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Union Calendar No. 433 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1103 

[Report No. 112–597] 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to develop, maintain, and administer 

an annex in Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 

as an extension of the American Memorial Park located in Saipan, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 15, 2011 

Mr. SABLAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

JULY 17, 2012 

Additional sponsors: Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HOLT, Mr. FILNER, Mr. PIERLUISI, 

Mr. HONDA, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, 

Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. CLEAVER, and Ms. 

BORDALLO

JULY 17, 2012 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to develop, maintain, 

and administer an annex in Tinian, Commonwealth of 

the Northern Mariana Islands, as an extension of the 

American Memorial Park located in Saipan, and for 

other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. AMERICAN MEMORIAL PARK ANNEX IN TINIAN. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘American Memorial Park Tinian Annex Act’’. 

6 (b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds as follows: 

7 (1) In 2001 the National Park Service con8 ducted a suitability and feasibility study of North 

9 Field on the island of Tinian, Commonwealth of the 

10 Northern Mariana Islands, for inclusion in the Na11 tional Park System. 

12 (2) North Field Tinian is listed on the National 

13 Register of Historic Places as an historic district 

14 and has been designated a national historic land15 mark. 

16 (3) The Department of Defense holds a 50-year 

17 lease over North Field Tinian. 

18 (4) The National Park Service determined that 

19 North Field Tinian was suitable for inclusion as 

20 ‘‘one of the most significant World War II sites in 

21 the Pacific’’ because atomic bombs were flown to 

22 Hiroshima and Nagasaki from this site. 

23 (5) The National Park Service determined, 

24 however, that it was not feasible to include North 


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1 Field Tinian as a unit of the National Park System 

2 because of the ‘‘military’s future long term needs’’. 

3 (6) American Memorial Park on the island of 

4 Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is5 lands, is managed by the National Park Service, as 

6 authorized under Public Law 94–241 and Public 

7 Law 95–348, to commemorate the World War II 

8 Marianas Campaign. 

9 (7) A Tinian Annex to the American Memorial 

10 Park could provide the opportunity for on and off 

11 site interpretation of North Field without conflicting 

12 with military needs. 

13 (c) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the Interior, 

14 acting through the National Park Service, shall develop, 

15 maintain, and administer an annex in Tinian, Common16 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as an extension 

17 of the American Memorial Park located in Saipan, on an 

18 appropriate parcel of Tinian Public Land to be agreed 

19 upon by the National Park Service and the Governor of 

20 the Northern Mariana Islands in consultation with the 

21 Mayor of Tinian. The annex shall be used to— 

22 (1) interpret the important aspects of North 

23 Field by highlighting the historic events related to 

24 the World War II Marianas Campaign; and 


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1 (2) serve as a curatorial storage of World War 

2 II artifacts. 


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Union Calendar No. 433 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1103 

[Report No. 112–597] 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to develop, 

located in Saipan, and for other purposes. as an extension of the American Memorial Park Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, maintain, and administer an annex in Tinian, 

JULY 17, 2012 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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