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(2) NOTICE.—The Secretary shall provide to 

the public timely notice of each meeting of 

the advisory group. 

(3) MINUTES.—Minutes of each meeting of 

the advisory group shall be kept by the Secretary and shall be made available to the 

public. 

(c) EXEMPTION FROM FEDERAL ADVISORY

COMMITTEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not 

apply to the advisory group. 

SEC. 7. FUNDING. 

(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

There is authorized to be appropriated to the 

Fund $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 

through 2013, to remain available until expended. 

(b) OFFSET.—Of amounts appropriated to, 

and available at the discretion of, the Secretary for programmatic and administrative 

expenditures, a total of $25,000,000 shall be 

used to establish the Fund. 

By Mr. SANDERS (for himself 

and Mr. LEAHY): 

S. 198. A bill to direct the Secretary 

of Transportation to waive non-Federal 

share requirements for certain transportation programs and activities 

through September 30, 2009; to the 

Committee on Environment and Public 

Works. 

Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I rise 

today with my colleague from 

Vermont, Senator SANDERS, to introduce a bill that will help states struggling with meeting non-federal match 

requirements for federal transportation 

funding under the Safe, Accountable, 

Flexible and Efficient Transportation 

Equity Act, SAFETEA. Representative 

PETER WELCH from Vermont introduced identical legislation in the 

House today as well. 

Our States are struggling with enormous budget deficits due to the current 

economic crisis. As a result, nearly 

every one of our states has been forced 

to make drastic cuts to their transportation budgets. On top of that, state 

and local governments around the 

country report they do not have the 

necessary funding in their budgets to 

match any new Federal transportation 

money possibly forthcoming in an economic stimulus package. The inability 

of our states to improve roads and 

bridges, support public transit agencies 

facing record demand, and upgrade rail 

lines puts a strain on our already sagging economy. 

Waiving the non-federal match requirements for all highway, transit, 

and rail projects contained in 

SAFETEA would allow cash-strapped 

states to implement high priority 

transportation projects immediately— 

at no additional cost to the Federal 

Government. Since State and local 

transportation officials have ready-togo projects that simply cannot move 

forward without untying the strings of 

the required match, our legislation 

would waive the non-federal matching 

requirements of SAFETEA through 

September 30, 2009. 

I hope my colleagues will take a good 

look at our bill and support this important legislation that will stimulate 

needed transportation infrastructure 

investments all across the country. 

By Mr. SPECTER (for himself 

and Mr. CASEY): 

S. 199. A -bill to establish the Steel 

Industry National Historic Site in the 

State of Pennsylvania; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 

Mr. SPECTER. Mr President, I have 

sought recognition to introduce legislation that will honor the importance 

of the steel industry in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Nation 

by creating the ‘‘Steel Industry National Historic Site’’ in southwestern 

Pennsylvania. 

The importance of the steel industry 

to the development of the United 

States cannot be overstated. A national historic site devoted to the history of the steel industry will afford all 

Americans the opportunity to celebrate this rich heritage, which is symbolic of the work ethic endemic to this 

great Nation. The legislation offered 

today would create a national historic 

site that would be affiliated with the 

National Park Service. There is no better place to honor our Nation’s steel 

industry heritage than in southwestern 

Pennsylvania, which played a significant role in early industrial America 

and continues today. 

I have long supported efforts to preserve and enhance the historical steelrelated heritage through the Rivers of 

Steel National Heritage Area, which 

includes the city of Pittsburgh, and 

seven southwestern Pennsylvania 

counties: Allegheny, Armstrong, Fayette, Greene, Washington, and Westmoreland. I have sought and been very 

pleased with congressional support for 

the important work within the Rivers 

of Steel Heritage Area. I have consistently advocated for increased funding 

to support our National Heritage Areas 

and I am hopeful that this support will 

continue. However, more than just resources are necessary to ensure the historical recognition of this site and our 

steel heritage. That is why I am introducing this legislation today. 

It is important to note why Pennsylvania should be the home of the national site that my legislation authorizes. The combination of a strong 

workforce, valuable natural resources, 

and Pennsylvania’s strategic location 

in the heavily populated northeastern 

United States allowed the steel industry to thrive in the 19th and 20th centuries. Today, the remaining buildings 

and sites that were devoted to steel 

production are threatened with deterioration. Many of these sites are nationally significant and perfectly suited for the study and interpretation of 

this crucial period in our Nation’s development. Some of these sites include 

the Carrie Furnace Complex, the Hot 

Metal Bridge, and the United States 

Steel Homestead Works, which would 

all become a part of the Steel Industry 

National Historic Site under my legislation. As testimony of the area’s historic significance, on September 20, 

2006, the Carrie Furnaces were designated as a National Historic Landmark by the Secretary of the Interior. 

Highlights of this proposed national 

historic site would commemorate a 

wide range of accomplishments and 

topics for historical preservation and 

interpretation, including industrial 

technology advancements and milestones in labor-management relations. 

One of the sites that would be included 

in the historic site would be the location of the Battle of the Homestead, 

waged in 1892 between steelworkers and 

Pinkerton guards. The Battle of the 

Homestead marked a pivotal moment 

in our Nation’s workers’ rights movement. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, individuals, and public and private entities have attempted to protect 

and preserve resources such as the 

Homestead battleground and the Hot 

Metal Bridge. For the benefit and inspiration of present and future generations, it is time for the Federal Government to join this effort to recognize 

their importance with the additional 

protection I provide in this bill. 

I commend my colleague, Representative DOYLE, who has been a longstanding leader in this preservation effort and who has sponsored this legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives. I look forward to working with 

officials in southwestern Pennsylvania 

and Mr. August Carlino, president and 

chief executive officer of the Steel Industry Heritage Corporation, to bring 

this national historic site designation 

to fruition. I urge my colleagues to 

support this legislation. 

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed 

in the RECORD. 

There being no objection, the text of 

the bill was ordered to be printed in 

the RECORD, as follows: 

S. 199 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 

Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Steel Industry National Historic Site Act’’. 

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 

(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 

(1) Certain sites and structures in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania symbolize in 

physical form the heritage of the steel industry of the United States. 

(2) Certain buildings and other structures 

in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are 

nationally significant historical resources, 

including the United States Steel Homestead 

Works, the Carrie Furnace complex, and the 

Hot Metal Bridge. 

(3) Despite substantial efforts for cultural 

preservation and historical interpretation by 

the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and by 

individuals and public and private entities in 

the Commonwealth, these buildings and 

other structures may be lost without the assistance of the Federal Government. 

(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act 

are to ensure the preservation, interpretation, visitor enjoyment, and maintenance of 

the nationally significant historical and cultural sites and structures described in subsection (a) for the benefit and inspiration of 

present and future generations. 

SEC. 3. STEEL INDUSTRY NATIONAL HISTORIC 

SITE, PENNSYLVANIA. 

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Steel Industry 

National Historic Site is hereby established 


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as a unit of the National Park System in the 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 

(b) DESCRIPTION.— 

(1) INCLUSION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY.—Subject to paragraph (2), the historic site shall 

consist of the following properties, each of 

which relate to the former United States 

Steel Homestead Works, as depicted on the 

map entitled ‘‘Steel Industry National Historic Site’’, dated November 2003, and numbered 80,000: 

(A) The historic location of the Battle of 

Homestead site in the borough of Munhall, 

Pennsylvania, consisting of approximately 3 

acres of land, including the pumphouse and 

water tower and related structures, within 

the property bounded by the Monongahela 

River, the CSX railroad, Waterfront Drive, 

and the Damascus-Marcegaglia Steel Mill. 

(B) The historic location of the Carrie Furnace complex in the boroughs of Swissvale 

and Rankin, Pennsylvania, consisting of approximately 35 acres of land, including blast 

furnaces 6 and 7, the ore yard, the cast 

house, the blowing engine house, the AC 

power house, and related structures, within 

the property bounded by the proposed southwesterly right-of-way line needed to accommodate the Mon/Fayette Expressway and the 

relocated CSX railroad right-of-way, the 

Monongahela River, and a property line 

drawn northeast to southwest approximately 

100 yards east of the AC power house. 

(C) The historic location of the Hot Metal 

Bridge, consisting of the Union railroad 

bridge and its approaches, spanning the 

Monongahela River and connecting the mill 

sites in the boroughs of Rankin and Munhall, 

Pennsylvania. 

(2) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map referred to in paragraph (1) shall be available 

for public inspection in an appropriate office 

of the National Park Service. 

(c) ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.—To further 

the purposes of this section, the Secretary of 

the Interior may acquire, only by donation, 

property for inclusion in the historic site as 

follows: 

(1) Any land or interest in land with respect to the property identified in subsection 

(b)(1). 

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

the general proximity of the property identified in such subsection, for the development 

of visitor, administrative, museum, curatorial, and maintenance facilities. 

(3) Personal property associated with, and 

appropriate for, the interpretation of the historic site. 

(d) PRIVATE PROPERTY PROTECTIONS.— 

Nothing in this Act shall be construed— 

(1) to require any private property owner 

to permit public access (including Federal, 

State, or local government access) to the private property; or 

(2) to modify any provision of Federal, 

State, or local law with regard to public access to or use of private property. 

(e) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of the 

Interior shall administer the historic site in 

accordance with this Act and the provisions 

of law generally applicable to units of the 

National Park System, including the Act of 

August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), and the 

Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.). 

(f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Until such time as the 

Secretary of the Interior has acquired the 

property identified in subsection (b)(1), as 

depicted on the map referred to in such subsection, the Secretary may enter into a cooperative agreement with any interested individual, public or private agency, organization, or institution to further the purposes of 

the historic site. 

(2) CONTRARY PURPOSES.—Any payment 

made by the Secretary pursuant to a cooperative agreement under this subsection shall 

be subject to an agreement that conversion, 

use, or disposal of the project so assisted for 

purposes contrary to the purpose of the historic site, as determined by the Secretary, 

shall result in a right of the United States to 

reimbursement of all funds made available 

to such a project or the proportion of the increased value of the project attributable to 

such funds as determined at the time of such 

conversion, use, or disposal, whichever is 

greater. 

(g) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 

of the Interior may provide technical assistance to any person for— 

(1) the preservation of historic structures 

within the historic site; and 

(2) the maintenance of the natural and cultural landscape of the historic site. 

(h) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

(1) PREPARATION.—Not later than three 

years after the date on which funds are first 

made available to carry out this Act, the 

Secretary of the Interior shall prepare a general management plan for the historic site 

that will incorporate or otherwise address 

substantive comments made during the consultation required by paragraph (2). 

(2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall 

prepare the general management plan in 

consultation with— 

(A) an appropriate official of each appropriate political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that has jurisdiction 

over all or a portion of the lands included in 

the historic site; 

(B) an appropriate official of the Steel Industry Heritage Corporation; and 

(C) private property owners in the vicinity 

of the historic site. 

(3) SUBMISSION OF PLAN TO CONGRESS.— 

Upon the completion of the general management plan, the Secretary shall submit a copy 

of the plan to the Committee on Energy and 

Natural Resources of the Senate and the 

Committee on Resources of the House of 

Representatives. 

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ORDERS FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 

11, 2009 

Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent 

that when the Senate completes its 

business today, it stand in recess until 

1 p.m. Sunday, January 11; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, 

the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, 

and the Senate resume consideration of 

the motion to proceed to S. 22, the 

lands bill. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

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Mr. REID. Under the previous order, 

at 2 p.m. Sunday, the Senate will proceed to a rollcall vote on the motion to 

invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 22, the lands bill. 

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RECESS UNTIL SUNDAY, JANUARY 

11, 2009, AT 1 P.M. 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, if there is 

no further business to come before the 

Senate, I ask unanimous consent that 

it stand in recess under the previous 

order. 

There being no objection, the Senate, 

at 2:43 p.m., recessed until Sunday, 

January 11, 2009, at 1 p.m. 


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