IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3111 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 5, 2008 
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 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. PORT CHICAGO NAVAL MAGAZINE NATIONAL ME-
MORIAL. 
Section 203 of the Port Chicago National Memorial 
Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–562; 16 U.S.C. 431; 106 
Stat. 4235) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (f); 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing 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 
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the map titled ‘Port Chicago Naval Magazine National 
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) 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 
for visitor orientation and parking, administrative offices, 
and curatorial storage for the Memorial.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (f), (as redesignated by para-
graph (1)), by striking ‘‘Secretary of the Navy to 
provide public access to the Memorial.’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Secretary of Defense to provide as much public 
access as possible to the Memorial without inter-
fering with military needs.’’. 
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SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON REMEDIATION AND RE-
PAIR OF PORT CHICAGO NAVAL MAGAZINE 
NATIONAL MEMORIAL. 
(a) REMEDIATION.—It is the sense of Congress that, 
in order to facilitate the land transfer described in sub-
section (d) of section 203 of the Port Chicago National 
Memorial Act of 1992, as added by section 2, the Sec-
retary of Defense should promptly remediate remaining 
environmental contamination related to the land. 
(b) REPAIR.—It is the sense of Congress that, in 
order to preserve the Port Chicago Naval Magazine Na-
tional Memorial for future generations, the Secretary of 
Defense and the Secretary of the Interior should work to-
gether to— 
(1) repair storm damage to the Port Chicago 
site; and 
(2) develop a process by which future repairs 
and necessary modifications to the site can be 
achieved in as timely and cost-effective a manner as 
possible. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 4, 
2008. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
By DEBORAH M. SPRIGGS, 
Deputy Clerk. 
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