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Union Calendar No. 210

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 521

[Report No. 108–360] 

To establish the Steel Industry National Historic Site in the Commonwealth 

of Pennsylvania. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 4, 2003

Mr. DOYLE (for himself, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. 

ENGLISH, Ms. HART, Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. GERLACH, 

Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. 

SHERWOOD, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. PITTS, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. 

MURPHY, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. 

LATOURETTE, Mr. FROST, Mr. LAHOOD, Ms. KAPTUR, and Mr. 

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

NOVEMBER 17, 2003

Additional sponsor: Mr. DAVIS of Illinois 

NOVEMBER 17, 2003 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 4, 2003] 

A BILL

To establish the Steel Industry National Historic Site in 

the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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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 National 

5 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 Common9 wealth of Pennsylvania symbolize in physical form 

10 the heritage of the steel industry of the United States. 

11 (2) Certain buildings and other structures in the 

12 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are nationally sig13 nificant historical resources, including the United 

14 States Steel Homestead Works, the Carrie Furnace 

15 complex, and the Hot Metal Bridge. 

16 (3) Despite substantial efforts for cultural preser17 vation and historical interpretation by the Common18 wealth of Pennsylvania and by individuals and pub19 lic and private entities in the Commonwealth, these 

20 buildings and other structures may be lost without the 

21 assistance of the Federal Government. 

22 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are to ensure 

23 the preservation, interpretation, visitor enjoyment, and 

24 maintenance of the nationally significant historical and 

25 cultural sites and structures described in subsection (a) for 
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1 the benefit and inspiration of present and future genera2 tions. 

3 SEC. 3. STEEL INDUSTRY NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, PENN4 SYLVANIA. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Steel Industry National 

6 Historic Site is hereby established as a unit of the National 

7 Park System in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 

8 (b) DESCRIPTION.—

9 (1) INCLUSION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY.—Subject 

10 to paragraph (2), the historic site shall consist of the 

11 following properties, each of which relate to the 

12 former United States Steel Homestead Works, as de13 picted on the map entitled ‘‘Steel Industry National 

14 Historic Site’’, dated November 2003, and numbered 

15 80,000: 

16 (A) The historic location of the Battle of 

17 Homestead site in the borough of Munhall, Penn18 sylvania, consisting of approximately 3 acres of 

19 land, including the pumphouse and water tower 

20 and related structures, within the property 

21 bounded by the Monongahela River, the CSX 

22 railroad, Waterfront Drive, and the Damascus23 Marcegaglia Steel Mill. 

24 (B) The historic location of the Carrie Fur25 nace complex in the boroughs of Swissvale and 
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1 Rankin, Pennsylvania, consisting of approxi2 mately 35 acres of land, including blast furnaces 

3 6 and 7, the ore yard, the cast house, the blowing 

4 engine house, the AC power house, and related 

5 structures, within the property bounded by the 

6 proposed southwesterly right-of-way line needed 

7 to accommodate the Mon/Fayette Expressway 

8 and the relocated CSX railroad right-of-way, the 

9 Monongahela River, and a property line drawn 

10 northeast to southwest approximately 100 yards 

11 east of the AC power house. 

12 (C) The historic location of the Hot Metal 

13 Bridge, consisting of the Union railroad bridge 

14 and its approaches, spanning the Monongahela 

15 River and connecting the mill sites in the bor16 oughs of Rankin and Munhall, Pennsylvania. 

17 (2) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map referred to 

18 in paragraph (1) shall be available for public inspec19 tion in an appropriate office of the National Park 

20 Service. 

21 (c) ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.— To further the pur22 poses of this section, the Secretary of the Interior may ac23 quire, only by donation, property for inclusion in the his24 toric site as follows: 
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1 (1) Any land or interest in land with respect to 

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

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

4 general proximity of the property identified in such 

5 subsection, for the development of visitor, administra6 tive, museum, curatorial, and maintenance facilities. 

7 (3) Personal property associated with, and ap8 propriate for, the interpretation of the historic site. 

9 (d) PRIVATE PROPERTY PROTECTIONS.—Nothing in 

10 this Act shall be construed—

11 (1) to require any private property owner to per12 mit public access (including Federal, State, or local 

13 government access) to the private property; or 

14 (2) to modify any provision of Federal, State, or 

15 local law with regard to public access to or use of pri16 vate property. 

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

18 shall administer the historic site in accordance with this 

19 Act and the provisions of law generally applicable to units 

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

21 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), and the Act of August 21, 

22 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.). 

23 (f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Until such time as the Sec25 retary of the Interior has acquired the property iden-
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1 tified in subsection (b)(1), as depicted on the map re2 ferred to in such subsection, the Secretary may enter 

3 into a cooperative agreement with any interested in4 dividual, public or private agency, organization, or 

5 institution to further the purposes of the historic site. 

6 (2) CONTRARY PURPOSES.—Any payment made 

7 by the Secretary pursuant to a cooperative agreement 

8 under this subsection shall be subject to an agreement 

9 that conversion, use, or disposal of the project so as10 sisted for purposes contrary to the purpose of the his11 toric site, as determined by the Secretary, shall result 

12 in a right of the United States to reimbursement of 

13 all funds made available to such a project or the pro14 portion of the increased value of the project attrib15 utable to such funds as determined at the time of such 

16 conversion, use, or disposal, whichever is greater. 

17 (g) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of the In18 terior may provide technical assistance to any person for—

19 (1) the preservation of historic structures within 

20 the historic site; and 

21 (2) the maintenance of the natural and cultural 

22 landscape of the historic site. 

23 (h) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.—

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

25 after the date on which funds are first made available 
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1 to carry out this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 

2 shall prepare a general management plan for the his3 toric site that will incorporate or otherwise address 

4 substantive comments made during the consultation 

5 required by paragraph (2). 

6 (2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall pre7 pare the general management plan in consultation 

8 with—

9 (A) an appropriate official of each appro10 priate political subdivision of the Commonwealth 

11 of Pennsylvania that has jurisdiction over all or 

12 a portion of the lands included in the historic 

13 site; 

14 (B) an appropriate official of the Steel In15 dustry Heritage Corporation; and 

16 (C) private property owners in the vicinity 

17 of the historic site. 

18 (3) SUBMISSION OF PLAN TO CONGRESS.—Upon 

19 the completion of the general management plan, the 

20 Secretary shall submit a copy of the plan to the Com21 mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen22 ate and the Committee on Resources of the House of 

23 Representatives. 
Union Calendar No. 210

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 521

[Report No. 108–360] 

A BILL

To establish the Steel Industry National Historic 

Site in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 

NOVEMBER 17, 2003

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 

and ordered to be printed