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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6380 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the National 

Park Service, to establish an annex in Tinian, Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands, as an extension of the American Memorial 

Park located in Saipan. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 

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

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through 

the National Park Service, to establish an annex in 

Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 

as an extension of the American Memorial Park located 

in Saipan. 

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

3 SECTION 1. ANNEX IN TINIAN. 

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

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

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


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1 (1) In September 2001, the National Park 

2 Service, conducted a suitability and feasibility study 

3 on North Field, on the island of Tinian, Common4 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 

5 (2) The Department of Defense holds a 50-year 

6 lease over the study area, North Field Tinian. 

7 (3) The National Park Service determined that 

8 the North Field Tinian was ‘‘one of the most signifi9 cant World War II sites in the Pacific’’ because of 

10 its important singular events such as the strategic 

11 bombing of Japan and the use of the atomic bomb 

12 in war. 

13 (4) North Field Tinian is listed on the National 

14 Register of Historic Places as an historic district 

15 and has been designated a national historic land16 mark. 

17 (5) The National Park Service also determined 

18 that the study area was not feasible to include North 

19 Field as a unit of the National Park Service system 

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

21 (6) Visitors and residents will be given the op22 portunity thereafter to visit North Field Tinian to 

23 complete an on- and off-site interpretation of the 

24 World War II events on Tinian. 


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1 (7) As an annex, the facility can serve as an ex2 tension of the American Memorial Park located on 

3 the island of Saipan, Commonwealth of the North4 ern Mariana Islands. 

5 (8) American Memorial Park is managed by the 

6 National Parks Service, as authorized under Public 

7 Law 94–241 and Public Law 95–348. 

8 (9) American Memorial Park was established to 

9 honor the United States Forces that fought in the 

10 Battle of Saipan. 

11 (10) North Field Tinian played a crucial role in 

12 shaping the outcome of World War II, since the 

13 dropping of the atomic bomb in combat over Hiro14 shima. 

15 (11) The 65th Anniversary of this event was in 

16 2010. 

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

18 acting through the National Park Service, shall develop, 

19 maintain, and administer an annex in Tinian, Common20 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as an extension 

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

22 appropriate parcel of Tinian Public Land to be agreed 

23 upon by the National Park Service and the Governor of 

24 the Northern Mariana Islands in consultation with the 

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


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1 (1) interpret the important aspects of North 

2 Field by highlighting the historic events related to 

3 the World War II Marianas Campaign; and 

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

5 II artifacts. 

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