I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4387 
To establish the Tule Lake National Historic Site in the State of California, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 13, 2016 
Mr. LAMALFA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To establish the Tule Lake National Historic Site 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 ‘‘Tule Lake National 
Historic Site Establishment Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) HISTORIC SITE.—The term ‘‘Historic Site’’ 
means the Tule Lake National Historic Site estab-
lished by section 3(a). 
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(2) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Tule Lake National Historic Site Proposed 
Boundary’’, numbered 501/128,313, and dated 
March 2015. 
(3) 
MONUMENT.—The 
term 
‘‘Monument’’ 
means the World War II Valor in the Pacific Na-
tional Monument. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of California. 
(6) AIRPORT.—The term ‘‘Airport’’ means the 
Tule Lake Municipal Airport, designated O81 by the 
Federal Aviation Administration. 
(7) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means the 
County of Modoc. 
(8) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the City of 
Tulelake. 
SEC. 3. TULE LAKE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—To preserve, protect, and in-
terpret for the benefit of present and future generations 
the historic site of incarceration and segregation of United 
States citizens of Japanese descent and resident immi-
grants of Japanese citizenry at Tule Lake during World 
War II, there is established the Tule Lake National His-
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toric Site in the State as a unit of the National Park Sys-
tem. 
(b) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the Historic 
Site shall be the boundaries generally depicted on the 
Map. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The Map shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate of-
fices of the National Park Service. 
(d) ADMINISTRATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin-
ister the Historic Site in accordance with— 
(A) this Act; and 
(B) the laws generally applicable to units 
of the National Park System, including— 
(i) section 100101(a), chapter 1003, 
and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, 
and 102101 of title 54, United States 
Code; and 
(ii) chapter 3201 of title 54, United 
States Code. 
(2) INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT.—The Director 
of the National Park Service and the Director of the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall enter 
into an agreement to allow the Director of the Na-
tional Park Service to manage and interpret the re-
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ensure that management of the Historic Site 
does not negatively impact operation of the Air-
port. 
SEC. 4. REMOVAL OF TULE LAKE UNIT FROM THE WORLD 
WAR II VALOR IN THE PACIFIC NATIONAL 
MONUMENT. 
(a) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the Monument 
are revised to exclude from the Monument the land and 
interests in land known as the ‘‘Tule Lake Unit’’, con-
sisting of portions of the Tule Lake Segregation Center 
National Historic Landmark and Camp Tule Lake, as de-
picted on the Map. 
(b) INCORPORATION INTO HISTORIC SITE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The land and interests in 
land excluded from the Monument under subsection 
(a) are incorporated in and made part of the His-
toric Site in accordance with section 3. 
(2) USE OF FUNDS.—Any funds for the pur-
poses of the land and interests in land excluded from 
the Monument under subsection (a) shall be made 
available for the purposes of the Historic Site. 
(c) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, regula-
tion, document, record, map, or other paper of the United 
States to the Tule Lake Unit of World War II Valor in 
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the Pacific National Monument shall be considered to be 
a reference to the Tule Lake National Historic Site. 
SEC. 5. CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT. 
The President may not designate lands for inclusion 
in the Historic Site outside the boundaries depicted on the 
Map, and the Secretary may not acquire lands for inclu-
sion in the Historic Site outside the boundaries depicted 
on the Map, unless not more than 1 year before such des-
ignation or acquisition, the Secretary of the Interior— 
(1) consulted with County and City; and 
(2) obtained written concurrence for the des-
ignation or acquisition from the governing bodies of 
the City and County. 
SEC. 6. BUFFER ZONES OR REGULATION. 
Nothing in this Act, the establishment of the park, 
or the management plan of the park shall be construed 
to create buffer zones outside of the park. That an activity 
or use can be seen or heard from within the park shall 
not preclude the conduct of that activity or use outside 
the park. 
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