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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1568 

To assist in the establishment of an interpretive center and museum in 

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to protect and interpret the history of the 

industrialization of the United States. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 3, 2009 

Mr. SPECTER (for himself and Mr. CASEY) introduced the following bill; which 

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

Resources 

A BILL 

To assist in the establishment of an interpretive center and 

museum in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to protect and interpret the history of the industrialization of the United 

States. 

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 ‘‘National Museum of 

5 Industrial History Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 


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1 (1) the economic and societal transition of the 

2 United States from an agricultural age to an indus3 trial age, and the ongoing transformation of the 

4 United States to a postindustrial society, reflect and 

5 embody the fundamental spirit and ideals of the 

6 United States; 

7 (2) it is crucial that people in the United States 

8 have the opportunity to learn— 

9 (A) the history of the industrialization of 

10 the United States; and 

11 (B) the impact of industrialization on their 

12 way of life; 

13 (3) it is important to preserve the history of in14 dustrialization of the United States for future gen15 erations; 

16 (4) to ensure the protection, interpretation, and 

17 awareness of the history of the industrialization of 

18 the United Sates, key structures and artifacts relat19 ing to the process of industrialization must be pre20 served and exhibited in an educational museum; 

21 (5) the site of the former Bethlehem Steel 

22 Plant, which is the proposed site of the National 

23 Museum of Industrial History, has a particular rel24 evance to the preservation and awareness of the his25 tory of industrialization; 


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1 (6) on that site— 

2 (A) the Bethlehem Steel Plant began oper3 ation in the 1850s; 

4 (B) in 1853, the first commercial zinc pro5 duction began; 

6 (C) Frederick W. Taylor conducted time 

7 and motion studies that became the basis for 

8 his principles of modern scientific management; 

9 (D) on June 1, 1887, the modern Amer10 ican defense industry was born when the Navy 

11 awarded the first armor plate contract to the 

12 Bethlehem Iron Company; 

13 (E) the steel plant produced armor plate 

14 for— 

15 (i) the battleships U.S.S. Maine and 

16 U.S.S. Texas; and 

17 (ii) other battleships, including the 

18 U.S.S. Wisconsin; 

19 (F) high-speed tool steel was perfected; 

20 and 

21 (G) in 1908, the 48 Grey Mill became the 

22 first rolling mill in the United States to produce 

23 large wide-flange steel beams; and 


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1 (7) the site contains the oldest significant re2 mains of bessemer steel production in the United 

3 States. 

4 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to assist 

5 in the establishment of an interpretive center and museum 

6 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania— 

7 (1) to ensure the protection of historical re8 sources relating to industrialization; and 

9 (2) to interpret the impact of industrialization 

10 on the history of the United States. 

11 SEC. 3. INDUSTRIAL HISTORY INTERPRETIVE CENTER AND 

12 MUSEUM. 

13 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

14 (1) CENTER.—The term ‘‘Center’’ means the 

15 interpretive center and museum to be located on the 

16 western end and central core of the former Beth17 lehem Steel Plant Site in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. 

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

19 the Secretary of the Interior. 

20 (b) ASSISTANCE.—Not later than 180 days after the 

21 date on which funds are first made available to carry out 

22 this section, subject to the availability of appropriations, 

23 the Secretary shall offer to enter into an agreement with 

24 an appropriate entity under which the Secretary shall proVerDate Nov 24 2008 23:32 Aug 04, 2009 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1568.IS S1568

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1 vide financial assistance to the entity for the development 

2 and operation of the Center. 

3 (c) PURPOSES OF CENTER.—The purposes of the 

4 Center shall be— 

5 (1) to preserve, display, and interpret historical 

6 resources relating to industrialization in the United 

7 States; and 

8 (2) to promote other historical and cultural re9 sources in the region of the Center through activities 

10 conducted at the Center. 

11 (d) TERMS OF ASSISTANCE.— 

12 (1) LIMITATIONS.— 

13 (A) COVERED EXPENSES.—Financial as14 sistance provided under this section may be 

15 used at the Center only for— 

16 (i) facilities construction; 

17 (ii) acquisition of contemporary tech18 nology to be used primarily to enhance the 

19 presentation of historical information at 

20 the Center; and 

21 (iii) program development and imple22 mentation, including— 

23 (I) educational program develop24 ment and implementation; 


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1 (II) curriculum design and devel2 opment; 

3 (III) other activities directly re4 lating to providing programs at the 

5 Center; and 

6 (IV) salaries of staff carrying out 

7 any activity described in subclause (I), 

8 (II), or (III). 

9 (B) PROHIBITED EXPENSES.—Financial 

10 assistance provided under this section shall not 

11 be used for— 

12 (i) the acquisition of any item for the 

13 museum collection of the Center; 

14 (ii) administrative expenses; 

15 (iii) the acquisition of technology pri16 marily used for administrative purposes; or 

17 (iv) staff salaries for administrative 

18 activities, except as provided in subpara19 graph (A)(iii)(IV). 

20 (2) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary 

21 shall require each party to an agreement under sub22 section (b) to provide funds from non-Federal 

23 sources for the purposes described in subsection (c) 

24 in an amount at least equal to the amount provided 


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1 by the Secretary for those purposes under this sec2 tion. 

3 (3) MAXIMUM AMOUNT; PAYMENT SCHED4 ULE.— 

5 (A) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The total 

6 amount of assistance provided by the Secretary 

7 under this section shall not exceed $25,000,000. 

8 (B) PAYMENT SCHEDULE.— 

9 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

10 make payments of financial assistance 

11 under this section on an annual basis. 

12 (ii) INITIAL PAYMENT.—The initial 

13 payment under this section shall be made 

14 not later than 30 days after the date on 

15 which an agreement is entered into under 

16 subsection (b) by the Secretary and an ap17 propriate entity. 

18 (iii) NUMBER OF PAYMENTS.—The 

19 Secretary shall make not less than 5 an20 nual payments under this section. 

21 (e) REPORT.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—For each calendar year dur23 ing the 5-year period beginning on the date on which 

24 funds are first made available to carry out this sec25 tion, the Secretary shall submit to Congress an anVerDate Nov 24 2008 23:32 Aug 04, 2009 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1568.IS S1568

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1 nual report describing the implementation by the 

2 Secretary of this section. 

3 (2) CONTENTS.—Each report under paragraph 

4 (1) shall include a description of— 

5 (A) the current status of the development 

6 of the Center; 

7 (B) each project and activity funded under 

8 this section during the preceding calendar year; 

9 and 

10 (C) the unexpended balance, if any, of 

11 amounts made available to carry out this sec12 tion. 

13 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

14 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 

15 $25,000,000 to carry out this section, to remain available 

16 until expended. 

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