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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4108 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the Gold Hill Ranch 
in Coloma, California. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 18, 2009 
Mr. MCCLINTOCK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the 
Gold Hill Ranch in Coloma, California. 
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 ‘‘Gold Hill-Wakamatsu 
Preservation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) the Gold Hill Ranch in Coloma, California, 
was the location of the founding of the Wakamatsu 
Tea and Silk Farm Colony in 1869; 
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(2) the Ranch is— 
(A) the oldest property in North America 
to be associated with Japanese immigration; 
and 
(B) the only property associated with the 
immigration of samurai following the Meiji Res-
toration; 
(3) the Ranch includes— 
(A) an 1860s home that was occupied by 
the Wakamatsu settlers; 
(B) mulberry trees planted by the silk 
farmers; and 
(C) the grave stone of Okei Ito, which is 
the oldest Japanese immigrant grave in the 
United States; and 
(4) a variety of non-Federal funds have been 
obligated with respect to the acquisition and restora-
tion of the Ranch, including— 
(A) $485,000 from the Farm and Ranch-
land Protection Program and $515,000 from 
private donations to be applied toward acquisi-
tion of the Ranch; and 
(B) $483,750 from the California Cultural 
and Historical Endowment to be applied toward 
restoration of the Graner farmhouse. 
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SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Gold Hill-Wakamatsu Site’’ and dated May 
7, 2009. 
(2) RANCH.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Ranch’’ 
means the Gold Hill Ranch in Coloma, Cali-
fornia (El Dorado County Assessor’s Parcel No. 
089–010–06), comprising approximately 272 
acres, which is more particularly described as 
the SW1⁄4 and the SW 1⁄2 of the SE 1⁄4 of Sec. 
29 and the N1⁄2NE1⁄4 of Sec. 32, T. 11 N., R. 
10 E., of El Dorado County, California. 
(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘Ranch’’ ex-
cludes the small inholding of the Gold Trail 
School District, as depicted on the map. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the Bureau of Land Management. 
SEC. 4. ACQUISITION OF GOLD HILL RANCH, COLOMA, 
CALIFORNIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Sec-
retary may acquire the Ranch in exchange for consider-
ation in an amount not to exceed $3,290,000. 
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(b) LIMITATION ON ACQUISITION.—The acquisition 
of the Ranch under subsection (a) shall only be from will-
ing sellers and not through eminent domain. 
(c) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS.—For the con-
sideration required under subsection (a), the American 
River Conservancy and the Gold Hill Wakamatsu Colony 
Foundation shall contribute any private funds or State or 
Federal grants received by the Conservancy and the Foun-
dation for the acquisition of the Ranch. 
(d) VISITOR CENTER.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—On acquisition of the 
Wakamatsu Colony site, the Secretary may work 
with the American River Conservancy and the Gold 
Hill Wakamatsu Colony Foundation to design and 
develop a visitor center that provides for the inter-
pretation of— 
(A) the Wakamatsu Colony; 
(B) early pioneer history; and 
(C) the contribution of traditional Japa-
nese crops and practices to the extensive agri-
cultural economy of the State of California. 
(2) COSTS.—To the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the costs of constructing the visitor center 
and conducting restoration activities at the Ranch 
shall be leveraged by amounts received by the Amer-
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ican 
River 
Conservancy 
and 
the 
Gold 
Hill 
Wakamatsu Colony Foundation in the form of pri-
vate funds and State or Federal grants provided for 
those purposes. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out this Act. 
Æ 
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