I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3111 
To provide for the administration of Port Chicago Naval Magazine National 
Memorial as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2007 
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mrs. 
MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. DAVIS of Il-
linois, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. SNYDER, Mrs. CAPPS, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. 
BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Ms. MAT-
SUI, Ms. SOLIS, Ms. LEE, and Ms. WOOLSEY) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in 
addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the administration of Port Chicago Naval 
Magazine National Memorial as a unit of the National 
Park System, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Port Chicago Naval 
Magazine National Memorial Enhancement Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. PORT CHICAGO NAVAL MAGAZINE NATIONAL ME-
MORIAL. 
Section 203 of the Port Chicago National Memorial 
Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–562; 16 U.S.C. 431; 106 
Stat. 4235) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (g); 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsections: 
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall administer the Port Chicago Naval Magazine 
National Memorial as a unit of the National Park System 
in accordance with this Act and laws generally applicable 
to units of the National Park System, including the Na-
tional Park Service Organic Act (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 
1 et seq.) and the Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666; 
16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.). 
‘‘(d) TRANSFER
OF LAND.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, whenever the Secretary of Defense 
determines that the land depicted within the proposed 
boundary on the map titled ‘Port Chicago Naval Magazine 
National Memorial, Proposed Boundary’, numbered 018/ 
80,001, and dated August 2005, is excess to military 
needs, the Secretary of Defense shall transfer the land, 
which consists of approximately 5 acres, to the administra-
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tive jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, who shall 
administer the property in accordance with subsection (c). 
‘‘(e) ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION.—As part of 
the transfer under subsection (d), the Secretary of De-
fense shall perform, in accordance with the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and other applicable 
laws, all environmental remediation actions necessary to 
respond to environmental contamination attributable to 
former military activities on the property. 
‘‘(f) AGREEMENT WITH CITY
OF CONCORD
AND 
EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.—The Secretary of 
the Interior is authorized to enter into an agreement with 
the City of Concord, California, and the East Bay Re-
gional Park District, to establish and operate a facility 
for visitor orientation and parking, administrative offices, 
and curatorial storage for the Memorial.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (g), (as redesignated by para-
graph (1)), by striking ‘‘Secretary of the Navy to 
provide public access to the Memorial.’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Secretary of Defense to provide as much public 
access as possible to the Memorial without inter-
fering with military needs.’’. 
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SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that in order to preserve 
the Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial for 
future generations, the Secretary of Defense and the Sec-
retary of the Interior should work together to— 
(1) repair storm damage to the Port Chicago 
site; and 
(2) develop a process by which future repairs 
and necessary modifications to the site can be 
achieved in as timely and cost-effective a manner as 
possible. 
Æ 
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