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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3300 

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 

JUNE 14, 2012 

Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. ALEXANDER, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. UDALL

of New Mexico, and Mrs. MURRAY) 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 

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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; and 

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. 

4 SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 

5 The purposes of this Act are— 

6 (1) to preserve and protect for the benefit of 

7 present and future generations the nationally signifi8 cant historic resources associated with the Manhat9 tan Project; 

10 (2) to improve public understanding of the 

11 Manhattan Project and the legacy of the Manhattan 

12 Project through interpretation of the historic re13 sources associated with the Manhattan Project; 

14 (3) to enhance public access to the Historical 

15 Park, consistent with protection of public safety, na16 tional security, and other aspects of the mission of 

17 the Department of Energy; and 

18 (4) to assist the Department of Energy, Histor19 ical Park communities, historical societies, and other 

20 interested organizations and individuals in efforts to 

21 preserve and protect the historically significant re22 sources associated with the Manhattan Project. 

23 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

24 In this Act: 


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

2 Park’’ means the Manhattan Project National His3 torical Park established under section 5. 

4 (2) MANHATTAN PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Man5 hattan Project’’ means the Federal program to de6 velop an atomic bomb ending on December 31, 

7 1946. 

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

9 the Secretary of the Interior. 

10 SEC. 5. ESTABLISHMENT OF MANHATTAN PROJECT NA11 TIONAL HISTORICAL PARK. 

12 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 

13 the date of enactment of this Act, there shall be estab14 lished as a unit of the National Park System the Manhat15 tan Project National Historical Park. 

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

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

18 of the areas: 

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

20 or interests in land that are— 

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

22 Y–12 National Security Complex; 

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

24 Oak Ridge National Laboratory; 


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

2 Tennessee Technology Park; and 

3 (D) at the former Guest House located at 

4 210 East Madison Road. 

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

6 land, or interests in land that are— 

7 (A) in the Los Alamos Scientific Labora8 tory National Historic Landmark District or 

9 any addition to the Landmark District proposed 

10 in the National Historic Landmark Nomina11 tion—Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory 

12 (LASL) NHL District (Working Draft of NHL 

13 Revision), Los Alamos National Laboratory 

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

15 2012); 

16 (B) at the former East Cafeteria located at 

17 1670 Nectar Street; and 

18 (C) at the former dormitory located at 

19 1725 17th Street. 

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

21 or interests in land that are— 

22 (A) in the B Reactor National Historic 

23 Landmark; 


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1 (B) at the Hanford High School in the 

2 town of Hanford and Hanford Construction 

3 Camp Historic District; 

4 (C) at the White Bluffs Bank building in 

5 the White Bluffs Historic District; 

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

7 Agricultural Complex; 

8 (E) at the Hanford Irrigation District 

9 Pump House; and 

10 (F) at the T Plant (221–T Process Build11 ing). 

12 SEC. 6. AGREEMENT. 

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

14 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Sec15 retary of Energy (acting through the Oak Ridge, Rich16 land, and Los Alamos site offices) shall enter into an 

17 agreement governing the respective roles of the Secretary 

18 and the Secretary of Energy in administering the facili19 ties, land, or interests in land under the administrative 

20 jurisdiction of the Department of Energy that is to be in21 cluded in the Historical Park, including provisions for 

22 public access, management, interpretation, and historic 

23 preservation. 


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1 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SECRETARY.—Any 

2 agreement under subsection (a) shall provide that the Sec3 retary shall— 

4 (1) have decisionmaking authority for the con5 tent of historic interpretation of the Manhattan 

6 Project for purposes of administering the Historical 

7 Park; and 

8 (2) ensure that the agreement provides an ap9 propriate role for the National Park Service in pre10 serving the historic resources covered by the agree11 ment. 

12 (c) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SECRETARY OF EN13 ERGY.—Any agreement under subsection (a) shall provide 

14 that the Secretary of Energy— 

15 (1) shall ensure that the agreement appro16 priately protects public safety, national security, and 

17 other aspects of the ongoing mission of the Depart18 ment of Energy at the Los Alamos National Labora19 tory, Hanford Site, and Oak Ridge Reservation; 

20 (2) may consult with and provide historical in21 formation to the Secretary concerning the Manhat22 tan Project; and 

23 (3) shall retain responsibility, in accordance 

24 with applicable law, for any environmental remedi25 ation and structural safety that may be necessary in 


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

2 governed by the agreement. 

3 (d) AMENDMENTS.—The agreement under subsection 

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

5 Park facilities, land, or interests in land described in sec6 tion 5(b) that are under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 

7 of Energy. 

8 SEC. 7. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. 

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

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

11 and interested members of the public— 

12 (1) before executing any agreement under sec13 tion 6; and 

14 (2) in the development of the general manage15 ment plan under section 8(b). 

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

17 days after the date on which an agreement under section 

18 6 is executed, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal 

19 Register notice of the establishment of the Historical 

20 Park, including an official boundary map. 

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

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

23 available for public inspection in the appropriate offices 

24 of the National Park Service. 


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1 (d) ADDITIONS.—Any land, interest in land, or facil2 ity within the eligible areas described in section 5(b) that 

3 is acquired by the Secretary or included in an amendment 

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

5 Historical Park. 

6 SEC. 8. ADMINISTRATION. 

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

8 the Historical Park in accordance with— 

9 (1) this Act; and 

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

11 National Park System, including— 

12 (A) the National Park System Organic Act 

13 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.); and 

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

15 461 et seq.). 

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

17 3 years after the date on which funds are made available 

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

19 with the Secretary of Energy, shall complete a general 

20 management plan for the Historical Park in accordance 

21 with section 12(b) of Public Law 91–383 (commonly 

22 known as the ‘‘National Park Service General Authorities 

23 Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 1a–7(b)). 

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1 cally significant Manhattan Project sites and resources in 

2 the States of Tennessee, New Mexico, and Washington 

3 that are located outside the boundary of the Historical 

4 Park. 

5 (d) LAND ACQUISITION.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may acquire 

7 land and interests in land within the eligible areas 

8 described in section 5(b) by— 

9 (A) transfer of administrative jurisdiction 

10 from the Department of Energy by agreement 

11 between the Secretary and the Secretary of En12 ergy; or 

13 (B) purchase from willing sellers, donation, 

14 or exchange. 

15 (2) FACILITIES.—The Secretary may acquire 

16 land or interests in land in the vicinity of Historical 

17 Park for visitor and administrative facilities. 

18 (e) DONATIONS; COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 

19 (1) FEDERAL FACILITIES.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

21 enter into 1 or more agreements with the head 

22 of a Federal agency to provide public access to, 

23 and management, interpretation, and historic 

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1 tan Project resources under the jurisdiction or 

2 control of the Federal agency. 

3 (B) DONATIONS; COOPERATIVE AGREE4 MENTS.—The Secretary may accept donations 

5 from, and enter into cooperative agreements 

6 with, State governments, units of local govern7 ment, tribal governments, organizations, or in8 dividuals to further the purpose of an inter9 agency agreement entered into under subpara10 graph (A). 

11 (2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 

12 may provide technical assistance to State, local, or 

13 tribal governments, organizations, or individuals for 

14 the management, interpretation, and historic preser15 vation of historically significant Manhattan Project 

16 resources not included within the Historical Park. 

17 (3) DONATIONS TO DEPARTMENT OF EN18 ERGY.—Part C of title VI of the Department of En19 ergy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7251 et seq.) is 

20 amended by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 664. ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS, BEQUESTS, AND DE22 VISES. 

23 ‘‘The Secretary may accept, hold, administer, and use 

24 gifts, bequests, and devises (including labor and services), 

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1 torically significant resources relating to the Depart2 ment.’’. 

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