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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4063
To establish the Rosie the Riveter-World War II Home Front National
Historical Park in the State of California, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 22, 2000
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. DIXON, Mr. BROWN of
Ohio, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. DELAURO, Mr.
EVANS, Mr. FROST, Mr. KIND, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Ms. DANNER, Mr.
BONIOR, Ms. LEE, and Mr. VENTO) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To establish the Rosie the Riveter-World War II Home Front
National Historical Park in the State of California, 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 ‘‘Rosie the Riveter-
World War II Home Front National Historical Park Es-
tablishment Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. ROSIE THE RIVETER-WORLD WAR II HOME FRONT
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—In order to preserve for the
benefit and inspiration of the people of the United States
as a national historical park certain sites, structures, and
areas located in Richmond, California, that are associated
with the industrial, governmental, and citizen efforts that
led to victory in World War II, there is established the
Rosie the Riveter-World War II Home Front National
Historical Park (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘park’’).
(b) AREAS INCLUDED.—The boundaries of the park
shall be those generally depicted on the map numbered
llll and dated llll. The map shall be on file
and available for public inspection in the appropriate of-
fices of the National Park Service.
SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION OF THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL
PARK.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior (in
this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall administer
the park in accordance with this Act and the provisions
of law generally applicable to units of the National Park
System, including the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish
a National Park Service, and for other purposes,’’ ap-
proved August 35, 1916 (39 Stat, 535; 16 U.S.C. 1
through 4), and the Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat.
666; 16 U.S.C. 461–467).
(b) COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary
may consult and enter into cooperative agreements with
interested persons for the following purposes:
(1) Provide for the acquisition and curation of
historic artifacts and materials related to the park,
and provide for the preservation and interpretation
of the park and sites selected by the Secretary as
being representative of World War II Home Front.
(2) Assist in the interpretation of each of the
following:
(A) The Rosie the Riveter Memorial.
(B) Vincent Park.
(C) The Shimada Peace Memorial Park.
(D) Westshore Park.
(E) The Ford Assembly Building.
(F) Sheridan Observation Point Park.
(G) The Bay Trail/Esplanade.
(H) The intact dry docks/basin docks and
five historic structures at Richmond Shipyard
#3.
(I) The vessel S.S. RED OAK VICTORY,
and Whirley Cranes associated with ship build-
ing in Richmond.
(J) The Kaiser Permanente Field Hos-
pital.
(K) World War II Child Development Cen-
ters.
(L) Atchison Housing.
(M) Fire Station 67.
(c) EDUCATION CENTER.—The Secretary may estab-
lish a World War II Home Front Education Center in the
Ford Assembly Building. Such center shall include a pro-
gram that allows for distance learning, for the purpose
of educating the public as to the significance of the site
and the World War II Home Front.
(d) USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.—
(1) NON-FEDERAL MATCHING.—(A) As a condi-
tion of expending any funds appropriated to the Sec-
retary for the purposes of the cooperative agree-
ments under subsection (b), the Secretary shall re-
quire that such expenditure must be matched by ex-
penditure of an equal amount of funds contributed
by non-Federal sources.
(B) With the approval of the Secretary, any do-
nation of property, services, or goods from a non-
Federal source may be considered as a contribution
of funds from a non-Federal source for purposes of
this paragraph.
(2) Any payment made by the Secretary pursu-
ant to a cooperative agreement under this section
shall be subject to an agreement that conversion,
use, or disposal of the project so assisted for pur-
poses contrary to the purposes of this Act, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, shall entitle the United
States to reimbursement of the greater of—
(A) all funds paid by the Secretary to such
project; or
(B) the proportion of the increased value
of the project attributable to such payments,
determined at the time of such conversion, use,
or disposal.
(e) ACQUISITION.—The Secretary may acquire a
leasehold interest in the Ford Assembly Building for the
purposes of operating a World War II Home Front Edu-
cation Center.
(f) DONATIONS.—The Secretary may accept and use
donations of funds, property, and services to carry out this
Act.
(g) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 complete
fiscal years after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary shall prepare and transmit to the
Committee on Resources of the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate a general management plan
for the park in accordance with the provisions of
section 12(b) of the Act of August 18, 1970 (16
U.S.C. 1a–7(b)), popularly known as the National
Park System General Authorities Act, and other ap-
plicable law.
(2) ADDITIONAL SITES.—The general manage-
ment plan shall include a determination of whether
there are additional representative sites in the
United States that relate to the industrial, govern-
mental, and citizen efforts during World War II that
should be linked to and interpreted at the park.
Such determination shall consider any information
or findings developed in any National Park Service
study of the World War II Home Front.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the
preservation, interpretation, education, and other essential
visitor services provided for by this Act.
(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR S.S. RED
OAK VICTORY.—None of the funds authorized to be ap-
propriated by this section may be used for the operation
or maintenance of the vessel S.S. RED OAK VICTORY.
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