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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5283 

To establish the Granada Relocation Center National Historic Site as an 

affiliated unit of the National Park System. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 3, 2006 

Mrs. MUSGRAVE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Resources 

A BILL 

To establish the Granada Relocation Center National Historic Site as an affiliated unit of the National Park 

System. 

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 ‘‘Granada Relocation 

5 Center National Historic Site Act of 2006.’’ 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that— 

8 (a) the Granada Relocation Center, also known as 

9 Camp Amache, was located in the Arkansas Valley in 

10 Prowers County in southeastern Colorado; 


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1 (b) of the 10 camps built across the country, Camp 

2 Amache was the only one built on private lands that were 

3 purchased outright or acquired by condemnation; 

4 (c) the Granada Relocation Center had the smallest 

5 population of the 10 camps but was the tenth largest pop6 ulation in Colorado at the time; 

7 (d) more than 10,000 Japanese-Americans were in8 terned at the Granada Relocation Center between August 

9 1942 and October 1945; 

10 (e) 314 of the original 10,500 acres of Camp Amache 

11 have been found to be nationally significant and are listed 

12 on the National Register of Historic Places; 

13 (f) different construction methods were used at Camp 

14 Amache than at all the other sites; 

15 (g) these differences are mirrored in the remaining 

16 foundations of housing, administrative, warehouse, other 

17 support buildings, and the cemetery that remain within 

18 the core area of the Granada Relocation Center; 

19 (h) Camp Amache had the largest and most diversi20 fied agricultural enterprise of all the camps, including a 

21 500-acre vocational farm for high school agriculture stu22 dents, and 

23 (i) there is strong local, regional, and national sup24 port for recognizing and telling the relatively unknown 


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1 story of internment of United States citizens of Japanese 

2 descent. 

3 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

4 For the purposes of this Act: 

5 (1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

6 the Secretary of the Interior acting through the Di7 rector of the National Park Service. 

8 (2) HISTORIC SITE.—The term ‘‘historic site’’ 

9 means the Granada Relocation Center, also known 

10 as Camp Amache. 

11 SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF HISTORIC SITE. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is established, as an affili13 ated area of the National Park System, the Granada Relo14 cation Center National Historic Site, consisting of por15 tions of Camp Amache, located in Granada, Colorado. 

16 (b) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the historic 

17 site shall include the approximately 593 acres as generally 

18 depicted on the map titled lllllll, numbered 

19 llllll, and datedlllllllllll, 

20 2006. The map shall be on file and available for inspection 

21 in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service. 

22 (c) ADMINISTRATION.—The historic site shall be 

23 managed in accordance with all applicable laws and regu24 lations. 


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1 (d) OWNERSHIP.—The historic site shall continue to 

2 be owned by the Town of Granada. 

3 SEC. 5. MANAGEMENT OF THE HISTORIC SITE. 

4 (a) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The ‘‘Friends of 

5 Amache’’ shall be the management entity for the historic 

6 site. 

7 (b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—The Secretary may 

8 enter into a cooperative agreement with the management 

9 entity to ensure the marketing, interpretation, and preser10 vation of the national historic site. 

11 (c) TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—The 

12 Secretary may provide technical and financial assistance 

13 to the management entity to mark, interpret, and preserve 

14 the historic site. 

15 (d) LIMITED ROLE OF THE SECRETARY.—Nothing in 

16 this Act authorizes the Secretary to acquire any property 

17 at the historic site or to assume overall financial responsi18 bility for the operation, maintenance, or management of 

19 the historic site. 

20 (e) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta22 tion with the management entity, shall develop a 

23 general management plan for the historic site. The 

24 plan shall be prepared in accordance with section 

25 12(b) of Public law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a-1 et seq.; 


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1 commonly known as the National Park System Gen2 eral Authorities Act). 

3 (2) TRANSMITTAL.—Not later than 3 years 

4 after the date that funds are made available for this 

5 Act, the Secretary shall provide a copy of the com6 pleted general management plan to the Committee 

7 on Resources of the House of Representatives and 

8 the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 

9 the Senate. 

10 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

11 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec12 retary such sums as are necessary to carry out the provi13 sions of this Act. 

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