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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 125 

To establish the Granada Relocation Center National Historic Site as an 

affiliated unit of the National Park System. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 4, 2007 

Mr. ALLARD introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To establish the Granada Relocation Center National Historic Site as an affiliated unit of the National Park 

System. 

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 ‘‘Granada Relocation 

5 Center National Historic Site Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that— 

8 (1) the Granada Relocation Center, also known 

9 as Camp Amache, was located in the Arkansas Val10 ley in Prowers County in southeastern Colorado; 


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1 (2) of the 10 camps built across the country, 

2 Camp Amache was the only one built on private 

3 lands that were purchased outright or acquired by 

4 condemnation; 

5 (3) the Granada Relocation Center had the 

6 smallest population of the 10 camps but was the 

7 tenth largest population in Colorado at the time; 

8 (4) more than 10,000 Japanese-Americans were 

9 interned at the Granada Relocation Center between 

10 August 1942 and October 1945; 

11 (5) 314 of the original 10,500 acres of Camp 

12 Amache have been found to be nationally significant 

13 and are listed on the National Register of Historic 

14 Places; 

15 (6) different construction methods were used at 

16 Camp Amache than at all the other sites; 

17 (7) these differences are mirrored in the re18 maining foundations of housing, administrative, 

19 warehouse, other support buildings, and the ceme20 tery that remain within the core area of the Gra21 nada Relocation Center; 

22 (8) Camp Amache had the largest and most di23 versified agricultural enterprise of all the camps, in24 cluding a 500-acre vocational farm for high school 

25 agriculture students, and 


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1 (9) there is strong local, regional, and national 

2 support for recognizing and telling the relatively un3 known story of internment of United States citizens 

4 of Japanese descent. 

5 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

6 For the purposes of this Act: 

7 (1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

8 the Secretary of the Interior acting through the Di9 rector of the National Park Service. 

10 (2) HISTORIC SITE.—The term ‘‘historic site’’ 

11 means the Granada Relocation Center, also known 

12 as Camp Amache. 

13 SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF HISTORIC SITE. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is established, as an affili15 ated area of the National Park System, the Granada Relo16 cation Center National Historic Site, consisting of por17 tions of Camp Amache, located in Granada, Colorado. 

18 (b) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the historic 

19 site shall include the approximately 593 acres as generally 

20 depicted on the map titled lllllll, numbered 

21 llllll, and datedlllllllllll, 

22 2007. The map shall be on file and available for inspection 

23 in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service. 


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1 (c) ADMINISTRATION.—The historic site shall be 

2 managed in accordance with all applicable laws and regu3 lations. 

4 (d) OWNERSHIP.—The historic site shall continue to 

5 be owned by the Town of Granada. 

6 SEC. 5. MANAGEMENT OF THE HISTORIC SITE. 

7 (a) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The ‘‘Friends of 

8 Amache’’ shall be the management entity for the historic 

9 site. 

10 (b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—The Secretary may 

11 enter into a cooperative agreement with the management 

12 entity to ensure the marketing, interpretation, and preser13 vation of the national historic site. 

14 (c) TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—The 

15 Secretary may provide technical and financial assistance 

16 to the management entity to mark, interpret, and preserve 

17 the historic site. 

18 (d) LIMITED ROLE OF THE SECRETARY.—Nothing in 

19 this Act authorizes the Secretary to acquire any property 

20 at the historic site or to assume overall financial responsi21 bility for the operation, maintenance, or management of 

22 the historic site. 

23 (e) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta25 tion with the management entity, shall develop a 


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1 general management plan for the historic site. The 

2 plan shall be prepared in accordance with section 

3 12(b) of Public law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–1 et seq.; 

4 commonly known as the National Park System Gen5 eral Authorities Act). 

6 (2) TRANSMITTAL.—Not later than 3 years 

7 after the date that funds are made available for this 

8 Act, the Secretary shall provide a copy of the com9 pleted general management plan to the Committee 

10 on Resources of the House of Representatives and 

11 the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 

12 the Senate. 

13 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

14 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec15 retary such sums as are necessary to carry out the provi16 sions of this Act. 

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