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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5706 

To establish the Pearl Harbor National Memorial in the State of Hawai’i 

and the Honouliuli National Historic Site in the State of Hawai’i, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 8, 2018 

Ms. HANABUSA (for herself, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. BORDALLO, and Ms. 

GABBARD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To establish the Pearl Harbor National Memorial in the 

State of Hawai’i and the Honouliuli National Historic 

Site in the State of Hawai’i, 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 ‘‘World War II Pacific 

5 Sites Establishment Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PEARL HARBOR NATIONAL MEMORIAL, HAWAI’I. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 (1) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en9 titled ‘‘Pearl Harbor National Memorial—Proposed 


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1 Boundary’’, numbered 580/140,514, and dated No2 vember 2017. 

3 (2) NATIONAL MEMORIAL.—The term ‘‘Na4 tional Memorial’’ means the Pearl Harbor National 

5 Memorial established by subsection (b)(1)(A). 

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

7 the Secretary of the Interior. 

8 (b) PEARL HARBOR NATIONAL MEMORIAL.— 

9 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—There is established the 

11 Pearl Harbor National Memorial in the State of 

12 Hawai’i as a unit of the National Park System. 

13 (B) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the 

14 National Memorial shall be the boundaries gen15 erally depicted on the Map. 

16 (C) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The Map 

17 shall be on file and available for public inspec18 tion in appropriate offices of the National Park 

19 Service. 

20 (2) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the National 

21 Memorial are to preserve, interpret, and commemo22 rate for the benefit of present and future genera23 tions the history of World War II in the Pacific from 

24 the events leading to the December 7, 1941, attack 

25 on O’ahu, to peace and reconciliation. 


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1 (c) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall admin2 ister the National Memorial in accordance with this sec3 tion, section 121 of Public Law 111–88, and the laws gen4 erally applicable to units of the National Park System in5 cluding— 

6 (1) section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sec7 tions 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of 

8 title 54, United States Code; and 

9 (2) chapter 3201 of title 54, United States 

10 Code. 

11 (d) REMOVAL OF PEARL HARBOR NATIONAL MEMO12 RIAL FROM WORLD WAR II VALOR IN THE PACIFIC NA13 TIONAL MONUMENT.— 

14 (1) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of World 

15 War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument are 

16 revised to exclude from the monument the land and 

17 interests in land identified as the ‘‘Pearl Harbor Na18 tional Memorial’’ as depicted on the Map. 

19 (2) INCORPORATION INTO NATIONAL MEMO20 RIAL.— 

21 (A) IN GENERAL.—The land and interests 

22 in land excluded from the monument under 

23 paragraph (1) are incorporated in and made 

24 part of the National Memorial in accordance 

25 with this section. 


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1 (B) USE OF FUNDS.—Any funds for the 

2 purposes of the land and interests in land ex3 cluded from the monument under paragraph (1) 

4 shall be made available for the purposes of the 

5 National Memorial. 

6 (C) REFERENCES.—Any references in law 

7 (other than in this Act), regulation, document, 

8 record, map or other paper of the United States 

9 to resources in the State of Hawai’i included in 

10 the World War II Valor in the Pacific National 

11 Monument shall be considered a reference to 

12 Pearl Harbor National Memorial. 

13 SEC. 3. HONOULIULI NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, HAWAI’I. 

14 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

15 (1) HISTORIC SITE.—The term ‘‘Historic Site’’ 

16 means the Honouliuli National Historic Site estab17 lished by subsection (b)(1)(A). 

18 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en19 titled ‘‘Honouliuli National Historic Site—Proposed 

20 Boundary’’, numbered 680/139428, and dated June 

21 2017. 

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

23 the Secretary of the Interior. 

24 (b) HONOULIULI NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE.— 

25 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—There is established the 

2 Honouliuli National Historic Site in the State 

3 of Hawai’i as a unit of the National Park Sys4 tem. 

5 (B) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the 

6 Historic Site shall be the boundaries generally 

7 depicted on the Map. 

8 (C) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The Map 

9 shall be on file and available for public inspec10 tion in appropriate offices of the National Park 

11 Service. 

12 (2) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Historic 

13 Site are to preserve and interpret for the benefit of 

14 present and future generations the history associated 

15 with the internment and detention of civilians of 

16 Japanese and other ancestries during World War II 

17 in Hawai’i, the impacts of war and martial law on 

18 society in the Hawaiian Islands, and the co-location 

19 and diverse experiences of Prisoners of War at the 

20 Honouliuli Internment Camp site. 

21 (c) ADMINISTRATION.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin23 ister the Historic Site in accordance with this sec24 tion and the laws generally applicable to units of the 

25 National Park System, including— 


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1 (A) section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and 

2 sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 

3 102101 of title 54, United States Code; and 

4 (B) chapter 3201 of title 54, United States 

5 Code. 

6 (2) PARTNERSHIPS.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

8 enter into agreements with, or acquire ease9 ments from, the owners of property adjacent to 

10 the Historic Site to provide public access to the 

11 Historic Site. 

12 (B) INTERPRETATION.—The Secretary 

13 may enter into cooperative agreements with 

14 governmental and nongovernmental organiza15 tions to provide for interpretation at the His16 toric Site. 

17 (3) SHARED RESOURCES.—To the maximum 

18 extent practicable, the Secretary may use the re19 sources of the Pearl Harbor National Memorial to 

20 administer the Historic Site. 

21 (d) ABOLISHMENT OF HONOULIULI NATIONAL

22 MONUMENT.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—In light of the establishment 

24 of the Honouliuli National Historic Site, the 

25 Honouliuli National Monument is hereby abolished 


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1 and the lands and interests therein are incorporated 

2 within and made part of Honouliuli National His3 toric Site. Any funds available for purposes of 

4 Honouliuli National Monument shall be available for 

5 purposes of the Historic Site. 

6 (2) REFERENCES.—Any references in law 

7 (other than in this Act), regulation, document, 

8 record, map or other paper of the United States to 

9 Honouliuli National Monument shall be considered a 

10 reference to Honouliuli National Historic Site. 

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