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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2294

To establish the Rosie the Riveter-World War II Home Front National

Historical Park in the State of California, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 27, 2000

Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. BOXER) introduced the following bill;

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

A BILL

To establish the Rosie the Riveter-World War II Home Front

National Historical Park in the State of California, 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 ‘‘Rosie the Riveter5 World War II Home Front National Historical Park Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 Congress finds that—

8 (1) there are certain sites, structures, and areas

9 in Richmond, California, that are associated with the
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1 industrial, governmental, and citizen efforts that led

2 to victory in World War II; and

3 (2) a national historical park should be estab4 lished to preserve those sites, structures, and areas

5 for the benefit and inspiration of the people of the

6 United States.

7 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

8 In this Act:

9 (1) CENTER.—The term ‘‘Center’’ means the

10 World War II Home Front Education Center estab11 lished under section 5(c)(1).

12 (2) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘manage13 ment plan’’ means the management plan for the

14 park submitted under section 5(f).

15 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map de16 picting the boundaries of the park, numbered ll

17 and dated ll.

18 (4) PARK.—The term ‘‘park’’ means the Rosie

19 the Riveter-World War II Home Front National

20 Historical Park established by section 4(a).

21 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

22 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di23 rector of the National Park Service.
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1 SEC. 4. ROSIE THE RIVETER-WORLD WAR II HOME FRONT

2 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the

4 State of California as a unit of the National Park System

5 a national park to be known as the ‘‘Rosie the Riveter6 World War II Home Front National Historical Park’’.

7 (b) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the park shall

8 be those generally depicted on the map.

9 (c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be on file

10 and available for public inspection in the appropriate of11 fices of the National Park Service.

12 SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall administer

14 the park in accordance with this Act and the provisions

15 of law generally applicable to units of the National Park

16 System, including—

17 (1) the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish a Na18 tional Park Service, and for other purposes’’, ap19 proved August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.); and

20 (2) the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the

21 preservation of historic American sites, buildings,

22 objects, and antiquities of national significance, and

23 for other purposes’’, approved August 21, 1935 (16

24 U.S.C. 461 et seq.).
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1 (b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary

2 may consult and enter into cooperative agreements with

3 interested persons—

4 (1) to provide for—

5 (A) the acquisition and curation of histor6 ical artifacts and materials related to the park;

7 and

8 (B) the preservation and interpretation of

9 the park and sites selected by the Secretary as

10 being representative of the home front during

11 World War II; and

12 (2) to assist in the interpretation of—

13 (A) the Rosie the Riveter Memorial;

14 (B) Vincent Park;

15 (C) Shimada Peace Memorial Park;

16 (D) Westshore Park;

17 (E) Ford Assembly Building;

18 (F) Sheridan Observation Point Park;

19 (G) Bay Trail/Esplanade;

20 (H) the intact dry docks/basin docks and 5

21 historical structures at Richmond Shipyard No.

22 3;

23 (I) the vessel S.S. RED OAK VICTORY

24 and Whirley Cranes associated with ship25 building in Richmond;
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1 (J) Kaiser Permanente Field Hospital;

2 (K) World War II child development cen3 ters;

4 (L) Atchison Housing; and

5 (M) Fire Station 67.

6 (c) WORLD WAR II HOME FRONT EDUCATION CEN7 TER.—

8 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary may es9 tablish in the Ford Assembly Building a World War

10 II Home Front Education Center.

11 (2) PURPOSE OF CENTER.—The Center shall

12 provide a distance learning program to provide to

13 the public opportunities to learn about the signifi14 cance of the site and the World War II Home Front.

15 (3) ACQUISITION.—The Secretary may acquire

16 a leasehold interest in the Ford Assembly Building

17 for the purposes of operating the Center.

18 (d) FUNDING.—

19 (1) FEDERAL SHARE.—

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of

21 any expenditure of funds under or for a pur22 pose relating to a cooperative agreement under

23 subsection (b) shall be 50 percent.

24 (B) NON-FEDERAL MATCH.—The non-Fed25 eral share of any expenditure under subpara-
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1 graph (A) may be provided in cash or, on ap2 proval by the Secretary, in kind, including as a

3 donation of property, services, or goods.

4 (2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Sec5 retary may make a payment for a project under a

6 cooperative agreement described in subsection (b)

7 only if the recipient of the payment and the Sec8 retary enter into an agreement that provides that

9 any conversion, use, or disposal of the project for

10 which the payment is made for purposes contrary to

11 the purposes of this Act, as determined by the Sec12 retary, shall entitle the United States to reimburse13 ment of the greater of—

14 (A) all funds paid by the Secretary for the

15 project; or

16 (B) the proportion of the increased value

17 of the project attributable to funds paid by the

18 Secretary for the project, as determined by the

19 Secretary at the time of the improper conver20 sion, use, or disposal.

21 (e) DONATIONS.—The Secretary may accept and use

22 donations of funds, property, and services to carry out this

23 Act.

24 (f) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the end of

2 the third fiscal year that begins after the date of en3 actment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to

4 the Committee on Resources of the House of Rep5 resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Nat6 ural Resources of the Senate a management plan for

7 the park in accordance with—

8 (A) section 12(b) of the Act entitled ‘‘An

9 Act to improve the administration of the na10 tional park system by the Secretary of the Inte11 rior, and to clarify the authorities applicable to

12 the system, and for other purposes’’, approved

13 August 18, 1970 (16 U.S.C. 1a–7(b)); and

14 (B) other applicable law.

15 (2) ADDITIONAL SITES.—

16 (A) DETERMINATION.—The management

17 plan shall include a determination of whether

18 any additional representative sites in the United

19 States that relate to the industrial, govern20 mental, and citizen efforts during World War II

21 should be linked to and interpreted at the park.

22 (B) CENTER INFORMATION.—A determina23 tion under subparagraph (A) shall take into

24 consideration any information or findings devel-
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1 oped in any study of the World War II Home

2 Front carried out by the National Park Service.

3 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro5 priated such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act.

6 (b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of the

7 funds made available under subsection (a) shall be used

8 for the operation or maintenance of the vessel S.S. RED

9 OAK VICTORY.

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