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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 622 

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 

FEBRUARY 12, 2013 

Mr. SABLAN (for himself, Mr. HOLT, Mr. PIERLUISI, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. 

YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, and Mr. HONDA) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Natural Resources 

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. 

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: 


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1 (1) In 2001 the National Park Service con2 ducted a suitability and feasibility study of North 

3 Field on the island of Tinian, Commonwealth of the 

4 Northern Mariana Islands, for inclusion in the Na5 tional Park System. 

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

7 Register of Historic Places as an historic district 

8 and has been designated a national historic land9 mark. 

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

11 lease over North Field Tinian. 

12 (4) The National Park Service determined that 

13 North Field Tinian was suitable for inclusion as 

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

15 the Pacific’’ because atomic bombs were flown to 

16 Hiroshima and Nagasaki from this site. 

17 (5) The National Park Service determined, 

18 however, that it was not feasible to include North 

19 Field Tinian as a unit of the National Park System 

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

21 (6) American Memorial Park on the island of 

22 Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is23 lands, is managed by the National Park Service, as 

24 authorized under Public Law 94–241 and Public 


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

2 Marianas Campaign. 

3 (7) A Tinian Annex to the American Memorial 

4 Park could provide the opportunity for on and off 

5 site interpretation of North Field without conflicting 

6 with military needs. 

7 (c) ESTABLISHMENT.—Using existing facilities in8 stead of developing new facilities to the extent practicable, 

9 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the National 

10 Park Service, shall develop, maintain, and administer an 

11 annex in Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

12 Islands, as an extension of the American Memorial Park 

13 located in Saipan, on an appropriate parcel of Tinian Pub14 lic Land to be agreed upon by the National Park Service 

15 and the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands in con16 sultation with the Mayor of Tinian. The annex shall be 

17 used to— 

18 (1) interpret the important aspects of North 

19 Field by highlighting the historic events related to 

20 the World War II Marianas Campaign; and 

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

22 II artifacts. 

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