III 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1044 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 16, 2009 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
AN ACT 
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, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Port Chicago Naval 
Magazine National Memorial Enhancement Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION, 
PORT 
CHICAGO 
NAVAL 
MAGAZINE, 
CALI-
FORNIA. 
(a) TRANSFER REQUIRED; ADMINISTRATION.—Sec-
tion 203 of the Port Chicago National Memorial Act of 
1992 (Public Law 102–562; 16 U.S.C. 431; 106 Stat. 
4235) is amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting 
the following 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.). Land transferred to the adminis-
trative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior under 
subsection (d) shall be administered in accordance with 
this subsection. 
‘‘(d) TRANSFER OF LAND.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall transfer a parcel of land, consisting of approxi-
mately 5 acres, depicted within the proposed boundary on 
the map titled ‘Port Chicago Naval Magazine National 
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Memorial, Proposed Boundary’, numbered 018/80,001, 
and dated August 2005, to the administrative jurisdiction 
of the Secretary of the Interior if the Secretary of Defense 
determines that— 
‘‘(1) the land is excess to military needs; and 
‘‘(2) all environmental remediation actions nec-
essary to respond to environmental contamination 
related to the land have been completed in accord-
ance with the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 
U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and other applicable laws. 
‘‘(e) PUBLIC ACCESS.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary of De-
fense to provide as much public access as possible to the 
Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial without 
interfering with military needs. This subsection shall no 
longer apply if, at some point in the future, the National 
Memorial ceases to be an enclave within the Concord 
Naval Weapons Station. 
‘‘(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 
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for visitor orientation and parking, administrative offices, 
and curatorial storage for the National Memorial.’’. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON REMEDIATION AND RE-
PAIR OF NATIONAL MEMORIAL.— 
(1) REMEDIATION.—It is the sense of Congress 
that, in order to facilitate the land transfer de-
scribed in subsection (d) of section 203 of the Port 
Chicago National Memorial Act of 1992, as added 
by subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense should 
remediate remaining environmental contamination 
related to the land. 
(2) REPAIR.—It is the sense of Congress that, 
in order to preserve the Port Chicago Naval Maga-
zine National Memorial for future generations, the 
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Inte-
rior should work together to develop a process by 
which future repairs and necessary modifications to 
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the National Memorial can be achieved in as timely 
and cost-effective a manner as possible. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 15, 2009. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
By ROBERT F. REEVES, 
Deputy Clerk. 
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