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Park Service, and for other purposes’’, approved August 25,
1916 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), and the Act of August 21, 1935
(49 Stat. 666, chapter 593; 16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.).
(2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—To further the purposes
of this section, the Secretary may enter into a cooperative
agreement with any interested individual, public or private
agency, organization, or institution.
(3) TECHNICAL AND PRESERVATION ASSISTANCE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide to any
eligible person described in subparagraph (B) technical
assistance for the preservation of historic structures of,
the maintenance of the cultural landscape of, and local
preservation planning for, the historic site.
(B) ELIGIBLE PERSONS.—The eligible persons described
in this subparagraph are—
(i) an owner of real property within the boundary
of the historic site, as described in subsection (c)(2);
and
(ii) any interested individual, agency, organization,
or institution that has entered into an agreement with
the Secretary pursuant to paragraph (2).
(e) ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary
is authorized to acquire by donation, exchange, or purchase
with funds made available by donation or appropriation, such
lands or interests in lands as may be necessary to allow for
the interpretation, preservation, or restoration of the First
Baptist Church, the St. Francis Hotel, the Nicodemus School
District Number 1, the African Methodist Episcopal Church,
or the Township Hall, as described in subsection (c)(2)(A), or
any combination thereof.
(2) LIMITATIONS.—
(A) ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY OWNED BY THE STATE
OF
KANSAS.—Real property that is owned by the State
of Kansas or a political subdivision of the State of Kansas
that is acquired pursuant to paragraph (1) may only be
acquired by donation.
(B) CONSENT OF OWNER REQUIRED.—No real property
may be acquired under this subsection without the consent
of the owner of the real property.
(f) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the last day of the third
full fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary shall, in consultation with the officials
described in paragraph (2), prepare a general management
plan for the historic site.
(2) CONSULTATION.—In preparing the general management
plan, the Secretary shall consult with an appropriate official
of each of the following:
(A) The Nicodemus Historical Society.
(B) The Kansas Historical Society.
(C) Appropriate political subdivisions of the State of
Kansas that have jurisdiction over all or a portion of the
historic site.
(3) 
SUBMISSION
OF
PLAN
TO
CONGRESS.—Upon 
the
completion of the general management plan, the Secretary shall
submit a copy of the plan to the Committee on Energy and
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Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on
Resources of the House of Representatives.
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized
to be appropriated to the Department of the Interior such sums
as are necessary to carry out this section.
SEC. 513. UNALASKA.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the ‘‘Aleutian
World War II National Historic Areas Act of 1996’’.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to designate and
preserve the Aleutian World War II National Historic Area within
lands owned by the Ounalaska Corporation on the island of
Amaknak, Alaska and to provide for the interpretation, for the
educational and inspirational benefit of present and future genera-
tions, of the unique and significant circumstances involving the
history of the Aleut people, and the role of the Aleut people and
the Aleutian Islands in the defense of the United States in World
War II.
(c) BOUNDARIES.—The Aleutian World War II National Historic
Area whall be comprised of areas on Amaknak Island depicted
on the map entitled ‘‘Aleutian World War II National Historic
Area’’.
(d) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Nothing in this section shall—
(1) authorize the conveyance of lands between the
Ounalaska Corporation and the United States Department of
the Interior, nor remove land or structures appurtenant to
the land from the exclusive control of the Ounalaska Corpora-
tion; or
(2) provide authority for the Department of the Interior
to assume the duties associated with the daily operation for
the historic area or any of its facilities or structures.
(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of the Interior may
award grants and provide technical assistance to the Ounalaska
Corporation and the City of Unalaska to assist with the planning,
development, and historic preservation from any program funds
authorized by law for technical assistance, land use planning or
historic preservation.
SEC. 514. JAPANESE AMERICAN PATRIOTISM MEMORIAL.
(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section—
(1) to assist in the effort to timely establish within the
District of Columbia a national memorial to Japanese American
patriotism in World War II; and
(2) to improve management of certain parcels of Federal
real property located within the District of Columbia,
by the transferring jurisdiction over such parcels to the Architect
of the Capitol, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Government
of the District of Columbia.
(b) TRANSFERS OF JURISDICTION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the date of the enactment
of this Act and notwithstanding any other provision of law,
jurisdiction over the parcels of Federal real property described
in paragraph (2) is transferred without additional consideration
as provided by paragraph (2).
(2) SPECIFIC TRANSFERS.—
(A) TRANSFERS TO SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.—
(i) IN
GENERAL.—Jurisdiction over the following
parcels is transferred to the Secretary of the Interior:
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(I) That triangle of Federal land, including
any contiguous sidewalks and tree space, that is
part of the United States Capitol Grounds under
the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol
bound by D Street, N.W., New Jersey Avenue,
N.W., and Louisiana Avenue, N.W., in square
W632 in the District of Columbia, as shown on
the Map Showing Properties Under Jurisdiction
of the Architect of the Capitol, dated November
8, 1994.
(II) That triangle of Federal land, including
any contiguous sidewalks and tree space, that is
part of the United States Capitol Grounds under
the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol
bound by C Street, N.W., First Street, N.W., and
Louisiana Avenue, N.W., in the District of Colum-
bia, as shown on the Map Showing Properties
Under Jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol,
dated November 8, 1994.
(ii) LIMITATION.—The parcels transferred by clause
(i) shall not include those contiguous sidewalks
abutting Louisiana Avenue, N.W., which shall remain
part of the United States Capitol Grounds under the
jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol.
(iii) CONSIDERATION
AS
MEMORIAL
SITE.—The
parcels transferred by subclause (I) of clause (i) may
be considered as a site for a national memorial to
Japanese American patriotism in World War II.
(B) TRANSFERS
TO
ARCHITECT
OF
THE
CAPITOL.—
Jurisdiction over the following parcels is transferred to
the Architect of the Capitol:
(i) That portion of the triangle of Federal land
in Reservation No. 204 in the District of Columbia
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior,
including any contiguous sidewalks, bound by Constitu-
tion Avenue, N.E., on the north, the branch of
Maryland Avenue, N.E., running in a northeast direc-
tion on the west, the major portion of Maryland
Avenue, N.E., on the south, and 2nd Street, N.E.,
on the east, including the contiguous sidewalks.
(ii) That irregular area of Federal land in Reserva-
tion No. 204 in the District of Columbia under the
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, including
any contiguous sidewalks, northeast of the real prop-
erty described in clause (i) bound by Constitution
Avenue, N.E., on the north, the branch of Maryland
Avenue, N.E., running to the northeast on the south,
and the private property on the west known as lot
7, in square 726.
(iii) The two irregularly shaped medians lying
north and east of the property described in clause
(i), located between the north and south curbs of
Constitution Avenue, N.E., west of its intersection with
Second Street, N.E., all as shown in Land Record No.
268, dated November 22, 1957, in the Office of the
Surveyor, District of Columbia, in Book 138, Page 58.
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(iv) All sidewalks under the jurisdiction of the
District of Columbia abutting on and contiguous to
the land described in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii).
(C) TRANSFERS TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.—Jurisdiction
over the following parcels is transferred to the Government
of the District of Columbia:
(i) That portion of New Jersey Avenue, N.W.,
between the northernmost point of the intersection
of New Jersey Avenue, N.W., and D Street, N.W.,
and the northernmost point of the intersection of New
Jersey Avenue, N.W., and Louisiana Avenue, N.W.,
between squares 631 and W632, which remains Federal
property.
(ii) That portion of D Street, N.W., between its
intersection with New Jersey Avenue, N.W., and its
intersection with Louisiana Avenue, N.W., between
squares 630 and W632, which remains Federal
property.
(c) MISCELLANEOUS.—
(1) COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS.—Compliance with this
section shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of all laws
otherwise applicable to transfers of jurisdiction over parcels
of Federal real property.
(2) LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITY.—Law enforcement
responsibility for the parcels of Federal real property for which
jurisdiction is transferred by subsection (b) shall be assumed
by the person acquiring such jurisdiction.
(3) UNITED STATES CAPITOL GROUNDS.—
(A) DEFINITION.—The first section of the Act entitled
‘‘An Act to define the United States Capitol Grounds, to
regulate the use thereof, and for other purposes’’, approved
July 31, 1946 (40 U.S.C. 193a), is amended to include
within the definition of the United States Capitol Grounds
the parcels of Federal real property described in subsection
(b)(2)(B).
(B) JURISDICTION
OF
CAPITOL
POLICE.—The United
States Capitol Police shall have jurisdiction over the parcels
of Federal real property described in subsection (b)(2)(B)
in accordance with section 9 of such Act of July 31, 1946
(40 U.S.C. 212a).
(4) 
EFFECT
OF
TRANSFERS.—A 
person 
relinquishing
jurisdiction over a parcel of Federal real property transferred
by subsection (b) shall not retain any interest in the parcel
except as specifically provided by this section.
SEC. 515. MANZANAR NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE.
(a) TERMINATION OF WITHDRAWALS.—
(1) UNAVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN LANDS.—The Congress, by
enacting the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish the Manzanar
National Historic Site in the State of California, and for other
purposes’’, approved March 3, 1992 (106 Stat. 40; Public Law
102–248), (1) provided for the protection and interpretation
of the historical, cultural, and natural resources associated
with the relocation of Japanese-Americans during World War
II and established the Manzanar National Historic Site in
the State of California, and (2) authorized the Secretary of
the Interior to acquire lands or interests therein within the
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boundary of the Historic Site by donation, purchase with
donated or appropriated funds, or by exchange. The public
lands identified for disposal in the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment’s Bishop Resource Area Resource Management Plan that
could be made available for exchange in support of acquiring
lands within the boundary of the Historic Site are currently
unavailable for this purpose because they are withdrawn by
an Act of Congress.
(2) TERMINATION OF WITHDRAWAL.—To provide a land base
with which to allow land exchanges in support of acquiring
lands within the boundary of the Manzanar National Historic
Site, the withdrawal of the following described lands is termi-
nated and such lands shall not be subject to the Act of March
4, 1931 (chapter 517; 46 Stat. 1530):
MOUNT DIABLO MERIDIAN
Township 2 North, Range 26 East
Section 7:
North half south half of lot 1 of southwest quarter, north
half south half of lot 2 of southwest quarter, north half south
half southeast quarter.
Township 4 South, Range 33 East
Section 31:
Lot 1 of southwest quarter, northwest quarter northeast
quarter, southeast quarter;
Section 32:
Southeast quarter northwest quarter, northeast quarter
southwest quarter, southwest quarter southeast quarter.
Township 5 South, Range 33 East
Section 4:
West half of lot 1 of northwest quarter, west half of lot
2 of northwest quarter.
Section 5:
East half of lot 1 of northeast quarter, east half of lot
2 of northeast quarter.
Section 9:
Northwest quarter southwest quarter northeast quarter.
Section 17:
Southeast quarter northwest quarter, northwest quarter
southeast quarter.
Section 22:
Lot 1 and 2.
Section 27:
Lot 2, west half northeast quarter, southeast quarter north-
west quarter, northeast quarter southwest quarter, northwest
quarter southeast quarter.
Section 34:
Northeast quarter, northwest quarter, southeast quarter.
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(2) in support of individuals who are living with acquired
immune deficiency syndrome and their loved ones and
caregivers.
(b) DESIGNATION AS NATIONAL MEMORIAL.—Not later than 90
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
the Interior shall designate the AIDS Memorial Grove as a national
memorial.
TITLE VI—CIVIL AND REVOLUTIONARY
WAR SITES
SEC. 601. UNITED STATES CIVIL WAR CENTER.
(a) DESIGNATION.—The Civil War Center, located on Raphael
Semmes Drive at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘center’’)
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘United States Civil War
Center’’.
(b) LEGAL REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law, regulation,
paper, record, map, or any other document of the United States
to the center referred to in subsection (b) shall be deemed to
be a reference to the ‘‘United States Civil War Center’’.
(c) FLAGSHIP INSTITUTIONS.—The center and the Civil War
Institute of Gettysburg College, located at 233 North Washington
Street in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, shall be the flagship institu-
tions for planning the sesquicentennial commemoration of the Civil
War.
SEC. 602. CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI, BATTLEFIELD ACT.
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to provide for
a center for the interpretation of the Siege and Battle of Corinth
and other Civil War actions in the Region and to enhance
public understanding of the significance of the Corinth Campaign
in the Civil War relative to the Western theater of operations,
in cooperation with State or local governmental entities and private
organizations and individuals.
(b) ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY AT CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI.—The
Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this title as the ‘‘Secretary’’)
shall acquire by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated
funds, or exchange, such land and interests in land in the vicinity
of the Corinth Battlefield, in the State of Mississippi, as the
Secretary determines to be necessary for the construction of an
interpretive center to commemorate and interpret the 1862 Civil
War Siege and Battle of Corinth.
(c) PUBLICLY OWNED LAND.—Land and interests in land owned
by the State of Mississippi or a political subdivision of the State
of Mississippi may be acquired only by donation.
(d) INTERPRETIVE CENTER AND MARKING.—
(1) INTERPRETIVE CENTER.—The Secretary shall construct,
operate, and maintain on the property acquired under sub-
section (b) a center for the interpretation of the Siege and
Battle of Corinth and associated historical events for the benefit
of the public.
(2) MARKING.—The Secretary may mark sites associated
with the Siege and Battle of Corinth National Historic Land-
mark, as designated on May 6, 1991, if the sites are determined
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by the Secretary to be protected by State or local governmental
agencies.
(3) ADMINISTRATION.—The land and interests in land
acquired, and the facilities constructed and maintained pursu-
ant to this section, shall be administered by the Secretary
as a part of Shiloh National Military Park, subject to the
appropriate laws (including regulations) applicable to the Park,
the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish a National Park Service,
and for other purposes’’, approved August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C.
1 et seq.), and the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the
preservation of historic American sites, buildings, objects, and
antiquities of national significance, and for other purposes’’,
approved August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.).
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized
to be appropriated $6,000,000 for development to carry out this
section.
SEC. 603. REVOLUTIONARY 
WAR 
AND 
WAR 
OF 
1812 
HISTORIC
PRESERVATION STUDY.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the ‘‘Revolution-
ary War and War of 1812 Historic Preservation Study Act of 1996’’.
(b) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) Revolutionary War sites and War of 1812 sites provide
a means for Americans to understand and interpret the periods
in American history during which the Revolutionary War and
War of 1812 were fought;
(2) the historical integrity of many Revolutionary War sites
and War of 1812 sites is at risk because many of the sites
are located in regions that are undergoing rapid urban or
suburban development; and
(3) it is important, for the benefit of the United States,
to obtain current information on the significance of, threats
to the integrity of, and alternatives of the preservation and
interpretation of Revolutionary War sites and War of 1812
sites.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director
of the National Park Service.
(2) REVOLUTIONARY WAR SITE.—The term ‘‘Revolutionary
War site’’ means a site or structure situated in the United
States that is thematically tied with the nationally significant
events that occurred during the Revolutionary War.
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of the Interior.
(4) WAR OF 1812 SITE.—The term ‘‘War of 1812 site’’ means
a site or structure situated in the United States that is themati-
cally tied with the nationally significant events that occurred
during the War of 1812.
(d) STUDY.—
(1) PREPARATION.—The Secretary, acting through the
Director, shall prepare a study of Revolutionary War sites
and War of 1812 sites.
(2) MATTERS
TO
BE
ADDRESSED.—The study under sub-
section (b) shall—
(A) identify Revolutionary War sites and War of 1812
sites, including sites within units of the National Park
System in existence on the date of enactment of this Act;
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(B) determine the relative significance of the sites;
(C) assess short- and long-term threats to the integrity
of the sites;
(D) provide alternatives for the preservation and
interpretation of the sites by Federal, State, and local
governments, or other public or private entities, including
designation of the sites as units of the National Park
System; and
(E) research and propose land preservation techniques.
(3) CONSULTATION.—During the preparation of the study
under paragraph (1), the Director shall consult with—
(A) the Governor of each affected State;
(B) each affected unit of local government;
(C) State and local historic preservation organizations;
(D) scholarly organizations; and
(E) such other interested parties as the Secretary
considers advisable.
(4) TRANSMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years
after the date on which funds are made available to carry
out the study under paragraph (1), the Director shall transmit
a report describing the results of the study to the Committee
on Resources of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.
(5) REPORT.—If the Director submits a report on the study
to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the
Secretary shall concurrently transmit copies of the report to
the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the
Senate.
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized
to be appropriated to carry out this section $750,000, to remain
available until expended.
SEC. 604. AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD PROTECTION PROGRAM.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the ‘‘American
Battlefield Protection Act of 1996’’.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to assist citizens,
public and private institutions, and governments at all levels in
planning, interpreting, and protecting sites where historic battles
were fought on American soil during the armed conflicts that shaped
the growth and development of the United States, in order that
present and future generations may learn and gain inspiration
from the ground where Americans made their ultimate sacrifice.
(c) PRESERVATION ASSISTANCE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Using the established national historic
preservation program to the extent practicable, the Secretary
of the Interior, acting through the American Battlefield Protec-
tion Program, shall encourage, support, assist, recognize, and
work in partnership with citizens, Federal, State, local, and
tribal governments, other public entities, educational institu-
tions, and private nonprofit organizations in identifying,
researching, evaluating, interpreting, and protecting historic
battlefields and associated sites on a National, State, and local
level.
(2) FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE.—To carry out paragraph
(1), the Secretary may use a cooperative agreement, grant,
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contract, or other generally adopted means of providing finan-
cial assistance.
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized
to be appropriated $3,000,000 annually to carry out this section,
to remain available until expended.
(e) REPEAL.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—This section is repealed as of the date
that is 10 years after the date of enactment of this section.
(2) NO
EFFECT
ON
GENERAL
AUTHORITY.—The Secretary
may continue to conduct battlefield studies in accordance with
other authorities available to the Secretary.
(3) UNOBLIGATED FUNDS.—Any funds made available under
this section that remain unobligated shall be credited to the
general fund of the Treasury.
SEC. 605. CHICKAMAUGA AND CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL MILITARY
PARKS.
Section 1(c) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize and direct
the National Park Service to assist the State of Georgia in relocating
a highway affecting the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National
Military Park in Georgia’’, approved December 24, 1987 (101 Stat.
1442), is amended by striking ‘‘$30,000,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$51,900,000’’.
SEC. 606. SHENANDOAH VALLEY BATTLEFIELDS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the ‘‘Shenandoah
Valley Battlefields National Historic District and Commission Act
of 1996’’.
(b) CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) there are situated in the Shenandoah Valley in the
Commonwealth of Virginia the sites of several key Civil War
battles;
(2) certain sites, battlefields, structures, and districts in
the Shenandoah Valley are collectively of national significance
in the history of the Civil War;
(3) in 1992, the Secretary of the Interior issued a
comprehensive study of significant sites and structures associ-
ated with Civil War battles in the Shenandoah Valley, and
found that many of the sites within the Shenandoah Valley
possess national significance and retain a high degree of histori-
cal integrity;
(4) the preservation and interpretation of these sites will
make a vital contribution to the understanding of the heritage
of the United States;
(5) the preservation of Civil War sites within a regional
framework requires cooperation among local property owners
and Federal, State, and local government entities; and
(6) partnerships between Federal, State, and local
governments, the regional entities of such governments, and
the private sector offer the most effective opportunities for
the enhancement and management of the Civil War battlefields
and related sites in the Shenandoah Valley.
(c) STATEMENT
OF PURPOSE.—The purposes of this section
are to—
(1) preserve, conserve, and interpret the legacy of the Civil
War in the Shenandoah Valley;
(2) 
recognize 
and 
interpret 
important 
events 
and
geographic locations representing key Civil War battles in the