Union Calendar No. 80

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1944

[Report No. 103–145]

A BILL

To provide for additional development at War in

other purposes.the Pacific National Historical Park, and for

JUNE 21, 1993

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee

dered to be printedof the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
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Union Calendar No. 80

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1944

[Report No. 103–145]

To provide for additional development at War in the Pacific National

Historical Park, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 29, 1993

Mr. UNDERWOOD (for himself, Mr. DE LUGO, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr.

ABERCROMBIE, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. MONTGOMERY, Mr. KENNEDY, Mrs. MINK, Mr. RICHARDSON, and Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO ́) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural

Resources

JUNE 21, 1993

Additional sponsors: Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. DE LA

GARZA, Mr. BILBRAY, Mrs. VUCANOVICH, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. LIPINSKI,

Mr. TEJEDA, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr. FROST, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. NORTON,

Mr. TOWNS, Mr. TORRES, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. EDWARDS of Calfornia, Mr. DORNAN, Mr. APPLEGATE, and Mr. SPENCE

JUNE 21, 1993

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House

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

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

A BILL

To provide for additional development at War in the Pacific

National Historical Park, and for other purposes.
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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. FINDINGS.

4 Congress finds that—

5 (1) June 15 through August 10, 1994, marks

6 the 50th anniversary of the Mariana campaign of

7 World War II in which American forces captured the

8 islands of Saipan and Tinian in the Northern Mari9 anas and liberated the United States Territory of

10 Guam from Japanese occupation;

11 (2) an attack during this campaign by the Jap12 anese Imperial fleet, aimed at countering the Amer13 ican forces that had landed on Saipan, led to the

14 battle of the Philippine Sea, which resulted in a

15 crushing defeat for the Japanese by United States

16 naval forces and the destruction of the effectiveness

17 of the Japanese carrier-based airpower;

18 (3) the recapture of Guam liberated one of the

19 few pieces of United States territory that was occu20 pied for two and one-half years by the enemy during

21 World War II and restored freedom to the indige22 nous Chamorros on Guam who suffered as a result

23 of the Japanese occupation;
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1 (4) Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast

2 Guard units distinguished themselves with their he3 roic bravery and sacrifice;

4 (5) the Guam Insular Force Guard, the Guam

5 militia, and the people of Guam earned the highest

6 respect for their defense of the island during the

7 Japanese invasion and their resistance during the

8 occupation; their assistance to the American forces

9 as scouts for the American invasion was invaluable;

10 and their role, as members of the Guam Combat Pa11 trol, was instrumental in seeking out the remaining

12 Japanese forces and restoring peace to the island;

13 (6) during the occupation, the people of

14 Guam—

15 (A) were forcibly removed from their

16 homes;

17 (B) were relocated to remote sections of

18 the island;

19 (C) were required to perform forced labor

20 and faced other harsh treatment, injustices, and

21 death; and

22 (D) were placed in concentration camps

23 when the American invasion became imminent

24 and were brutalized by their occupiers when the
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1 liberation of Guam became apparent to the

2 Japanese;

3 (7) the liberation of the Mariana Islands

4 marked a pivotal point in the Pacific war and led to

5 the American victories at Iwo Jima, Okinawa, the

6 Philippines, Taiwan, and the south China coast, and

7 ultimately against the Japanese home islands;

8 (8) the Mariana Islands of Guam, Saipan, and

9 Tinian provided, for the first time during the war,

10 air bases which allowed land-based American bomb11 ers to reach strategic targets in Japan; and

12 (9) the air offensive conducted from the Mari13 anas against the Japanese war-making capability

14 helped shorten the war and ultimately reduced the

15 toll of lives to secure peace in the Pacific.

16 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

17 It is the sense of Congress that—

18 (1) an appropriate commemoration of the 50th

19 anniversary of the Mariana campaign should be

20 planned by the United States in conjunction with

21 the Government of Guam and the Government of the

22 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands;

23 and

24 (2) the Secretary of the Interior should take all

25 necessary steps to ensure that two visitor centers,
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1 one at the War in the Pacific National Historical

2 Park on Guam and the other at the American Me3 morial Park in Saipan, are completed before June

4 15, 1994, for the 50th anniversary commemoration,

5 to provide adequate historical interpretation of the

6 events described in section 1.

7 (2) the Secretary of the Interior should take all

8 necessary steps to ensure that appropriate visitor fa9 cilities at War in the Pacific National Historical

10 Park on Guam are expeditiously developed and con11 structed; and

12 (3) the Secretary of the Interior should take all

13 necessary steps to ensure that the monument ref14 erenced in section 3(b) is completed before July 21,

15 1994 for the 50th anniversary commemoration, to

16 provide adequate historical interpretation of the

17 events described in section 1.

18 SEC. 3. WAR IN THE PACIFIC NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.

19 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Sub20 section (k) of section 6 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to

21 authorize appropriations for certain insular areas of the

22 United States, and for other purposes’’, approved August

23 18, 1978 (92 Stat. 493; 16 U.S.C. 410dd) is amended

24 by striking ‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$8,000,000’’.
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1 (b) DEVELOPMENT.—Section 6 is further amended

2 by adding at the end the following subsections:

3 ‘‘(l) Within the boundaries of the park, the Secretary

4 is authorized to construct a monument which shall com5 memorate, by individual name, those people of Guam, liv6 ing and dead, who suffered personal injury, forced labor,

7 forced marches, internment or death incident to enemy oc8 cupation of Guam between December 8, 1941, and August

9 10, 1944.

10 ‘‘(m) Within the boundaries of the park, the Sec11 retary is authorized to implement programs to interpret

12 experiences of the people of Guam during World War II,

13 including, but not limited to, oral histories of those people

14 of Guam who experienced the occupation.

15 ‘‘(n) Within six months after the date of enactment

16 of this subsection, the Secretary, through the Director of

17 the National Park Service, shall develop and transmit to

18 the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the

19 Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the

20 House of Representatives a report containing updated cost

21 estimates for the development of the park. Further, this

22 report shall contain a general plan to implement sub23 sections (l) and (m), including, at a minimum, cost esti24 mates for the design and construction of the monument

25 authorized in section (l).
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1 ‘‘(o) Within six months after the date of enactment

2 of this subsection, the Secretary, through the Assistant

3 Secretary of Territorial and International Affairs, shall

4 compile and transmit to the Committee on Energy and

5 Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on

6 Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a list

7 of names to appear on the monument authorized in sub8 section (l).

9 ‘‘(p) The Secretary may take such steps as may be

10 necessary to preserve and protect various World War II

11 vintage weapons and fortifications which exist within the

12 boundaries of the park.’’.

13 SEC. 4. AMERICAN MEMORIAL PARK.

14 Section 5(g) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize

15 appropriations for certain insular areas of the United

16 States, and for other purposes’’, approved August 18,

17 1978 (92 Stat. 492) is amended by striking ‘‘$3,000,000’’

18 and inserting ‘‘$8,000,000’’.