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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6380 Introduced in House (IH)]

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.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2010

  Mr. Sablan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. ANNEX IN TINIAN.

    (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``American 
Memorial Park Annex in Tinian Act''.
    (b) Findings.--Congress finds as follows:
            (1) In September 2001, the National Park Service, conducted 
        a suitability and feasibility study on North Field, on the 
        island of Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
            (2) The Department of Defense holds a 50-year lease over 
        the study area, North Field Tinian.
            (3) The National Park Service determined that the North 
        Field Tinian was ``one of the most significant World War II 
        sites in the Pacific'' because of its important singular events 
        such as the strategic bombing of Japan and the use of the 
        atomic bomb in war.
            (4) North Field Tinian is listed on the National Register 
        of Historic Places as an historic district and has been 
        designated a national historic landmark.
            (5) The National Park Service also determined that the 
        study area was not feasible to include North Field as a unit of 
        the National Park Service system because of the ``military's 
        future long term needs''.
            (6) Visitors and residents will be given the opportunity 
        thereafter to visit North Field Tinian to complete an on- and 
        off-site interpretation of the World War II events on Tinian.
            (7) As an annex, the facility can serve as an extension of 
        the American Memorial Park located on the island of Saipan, 
        Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
            (8) American Memorial Park is managed by the National Parks 
        Service, as authorized under Public Law 94-241 and Public Law 
        95-348.
            (9) American Memorial Park was established to honor the 
        United States Forces that fought in the Battle of Saipan.
            (10) North Field Tinian played a crucial role in shaping 
        the outcome of World War II, since the dropping of the atomic 
        bomb in combat over Hiroshima.
            (11) The 65th Anniversary of this event was in 2010.
    (c) Establishment.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting through 
the National Park Service, shall 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, on an 
appropriate parcel of Tinian Public Land to be agreed upon by the 
National Park Service and the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands 
in consultation with the Mayor of Tinian. The annex shall be used to--
            (1) interpret the important aspects of North Field by 
        highlighting the historic events related to the World War II 
        Marianas Campaign; and
            (2) serve as a curatorial storage of World War II 
        artifacts.
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