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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3905 

To adjust the boundary of the Minidoka Internment National Monument 

to include the Nidoto Nai Yoni Memorial in Bainbridge Island, Washington, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2006 

Ms. CANTWELL (for herself and Mrs. MURRAY) introduced the following bill; 

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

A BILL 

To adjust the boundary of the Minidoka Internment National 

Monument to include the Nidoto Nai Yoni Memorial 

in Bainbridge Island, Washington, 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 ‘‘Bainbridge Island Jap5 anese American Monument Act of 2006’’. 

6 SEC. 2. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of the Minidoka In8 ternment National Monument, located in the State of 


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1 Idaho and established by Presidential Proclamation 7395 

2 of January 17, 2001, is adjusted to include the Nidoto 

3 Nai Yoni (‘‘Let it not happen again’’) memorial. That me4 morial— 

5 (1) commemorates the Japanese Americans of 

6 Bainbridge Island, Washington, who were the first 

7 to be forcibly removed from their homes and relo8 cated to internment camps during World War II 

9 under Executive Order 9066; and 

10 (2) consists of approximately 8 acres of land in 

11 the City of Bainbridge Island, Washington, as de12 picted on the map titled lllllll, numbered 

13 llllllll, and dated llllllll. 

14 (b) MAP.—The map referred to in subsection (a) 

15 shall be kept on file and made available for public inspec16 tion in the appropriate offices of the National Park Serv17 ice. 

18 SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION OF MONUMENT. 

19 (a) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of the Interior 

20 (hereinafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

21 shall administer the Nidoto Nai Yoni Memorial as part 

22 of Minidoka Internment National Monument in accord23 ance with— 

24 (1) Presidential Proclamation 7395 of January 

25 17, 2001; 


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1 (2) laws and regulations generally applicable to 

2 units of the National Park System, including the 

3 National Park Service Organic Act (16 U.S.C. 1 et 

4 seq.); and 

5 (3) any agreements entered into pursuant to 

6 subsection (b). 

7 (b) AGREEMENTS.—For the purposes of developing, 

8 interpreting, operating, and maintaining the Nidoto Nai 

9 Yoni Memorial in partnership with other public and pri10 vate entities, the Secretary is authorized to enter into 

11 agreements with— 

12 (1) the City of Bainbridge Island; 

13 (2) the Bainbridge Island Metropolitan Park 

14 Camp Recreational District; 

15 (3) The Bainbridge Island Japanese American 

16 Community Memorial Committee; 

17 (4) the Bainbridge Island Historical Society; 

18 (5) successor entities to the entities named in 

19 paragraphs (1) through (4); and 

20 (6) other appropriate individuals or entities, at 

21 the discretion of the Secretary. 

22 (c) COORDINATION OF INTERPRETIVE AND EDU23 CATIONAL MATERIALS AND PROGRAMS.—The Secretary 

24 shall coordinate the development of interpretive and edu25 cational materials and programs for the Nidoto Nai Yoni 


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1 Memorial and the Minidoka Internment National Monu2 ment with the Manzanar National Historic Site in the 

3 State of California. 

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