Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site Act of 1999
PL 106-164 (S.548), enacted 12/09/1999

113 STAT. 1792 
PUBLIC LAW 106-164—DEC. 9, 1999 
Public Law 106-164 
106th Congress 
An Act 
Dec. 9, 1999 
To establish the Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historical 
[S. 548] 
^^*® ^^ *^® State of Ohio. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
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Fallen Timbers 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
Battlefield and 
Fort Miamis 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
National Historic 
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Site Act of 1999. 
This Act may be cited as the Fallen Timbers Battlefield and 
16 use 461 note. Fort Miamis National Historic Site Act of 1999". 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
As used in this Act: 
(1) The term "historic site" means the Fallen Timbers 
Battlefield and Monument and Fort Miamis National Historic 
Site established by section 4 of this Act. 
(2) The term "management plan" means the general 
management plan developed pursuant to section 5(d). 
(3) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the 
Interior. 
(4) The term "management entity" means the Metropolitan 
Park District of the Toledo Area. 
(5) The term "technical assistance" means any guidance, 
advice, or other aid, other than financial assistance, provided 
by the Secretary. 
SEC. 3. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The 185-acre Fallen Timbers Battlefield is the site 
of the 1794 battle between General Anthony Wajme and a 
confederation of Native American tribes led by Little Turtle 
and Blue Jacket. 
(2) Fort Miamis was occupied by General Wayne's legion 
from 1796 to 1798. 
(3) In the spring of 1813, British troops, led by General 
Henry Proctor, landed at Fort Miamis and attacked the fort 
twice, without success. 
(4) Fort Miamis and Fallen Timbers Battlefield are in 
Lucas County, Ohio, in the city of Maumee. 
(5) The 9-acre Fallen Timbers Battlefield Monument is 
listed as a National Historic Landmark. 
(6) Fort Miamis is listed in the National Register of Historic 
Places as a historic site. 
(7) In 1959, the Fallen Timbers Battlefield was included 
in the National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings as 1 
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of 22 sites representing the "Advance of the Frontier, 1763-
1830". 
(8) In 1960, the Fallen Timbers Battlefield was designated 
as a National Historic Landmark. 
(b) PURPOSES.—^The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to recognize and preserve the 185-acre Fallen Timbers 
Battlefield site; 
(2) to recognize and preserve the Fort Miamis site; 
(3) to formalize the linkage of the Fallen Timbers Battle-
field and Monument to Fort Miamis; 
(4) to preserve and interpret United States military history 
and Native American culture during the period from 1794 
through 1813; 
(5) to provide assistance to the State of Ohio, polirtiqal 
subdivisions of the State, and nonprofit organizations in the 
State to implement the management plan and develop programs 
that will preserve and interpret the historical, cultural, natural, 
recreational and scenic resources of the historic site; and 
(6) to authorize the Secretary to provide technical assist-
ance to the State of Ohio, political subdivisions of the State, 
and nonprofit organizations in the State, including the Ohio 
Historical Society, the city of Maumee, the Maumee Valley 
Heritage Corridor, the Fallen Timbers Battlefield Commission, 
Heidelberg College, the city of Toledo, and the Metropark Dis-
trict of the Toledo Area, to implement the management plan. 
SEC. 4. ESTABUSHMENT OF THE FALLEN TIMBERS BATTLEFIELD 
AND FORT MIAMIS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—^There is established, as an affiliated area 
of the National Park System, the Fallen Timbers Battlefield and 
Fort Miamis National Historic Site in the State of Ohio. 
(b) DESCRIPTION.—^The historic site is comprised of the following 
as generally depicted on the map entitled Fallen Timbers Battlefield 
and Fort Miamis National Historical Site-proposed, number NHS-
FTFM, and dated May 1999: 
(1) The Fallen Timbers site, comprised generally of the 
following: 
(A) The Fallen Timbers Battlefield site, consisting of 
an, approximately 185-acre parcel located north of U.S. 
24, west of U.S. 23/1-475, south of the Norfolk and Western 
Railroad line, and east of Jerome Road. 
(B) The approximately 9-acre Fallen Timbers Battle-
field Monument, located south of U.S. 24; and 
(2) The Fort Miamis Park site. 
(c) MAP.—The map shall be on file and available for public 
inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service. 
SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION OF HISTORIC SITES. 
(a) APPLICABILITY OF NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM LAWS.—The his-
toric site shall be administered in a manner consistent with this 
Act and all laws generally applicable to units of the National 
Park System, including the Act of August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 
1, 2-4; commonly known as the National Park Service Organic 
Act), and the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.; com-
monly known as the Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act). 
(b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—^The Secretary may enter into 
a cooperative agreement with the management entity to provide 
technical assistance to ensure the marking, research, interpretation. 
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education and preservation of the Fallen Timbers Battlefield and 
Fort Miamis National Historic Site. 
(c) REIMBURSEMENT,—^Any pajnnent made by the Secretary 
pursuant to this section shall be subject to an agreement that 
conversion, use, or disposal of the project so assisted for purposes 
contrary to the purposes of this section as determined by the Sec-
retary, shall result in a right of the United States to reimbursement 
of all funds made available to such project or the proportion of 
the increased value of the project attributable to such funds as 
determined at the time of such conversion, use, or disposal, which-
ever is greater. 
Deadlines. 
(d) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation with the 
management entity and Native American tribes whose ances-
tors were involved in events at these sites, shall develop a 
general management plan for the historic site. The plan shall 
be prepared in accordance with section 12(b) of Public Law 
91-383 (16 U.S.C. la-1 et seq.; commonly known as the 
National Park System Greneral Authorities Act). 
(2) COMPLETION.—^The plan shall be completed not later 
than 2 years after the date funds are made available. 
(3) TRANSMITTAL.—Not later than 30 days after completion 
of the plan, the Secretary shall provide a copy of the plan 
to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
There is authorized to be appropriated such funds as are nec-
essary to carry out this Act. 
Approved December 9, 1999. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 548: 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 106-64 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 145 (1999): 
Oct. 14, considered and passed Senate. 
Nov. 18, considered and passed House.