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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 521

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 

A BILL

To establish the Steel Industry National Historic Site in 

the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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 Na5 tional Historic Site Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
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1 (1) Certain sites and structures in the Com2 monwealth of Pennsylvania symbolize in physical 

3 form the heritage of the steel industry of the United 

4 States. 

5 (2) A very large proportion of the buildings and 

6 other structures in the Commonwealth of Pennsyl7 vania are nationally significant historical resources, 

8 including the United States Steel Homestead Works, 

9 the Carrie Furnace complex, and the Hot Metal 

10 Bridge. 

11 (3) Despite substantial efforts for cultural pres12 ervation and historical interpretation by the Com13 monwealth of Pennsylvania and by individuals and 

14 public and private entities in the Commonwealth, 

15 these buildings and other structures may be lost 

16 without the assistance of the Federal Government. 

17 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are to en18 sure the preservation, interpretation, visitor enjoyment, 

19 and maintenance of the nationally significant historical 

20 and cultural sites and structures described in subsection 

21 (a) for the benefit and inspiration of present and future 

22 generations. 
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1 SEC. 3. STEEL INDUSTRY NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, PENN2 SYLVANIA. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Steel Industry National 

4 Historic Site is hereby established as a unit of the Na5 tional Park System in the Commonwealth of Pennsyl6 vania. 

7 (b) DESCRIPTION.—The historic site shall consist of 

8 the following properties, each of which relate to the former 

9 United States Steel Homestead Works: 

10 (1) The historic location of the Battle of Home11 stead site in the borough of Munhall, Pennsylvania, 

12 consisting of approximately 3 acres of land, includ13 ing the pumphouse and water tower and related 

14 structures, within the property bounded by the 

15 Monongahela River, the CSX railroad, Waterfront 

16 Drive, and the Damascus-Marcegaglia Steel Mill. 

17 (2) The historic location of the Carrie Furnace 

18 complex in the boroughs of Swissvale and Rankin, 

19 Pennsylvania, consisting of approximately 35 acres 

20 of land, including blast furnaces 6 and 7, the ore 

21 yard, the cast house, the blowing engine house, the 

22 AC power house, and related structures, within the 

23 property bounded by the proposed southwesterly 

24 right-of-way line needed to accommodate the Mon/

25 Fayette Expressway and the relocated CSX railroad 

26 right-of-way, the Monongahela River, and a property 
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1 line drawn northeast to southwest approximately 

2 100 yards east of the AC power house. 

3 (3) The historic location of the Hot Metal 

4 Bridge, consisting of the Union railroad bridge and 

5 its approaches, spanning the Monongahela River and 

6 connecting the mill sites in the boroughs of Rankin 

7 and Munhall, Pennsylvania. 

8 (4) All other property included in the historic 

9 site by Federal law or acquired by the Secretary of 

10 the Interior for inclusion in the historic site pursu11 ant to subsection (c) or other Federal law. 

12 (c) ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.— To further the 

13 purposes of this section, the Secretary of the Interior may 

14 acquire, by donation, property for inclusion in the historic 

15 site as follows: 

16 (1) Any land or interest in land with respect to 

17 the property identified in paragraphs (1), (2), or (3) 

18 of subsection (b). 

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

20 general proximity of the property identified in para21 graphs (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (b), for the de22 velopment of visitor, administrative, museum, cura23 torial, and maintenance facilities. 

24 (3) Personal property associated with, and ap25 propriate for, the interpretation of the historic site. 
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1 (d) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of the Interior 

2 shall administer the historic site in accordance with this 

3 section and the provisions of law generally applicable to 

4 units of the National Park System, including the Act of 

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

6 August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.). 

7 (e) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—To further the purposes of 

9 the historic site, the Secretary of the Interior may 

10 enter into a cooperative agreement with any inter11 ested individual, public or private agency, organiza12 tion, or institution. 

13 (2) CONTRARY PURPOSES.—Any payment made 

14 by the Secretary pursuant to a cooperative agree15 ment under this subsection shall be subject to an 

16 agreement that conversion, use, or disposal of the 

17 project so assisted for purposes contrary to the pur18 pose of the historic site, as determined by the Sec19 retary, shall result in a right of the United States 

20 to reimbursement of all funds made available to such 

21 a project or the proportion of the increased value of 

22 the project attributable to such funds as determined 

23 at the time of such conversion, use, or disposal, 

24 whichever is greater. 
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1 (f) TECHNICAL AND PRESERVATION ASSISTANCE.—

2 The Secretary of the Interior may provide technical assist3 ance to any person for—

4 (1) the preservation of historic structures with5 in the historic site; 

6 (2) the maintenance of the natural and cultural 

7 landscape of the historic site; and 

8 (3) local preservation planning for the historic 

9 site. 

10 (g) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.—

11 (1) PREPARATION.—Not later than the last day 

12 of the third fiscal year beginning after the date of 

13 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Inte14 rior shall prepare a general management plan for 

15 the historic site. 

16 (2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall pre17 pare the general management plan in consultation 

18 withl

19 (A) an appropriate official of each appro20 priate political subdivision of the Common21 wealth of Pennsylvania that has jurisdiction 

22 over all or a portion of the lands included in the 

23 historic site; and 

24 (B) an appropriate official of the Steel In25 dustry Heritage Corporation. 
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1 (3) SUBMISSION OF PLAN TO CONGRESS.—

2 Upon the completion of the general management 

3 plan, the Secretary shall submit a copy of the plan 

4 to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

5 of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of 

6 the House of Representatives.

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