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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 697 

To establish the Steel Industry National Historic Site in the State of 

Pennsylvania. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 27, 2007 

Mr. SPECTER (for himself and Mr. CASEY) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

A BILL 

To establish the Steel Industry National Historic Site in 

the State of Pennsylvania. 

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 ‘‘Steel Industry Na5 tional Historic Site Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) Certain sites and structures in the Com9 monwealth of Pennsylvania symbolize in physical 


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1 form the heritage of the steel industry of the United 

2 States. 

3 (2) Certain buildings and other structures in 

4 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are nationally 

5 significant historical resources, including the United 

6 States Steel Homestead Works, the Carrie Furnace 

7 complex, and the Hot Metal Bridge. 

8 (3) Despite substantial efforts for cultural pres9 ervation and historical interpretation by the Com10 monwealth of Pennsylvania and by individuals and 

11 public and private entities in the Commonwealth, 

12 these buildings and other structures may be lost 

13 without the assistance of the Federal Government. 

14 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are to en15 sure the preservation, interpretation, visitor enjoyment, 

16 and maintenance of the nationally significant historical 

17 and cultural sites and structures described in subsection 

18 (a) for the benefit and inspiration of present and future 

19 generations. 

20 SEC. 3. STEEL INDUSTRY NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, PENN21 SYLVANIA. 

22 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Steel Industry National 

23 Historic Site is hereby established as a unit of the Na24 tional Park System in the Commonwealth of Pennsyl25 vania. 


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1 (b) DESCRIPTION.— 

2 (1) INCLUSION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY.—Sub3 ject to paragraph (2), the historic site shall consist 

4 of the following properties, each of which relate to 

5 the former United States Steel Homestead Works, 

6 as depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Steel Industry Na7 tional Historic Site’’, dated November 2003, and 

8 numbered 80,000: 

9 (A) The historic location of the Battle of 

10 Homestead site in the borough of Munhall, 

11 Pennsylvania, consisting of approximately 3 

12 acres of land, including the pumphouse and 

13 water tower and related structures, within the 

14 property bounded by the Monongahela River, 

15 the CSX railroad, Waterfront Drive, and the 

16 Damascus-Marcegaglia Steel Mill. 

17 (B) The historic location of the Carrie 

18 Furnace complex in the boroughs of Swissvale 

19 and Rankin, Pennsylvania, consisting of ap20 proximately 35 acres of land, including blast 

21 furnaces 6 and 7, the ore yard, the cast house, 

22 the blowing engine house, the AC power house, 

23 and related structures, within the property 

24 bounded by the proposed southwesterly right-of25 way line needed to accommodate the Mon/FayVerDate Aug 31 2005 22:39 Feb 28, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S697.IS S697

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1 ette Expressway and the relocated CSX railroad 

2 right-of-way, the Monongahela River, and a 

3 property line drawn northeast to southwest ap4 proximately 100 yards east of the AC power 

5 house. 

6 (C) The historic location of the Hot Metal 

7 Bridge, consisting of the Union railroad bridge 

8 and its approaches, spanning the Monongahela 

9 River and connecting the mill sites in the bor10 oughs of Rankin and Munhall, Pennsylvania. 

11 (2) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map referred 

12 to in paragraph (1) shall be available for public in13 spection in an appropriate office of the National 

14 Park Service. 

15 (c) ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.—To further the pur16 poses of this section, the Secretary of the Interior may 

17 acquire, only by donation, property for inclusion in the his18 toric site as follows: 

19 (1) Any land or interest in land with respect to 

20 the property identified in subsection (b)(1). 

21 (2) Up to 10 acres of land adjacent to or in the 

22 general proximity of the property identified in such 

23 subsection, for the development of visitor, adminis24 trative, museum, curatorial, and maintenance facili25 ties. 


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1 (3) Personal property associated with, and ap2 propriate for, the interpretation of the historic site. 

3 (d) PRIVATE PROPERTY PROTECTIONS.—Nothing in 

4 this Act shall be construed— 

5 (1) to require any private property owner to 

6 permit public access (including Federal, State, or 

7 local government access) to the private property; or 

8 (2) to modify any provision of Federal, State, 

9 or local law with regard to public access to or use 

10 of private property. 

11 (e) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of the Interior 

12 shall administer the historic site in accordance with this 

13 Act and the provisions of law generally applicable to units 

14 of the National Park System, including the Act of August 

15 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), and the Act of August 

16 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.). 

17 (f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Until such time as the Sec19 retary of the Interior has acquired the property 

20 identified in subsection (b)(1), as depicted on the 

21 map referred to in such subsection, the Secretary 

22 may enter into a cooperative agreement with any in23 terested individual, public or private agency, organi24 zation, or institution to further the purposes of the 

25 historic site. 


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1 (2) CONTRARY PURPOSES.—Any payment made 

2 by the Secretary pursuant to a cooperative agree3 ment under this subsection shall be subject to an 

4 agreement that conversion, use, or disposal of the 

5 project so assisted for purposes contrary to the pur6 pose of the historic site, as determined by the Sec7 retary, shall result in a right of the United States 

8 to reimbursement of all funds made available to such 

9 a project or the proportion of the increased value of 

10 the project attributable to such funds as determined 

11 at the time of such conversion, use, or disposal, 

12 whichever is greater. 

13 (g) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of the 

14 Interior may provide technical assistance to any person 

15 for— 

16 (1) the preservation of historic structures with17 in the historic site; and 

18 (2) the maintenance of the natural and cultural 

19 landscape of the historic site. 

20 (h) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

21 (1) PREPARATION.—Not later than three years 

22 after the date on which funds are first made avail23 able to carry out this Act, the Secretary of the Inte24 rior shall prepare a general management plan for 

25 the historic site that will incorporate or otherwise 


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1 address substantive comments made during the con2 sultation required by paragraph (2). 

3 (2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall pre4 pare the general management plan in consultation 

5 with— 

6 (A) an appropriate official of each appro7 priate political subdivision of the Common8 wealth of Pennsylvania that has jurisdiction 

9 over all or a portion of the lands included in the 

10 historic site; 

11 (B) an appropriate official of the Steel In12 dustry Heritage Corporation; and 

13 (C) private property owners in the vicinity 

14 of the historic site. 

15 (3) SUBMISSION OF PLAN TO CONGRESS.— 

16 Upon the completion of the general management 

17 plan, the Secretary shall submit a copy of the plan 

18 to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

19 of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of 

20 the House of Representatives. 

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