manhattan Project 

14 National Historical Park comprised of resources 

15 at— 

16 (A) Oak Ridge, Tennessee; 

17 (B) Los Alamos, New Mexico; and 

18 (C) Hanford, in the Tri-Cities area, Wash19 ington; 

20 (6) designation of a Manhattan Project Na21 tional Historical Park as a unit of the National Park 

22 System would improve the preservation of, interpre23 tation of, and access to the nationally significant his24 toric resources associated with the Manhattan 

25 Project for present and future generations to gain a 


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1 better understanding of the Manhattan Project, in2 cluding the significant, far-reaching, and complex 

3 legacy of the Manhattan Project; and 

4 (7) the permanent historical preservation of the 

5 B Reactor at Hanford as part of the Manhattan Na6 tional Historical Park would provide significant sav7 ings to the Federal Government relative to placing 

8 the reactor into interim safe storage and subse9 quently dismantling the reactor— 

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

11 Decision entitled ‘‘Decommissioning of Eight 

12 Surplus Production 3 Reactors at the Hanford 

13 Site, Richland, WA’’; and 

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

15 00 of the Hanford Federal Facility Agreement 

16 and Consent Order. 

17 SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 

18 The purposes of this Act are— 

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

20 education of present and future generations the na21 tionally significant historic resources associated with 

22 the Manhattan Project; 

23 (2) to improve public understanding of the 

24 Manhattan Project and the legacy of the Manhattan 


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1 Project through interpretation of the historic re2 sources associated with the Manhattan Project; 

3 (3) to enhance public access to the Historical 

4 Park, consistent with protection of public safety, na5 tional security, and other aspects of the mission of 

6 the Department of Energy; and 

7 (4) to assist the Department of Energy, Histor8 ical Park communities, historical societies, and other 

9 interested organizations and individuals in efforts to 

10 preserve and protect the historically significant re11 sources associated with the Manhattan Project. 

12 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

13 In this Act: 

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

15 Park’’ means the Manhattan Project National His16 torical Park established under section 5. 

17 (2) MANHATTAN PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Man18 hattan Project’’ means the Federal program to de19 velop an atomic bomb ending on December 31, 

20 1946. 

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

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

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

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

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

11 numbered 540/108,834–C, and dated September 2012: 

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

13 or interests in land that are— 

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

15 Y–12 National Security Complex; 

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

17 Oak Ridge National Laboratory; 

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

19 Tennessee Technology Park; 

20 (D) at the former Guest House located at 

21 210 East Madison Road; and 

22 (E) at other sites within the boundary of 

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

24 depicted on the map described in this sub25 section, but are determined by the Secretary to 

26 be suitable and appropriate for inclusion. 


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

2 land, or interests in land that are— 

3 (A) in the Los Alamos Scientific Labora4 tory National Historic Landmark District or 

5 any addition to the Landmark District proposed 

6 in the National Historic Landmark Nomina7 tion—Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory 

8 (LASL) NHL District (Working Draft of NHL 

9 Revision), Los Alamos National Laboratory 

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

11 2012); 

12 (B) at the former East Cafeteria located at 

13 1670 Nectar Street; and 

14 (C) at the former dormitory located at 

15 1725 17th Street. 

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

17 or interests in land that are— 

18 (A) in the B Reactor National Historic 

19 Landmark; 

20 (B) at the Hanford High School in the 

21 town of Hanford and Hanford Construction 

22 Camp Historic District; 

23 (C) at the White Bluffs Bank building in 

24 the White Bluffs Historic District; 


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

2 Agricultural Complex; 

3 (E) at the Hanford Irrigation District 

4 Pump House; and 

5 (F) at the T Plant (221–T Process Build6 ing). 

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

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

9 inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park 

10 Service and the Department of Energy. 

11 SEC. 6. AGREEMENT. 

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

13 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Sec14 retary of Energy (acting through the Oak Ridge, Rich15 land, and Los Alamos site offices) shall enter into an 

16 agreement governing the respective roles of the Secretary 

17 and the Secretary of Energy in administering the facili18 ties, land, or interests in land under the administrative 

19 jurisdiction of the Department of Energy that is to be in20 cluded in the Historical Park, including provisions for 

21 public access, management, interpretation, and historic 

22 preservation. 

23 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SECRETARY.—Any 

24 agreement under subsection (a) shall provide that the Sec25 retary shall— 


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1 (1) have decisionmaking authority for the con2 tent of historic interpretation of the Manhattan 

3 Project for purposes of administering the Historical 

4 Park; and 

5 (2) ensure that the agreement provides an ap6 propriate role for the National Park Service in pre7 serving the historic resources covered by the agree8 ment. 

9 (c) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SECRETARY OF EN10 ERGY.—Any agreement under subsection (a) shall provide 

11 that the Secretary of Energy— 

12 (1) shall ensure that the agreement appro13 priately protects public safety, national security, and 

14 other aspects of the ongoing mission of the Depart15 ment of Energy at the Los Alamos National Labora16 tory, Hanford Site, and Oak Ridge Reservation; 

17 (2) may consult with and provide historical in18 formation to the Secretary concerning the Manhat19 tan Project; and 

20 (3) shall retain responsibility, in accordance 

21 with applicable law, for any environmental remedi22 ation and structural safety that may be necessary in 

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

24 governed by the agreement. 


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1 (d) AMENDMENTS.—The agreement under subsection 

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

3 Park facilities, land, or interests in land described in sec4 tion 5(b) that are under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 

5 of Energy. 

6 SEC. 7. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. 

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

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

9 and interested members of the public— 

10 (1) before executing any agreement under sec11 tion 6; and 

12 (2) in the development of the general manage13 ment plan under section 8(b). 

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

15 days after the date on which an agreement under section 

16 6 is executed, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal 

17 Register notice of the establishment of the Historical 

18 Park, including an official boundary map. 

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

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

21 available for public inspection in the appropriate offices 

22 of the National Park Service. 

23 (d) ADDITIONS.—Any land, interest in land, or facil24 ity within the eligible areas described in section 5(b) that 

25 is acquired by the Secretary or included in an amendment 


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

2 Historical Park. 

3 SEC. 8. ADMINISTRATION. 

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

5 the Historical Park in accordance with— 

6 (1) this Act; and 

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

8 National Park System, including— 

9 (A) the National Park System Organic Act 

10 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.); and 

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

12 461 et seq.). 

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

14 3 years after the date on which funds are made available 

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

16 with the Secretary of Energy, shall complete a general 

17 management plan for the Historical Park in accordance 

18 with— 

19 (1) section 12(b) of Public Law 91–383 (com20 monly known as the ‘‘National Park Service General 

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

22 (2) the agreement established under section 6. 

23 (c) INTERPRETIVE TOURS.—The Secretary may, sub24 ject to applicable law, provide interpretive tours of histori25 cally significant Manhattan Project sites and resources in 


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1 the States of Tennessee, New Mexico, and Washington 

2 that are located outside the boundary of the Historical 

3 Park. 

4 (d) LAND ACQUISITION.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may only ac6 quire land and interests in land within the eligible 

7 areas described in section 5(b) by— 

8 (A) transfer of administrative jurisdiction 

9 from the Department of Energy by agreement 

10 between the Secretary and the Secretary of En11 ergy; or 

12 (B) purchase from willing sellers, donation, 

13 or exchange. 

14 (2) FACILITIES.—The Secretary may acquire 

15 land or interests in land in the vicinity of Historical 

16 Park for visitor and administrative facilities. 

17 (e) DONATIONS; COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 

18 (1) FEDERAL FACILITIES.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

20 enter into 1 or more agreements with the head 

21 of a Federal agency to provide public access to, 

22 and management, interpretation, and historic 

23 preservation of, historically significant Manhat24 tan Project resources under the jurisdiction or 

25 control of the Federal agency. 


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1 (B) DONATIONS; COOPERATIVE AGREE2 MENTS.—The Secretary may accept donations 

3 from, and enter into cooperative agreements 

4 with, State governments, units of local govern5 ment, tribal governments, organizations, or in6 dividuals to further the purpose of an inter7 agency agreement entered into under subpara8 graph (A). 

9 (2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 

10 may provide technical assistance to State, local, or 

11 tribal governments, organizations, or individuals for 

12 the management, interpretation, and historic preser13 vation of historically significant Manhattan Project 

14 resources not included within the Historical Park. 

15 (3) DONATIONS TO DEPARTMENT OF EN16 ERGY.—For the purposes of this Act, or for the pur17 pose of preserving or providing access to historically 

18 significant resources relating to the Manhattan 

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

20 administer, and use gifts, bequests, and devises (in21 cluding labor and services). 

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