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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Torture Victims Relief Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The American people abhor torture by any government or
person. The existence of torture creates a climate of fear and
international insecurity that affects all people.
(2) Torture is the deliberate mental and physical damage
caused by governments to individuals to destroy individual
personality and terrorize society. The effects of torture are
long term. Those effects can last a lifetime for the survivors
and affect future generations.
(3) By eliminating leadership of their opposition and
frightening the general public, repressive governments often
use torture as a weapon against democracy.
(4) Torture survivors remain under physical and
psychological threats, especially in communities where the
perpetrators are not brought to justice. In many nations, even
those who treat torture survivors are threatened with
reprisals, including torture, for carrying out their ethical
duties to provide care. Both the survivors of torture and their
treatment providers should be accorded protection from further
repression.
(5) A significant number of refugees and asylees entering
the United States have been victims of torture. Those claiming
asylum deserve prompt consideration of their applications for
political asylum to minimize their insecurity and sense of
danger. Many torture survivors now live in the United States.
They should be provided with the rehabilitation services which
would enable them to become productive members of our
communities.
(6) The development of a treatment movement for torture
survivors has created new opportunities for action by the
United States and other nations to oppose state-sponsored and
other acts of torture.
(7) There is a need for a comprehensive strategy to protect
and support torture victims and their treatment providers,
together with overall efforts to eliminate torture.
(8) By acting to heal the survivors of torture and protect
their families, the United States can help to heal the effects
of torture and prevent its use around the world.
(9) The United States became a party to the Convention
Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment on November 20, 1994, but has not
implemented Article 3 of the Convention.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

As used in this Act:
(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided, the terms
used in this Act have the meanings given those terms in section
101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)).
(2) Torture.--The term ''torture'' has the meaning given
the term in section 2340(1) of title 18, United States Code,
and includes the use of rape and other forms of sexual violence
by a person acting under the color of law upon another person
under his custody or physical control.

SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON INVOLUNTARY RETURN OF PERSONS FEARING SUBJECTION
TO TORTURE.

(a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
United States shall not expel, remove, extradite, or otherwise return
involuntarily an individual to a country if there is substantial
evidence that a reasonable person in the circumstances of that
individual would fear subjection to torture in that country.
(b) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term ''to return
involuntarily'', in the case of an individual, means--
(1) to return the individual without the individual's
consent, whether or not the return is induced by physical force
and whether or not the person is physically present in the
United States; or
(2) to take an action by which it is reasonably foreseeable
that the individual will be returned, whether or not the return
is induced by physical force and whether or not the person is
physically present in the United States.

SEC. 5. IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES FOR TORTURE VICTIMS.

(a) Covered Aliens.--An alien described in this section is any
alien who presents a claim of having been subjected to torture, or whom
there is reason to believe has been subjected to torture.
(b) Consideration of the Effects of Torture.--In considering an
application by an alien described in subsection (a) for refugee status
under section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, asylum under
section 208 of that Act, or withholding of removal under section
241(b)(3) of that Act, the appropriate officials shall take into
account--
(1) the manner in which the effects of torture might affect
the applicant's responses in the application and in the
interview process or other immigration proceedings, as the case
may be;
(2) the difficulties torture victims often have in
recounting their suffering under torture; and
(3) the fear victims have of returning to their country of
nationality where, even if torture is no longer practiced or
the incidence of torture is reduced, their torturers may have
gone unpunished and may remain in positions of authority.
(c) Expedited Processing of Refugee Admissions.--For purposes of
section 207(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1157(c)), refugees who have been subjected to torture shall be
considered to be refugees of special humanitarian concern to the United
States and shall be accorded priority for resettlement at least as high
as that accorded any other group of refugees.
(d) Processing for Asylum and Withholding of Removal.--Section
235(b)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1225(b)(1)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
clause:
''(iv) Special procedures for aliens who
are the victims of torture.--
''(I) Expedited procedures.--With
the consent of the alien, an asylum
officer or immigration judge shall
expedite the scheduling of an asylum
interview or a removal proceeding for
any alien who presents a claim of
having been subjected to torture,
unless the evidence indicates that a
delay in making a determination
regarding the granting of asylum under
section 208 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act or the withholding of
removal under section 241(b)(3) of that
Act with respect to the alien would not
aggravate the physical or psychological
effects of torture upon the alien.
''(II) Delay of proceedings.--With
the consent of the alien, an asylum
officer or immigration judge shall
postpone an asylum interview or a
removal proceeding for any alien who
presents a claim of having been
subjected to torture, if the evidence
indicates that, as a result of the
alien's mental or physical symptoms
resulting from torture, including the
alien's inability to recall or relate
the events of the torture, the alien
will require more time to recover or be
treated before being required to
testify.
(e) Parole in Lieu of Detention.--The finding that an alien is a
person described in subsection (a) shall be a strong presumptive basis
for a grant of parole, under section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)), in lieu of detention.
(f) Exemption From Expedited Removal.--Section 235(b)(1)(F) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(F)) is amended by
inserting before the period at the end the following: '', or to an
alien described in section 5(a) of the Torture Victims Relief Act''.
(g) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the
Attorney General should allocate resources sufficient to maintain in
the Resource Information Center of the Immigration and Naturalization
Service current information relating to the use of torture in foreign
countries.

SEC. 6. SPECIALIZED TRAINING FOR CONSULAR, IMMIGRATION, AND ASYLUM
PERSONNEL.

(a) In General.--The Attorney General shall provide training for
immigration inspectors and examiners, immigration officers, asylum
officers, immigration judges, and all other relevant officials of the
Department of Justice, and the Secretary of State shall provide
training for consular officers, with respect to--
(1) the identification of torture;
(2) the identification of the surrounding circumstances in
which torture is most often practiced;
(3) the long-term effects of torture upon a victim;
(4) the identification of the physical, cognitive, and
emotional effects of torture, and the manner in which these
effects can affect the interview or hearing process; and
(5) the manner of interviewing victims of torture so as not
to retraumatize them, eliciting the necessary information to
document the torture experience, and understanding the
difficulties victims often have in recounting their torture
experience.
(b) Gender-Related Considerations.--In conducting training under
subsection (a) (4) or (5), gender-specific training shall be provided
on the subject of interacting with women and men who are victims of
torture by rape or any other form of sexual violence.

SEC. 7. DOMESTIC TREATMENT CENTERS.

(a) Amendment of the Immigration and Nationality Act.--Section 412
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
''(b) Assistance for Treatment of Torture Victims.--The Secretary
may provide grants to programs in the United States to cover the cost
of the following services:
''(1) Services for the rehabilitation of victims of
torture, including treatment of the physical and psychological
effects of torture.
''(2) Social and legal services for victims of torture.
''(3) Research and training for health care providers
outside of treatment centers, or programs for the purpose of
enabling such providers to provide the services described in
paragraph (1).''.
(b) Funding.--
(1) Authorization of appropriations.--Of the amounts
authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Health and
Human Services for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001, but not
from funds made available to the Office of Refugee
Resettlement, there are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out section 412(g) of that Act (relating to assistance for
domestic centers and programs for the treatment of victims of
torture), as added by subsection (a), the following amounts for
the following fiscal years:
(A) For fiscal year 1999, $5,000,000.
(B) For fiscal year 2000, $7,500,000.
(C) For fiscal year 2001, $9,000,000.
(2) Availability of funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant
to this subsection shall remain available until expended.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on October 1, 1998.

SEC. 8. FOREIGN TREATMENT CENTERS.

(a) Amendments of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.--Part I of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended
by adding at the end of chapter 1 the following new section:

''SEC. 129. ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE.

''(a) In General.--The President is authorized to provide
assistance for the rehabilitation of victims of torture.
''(b) Eligibility for Grants.--Such assistance shall be provided in
the form of grants to treatment centers and programs in foreign
countries that are carrying out projects or activities specifically
designed to treat victims of torture for the physical and psychological
effects of the torture.
''(c) Use of Funds.--Such assistance shall be available--
''(1) for direct services to victims of torture; and
''(2) to provide research and training to health care
providers outside of treatment centers or programs described in
subsection (b), for the purpose of enabling such providers to
provide the services described in paragraph (1).''.
(b) Funding.--
(1) Authorization of appropriations.--Of the amounts
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and
2001 pursuant to chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, there are authorized to be appropriated to the
President $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $7,500,000 for
fiscal year 2000, and $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 to carry
out section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act, as added by
subsection (a).
(2) Availability of funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant
to this subsection shall remain available until expended.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on October 1, 1998.

SEC. 9. MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE.

(a) Funding.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 pursuant to chapter 1 of part I of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, there are authorized to be
appropriated to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of
Torture (in this section referred to as the ''Fund'') the following
amounts for the following fiscal years:
(1) Fiscal year 1999.--For fiscal year 1999, $3,000,000.
(2) Fiscal year 2000.--For fiscal year 2000, $3,000,000.
(3) Fiscal year 2001.--For fiscal year 2001, $3,000,000.
(b) Availability of Funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to
subsection (a) shall remain available until expended.
(c) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the
President, acting through the United States Permanent Representative to
the United Nations, should--
(1) request the Fund--
(A) to find new ways to support and protect
treatment centers and programs that are carrying out
rehabilitative services for victims of torture; and
(B) to encourage the development of new such
centers and programs;
(2) use the voice and vote of the United States to support
the work of the Special Rapporteur on Torture and the Committee
Against Torture established under the Convention Against
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment; and
(3) use the voice and vote of the United States to
establish a country rapporteur or similar procedural mechanism
to investigate human rights violations in a country if either
the Special Rapporteur or the Committee Against Torture
indicates that a systematic practice of torture is prevalent in
that country.

A: Torture Victims Relief Act - Prohibits the United States from expelling, removing, extraditing, or otherwise involuntarily returning an individual to a country if there is substantial evidence that a reasonable person in the circumstances of that individual would fear subjection to torture in that country.
(Sec. 5) Covers within this Act any alien presenting a claim of having been tortured, or whom there is reason to believe has been tortured.
Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) consideration by appropriate officials of the effects of torture; (2) expedited processing of refugee admissions and for asylum and withholding of removal; (3) granting parole in lieu of detention for such an individual under the Immigration and Nationality Act; and (4) exemption of such an individual from expedited removal pursuant to such Act.
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General should allocate sufficient resources to maintain in the Immigration and Naturalization Service's Resource Information Center current information relating to the use of torture in foreign countries.
(Sec. 6) Directs the Attorney General to provide training for immigration inspectors and examiners, immigration officers, asylum officers, immigration judges, and other relevant Department of Justice officials, and directs the Secretary of State to provide training for consular officers, regarding the identification of torture, the surrounding circumstances most often practiced, the long-term effects upon a victim, the identification of the physical, cognitive, and emotional effects of torture, and the appropriate manner of interviewing torture victims.
(Sec. 7) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide grants to programs in the United States to cover the cost of specified services for torture victims. Authorizes the appropriation of funds for assistance for domestic centers and programs for the treatment of torture victims.
(Sec. 8) Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to provide grants to treatment centers and programs in foreign countries which are specifically carrying out projects or activities to treat victims of torture. Authorizes appropriations.
(Sec. 9) Authorizes appropriations to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture for FY 1999 through 2001.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Women's History and Nineteenth
Amendment Centennial Quarter Dollar Coin Program Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:
(1) The tireless and passionate efforts of the suffragists,
their supporters, and other stakeholders contributed to the
movement to grant and protect the right of all women to vote.
(2) On August 26, 1920, after a long campaign by
suffragists across the country, the United States Constitution
was amended with the 19th Amendment, granting women the right
to vote.
(3) On June 24, 1924, all Native Americans were granted
citizenship, and by extension the right to vote.
(4) In 1948, the legal victories of Native American
veterans granted protections for the right of all Native men
and women to vote.
(5) On June 27, 1952, the Immigration and Nationality Act
of 1952 was enacted, granting citizenship to all individuals of
Asian descent, and by extension, the right to vote.
(6) Enactment of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 on August 6,
1965, granted Black women protections to overcome the legal
barriers that prevented many from exercising their right to
vote even though all Blacks had been granted citizenship in
1868 with ratification of the 14th Amendment.
(7) On August 6, 1975, the amendments to the
reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 removed
language barriers to mitigate discrimination against Hispanic,
Asian, and Native American voters.
(8) It was not until March 29, 1961, when the 23rd
Amendment passed that women in Washington, DC, were allowed to
vote in all elections.
(9) Women's history and the movement for women's rights
that the suffragists began extends beyond ratification of the
Nineteenth Amendment.
(10) August 26, 2020, marks the centennial of the day that
women were granted the right to vote in America.

SEC. 3. ISSUANCE OF COINS COMMEMORATING THE NINETEENTH AMENDMENT.

(a) Amendment to National Sites Quarter Dollar Program.--Subsection
(t) of section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ''Notwithstanding the
fourth sentence of subsection (d)(1) and subsection (d)(2)''
and inserting ''Subject to paragraph (8), and notwithstanding
the fourth sentence of subsection (d)(1) and subsection
(d)(2)'';
(2) by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the following:
''(7) Period of issuance.--Subject to paragraph (2), the
program established under this subsection shall continue in
effect until a national site in each State has been honored and
shall terminate not later than March 31, 2021.''; and
(3) by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the following:
''(8) Designs starting on january 1, 2021.--
''(A) Transition period.--The design of the quarter
dollar from January 1, 2021, to March 31, 2021, shall
be as follows:
''(i) On January 1, 2021, the design shall
be the final design of the national sites
program established by this subsection.
''(ii) On a date selected by the Secretary
that is not earlier than January 15, 2021, and
not later than March 31, 2021, the design shall
be the first design selected pursuant to the
program described in subsection (w).
''(B) Design after end of program.--As of April 1,
2021, the design of the quarter dollar shall be in
accordance with subsection (w).''.
(b) Issuance of Coins Commemorating the Nineteenth Amendment.--
Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at
the end the following:
''(w) Redesign and Issuance of Quarter Dollars Commemorating the
Ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment.--
''(1) Redesign beginning in 2021.--Notwithstanding the
fourth sentence of subsection (d)(1) and subsection (d)(2),
quarter dollars issued during the period beginning on the date
described in subsection (t)(8)(A)(ii) and ending on the date
described in paragraph (8) shall have designs on the reverse
selected in accordance with this subsection.
''(2) Nineteenth amendment quarter dollar design
requirements.--
''(A) Flexibility with regard to placement of
inscriptions.--Notwithstanding subsection (d)(1), the
Secretary may select a design for quarter dollars
described in paragraph (1) in which--
''(i) the inscription described in the
second sentence of subsection (d)(1) appears on
the reverse side of any such quarter dollars;
and
''(ii) any inscription described in the
third sentence of subsection (d)(1) or the
designation of the value of the coin appears on
the obverse side of any such quarter dollars.
''(B) Single prominent american woman.--
Notwithstanding subsection (d)(1), the design on the
reverse of each coin issued under this subsection
shall--
''(i) be emblematic of the accomplishments
and contributions of a prominent woman who was
a resident of a State, the District of
Columbia, or a territory;
''(ii) bear the name of the prominent woman
and the State, District of Columbia, or
territory; and
''(iii) bear other appropriate
inscriptions.
''(3) Issuance of coins during each year.--
''(A) In general.--The designs for the quarter
dollar coins issued during each year of the period
referred to in paragraph (1) shall be emblematic of a
maximum of 5 States, the District of Columbia, or
territories.
''(B) Order of issuance.--The quarter dollar coins
issued during each year of the period referred to in
paragraph (1) shall be issued in alphabetical order of
the area represented, starting with Alabama.
''(C) Number of each of coin designs in each
year.--The Secretary shall prescribe the number of
quarter dollars which shall be issued with each of the
designs selected for each year.
''(4) Selection of design.--
''(A) In general.--Each of the designs required
under this subsection for quarter dollar coins shall--
''(i) be approved by the Secretary after--
''(I) submission of a
recommendation from the chief executive
of the applicable State, the District
of Columbia, or territory being
commemorated;
''(II) consultation with women's
groups and organizations within the
applicable State, the District of
Columbia, or territory being
commemorated that are pursuing a
mission focused on increasing the
inclusion of women, or improving the
quality of life for women; and
''(III) consultation with the
Commission of Fine Arts;
''(ii) be reviewed by the Citizens Coinage
Advisory Committee; and
''(iii) honor or commemorate a woman who
has made significant contributions to the lives
of individuals of the applicable State, the
District of Columbia, or territory.
''(B) Selection and approval process.--Designs for
quarter dollars may be submitted in accordance with the
design selection and approval process developed by the
Secretary.
''(C) Participation.--The Secretary shall include
in design selection, to the greatest extent
practicable, participation by--
''(i) the chief executive of the applicable
State, District of Columbia, or territory;
''(ii) artists from the States, District of
Columbia, and territories;
''(iii) engravers of the United States
Mint; and
''(iv) members of the general public from
groups or organizations that are pursuing a
mission focused on increasing the inclusion of
women or improving the quality of life for
women.
''(D) Standards.--Because it is important that the
Nation's coinage and currency bear dignified designs of
which the citizens of the United States can be proud,
the Secretary shall not select any frivolous or
inappropriate design for any coin minted under this
subsection.
''(E) Prohibition on certain representations.--The
design of any quarter dollar under this subsection may
not include--
''(i) a head and shoulders portrait or bust
of any person, living or dead;
''(ii) a portrait of a living person; or
''(iii) a depiction of an individual in a
size such that the coin could be considered to
be a '2-headed' coin.
''(F) Release of designs.--Not later than August
31, 2020, the Secretary shall publish each of the first
5 designs described in subparagraph (A).
''(5) Treatment as numismatic items.--For purposes of
sections 5134 and 5136, all coins described under this
subsection shall be considered to be numismatic items.
''(6) Issuance.--
''(A) Quality of coins.--The Secretary may mint and
issue such number of quarter dollars of each design
selected under paragraph (4) in uncirculated and proof
qualities as the Secretary determines to be
appropriate.
''(B) Silver coins.--Notwithstanding subsection
(b), the Secretary may mint and issue such number of
quarter dollars of each design selected under paragraph
(4) as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, with
a content of not less than 90 percent silver.
''(7) Application in event of the admission of additional
state.--If any additional State is admitted into the Union
before the termination date described in paragraph (8), the
Secretary may issue quarter dollar coins, in accordance with
this subsection, with a design which is emblematic of such
State during any 1 year of the period described in paragraph
(1), in addition to the quarter dollar coins issued during such
year in accordance with paragraph (3)(A).
''(8) Termination date.--The authority to issue quarter
dollar coins pursuant to this subsection shall terminate on
December 31 of the year in which the final State or territory
has been commemorated with a design pursuant to paragraph (3).
''(9) Designs after end of program.--On the first day of
the year following the year of the date described in paragraph
(8)--
''(A) the design on the obverse of the quarter
dollar shall revert to the same design containing an
image of President Washington in effect for the quarter
dollar before the institution of the 50-State quarter
dollar program; and
''(B) notwithstanding the fourth sentence of
subsection (d)(1), the design on the reverse of the
quarter dollar shall contain an image of General
Washington crossing the Delaware River prior to the
Battle of Trenton.
''(10) Definitions.--In this subsection:
''(A) The term 'territory' means the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States
Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands.
''(B) The term 'resident', with respect to a State,
the District of Columbia, or a territory, means that a
woman resided in such State, the District of Columbia,
or such territory for a period of at least 1
consecutive year.
''(x) Silver Bullion Investment Product.--
''(1) In general.--The Secretary shall strike and make
available for sale such number of bullion coins as the
Secretary determines to be appropriate that are exact
duplicates of the quarter dollars issued under subsection (w),
each of which shall--
''(A) have a diameter of 3.0 inches and weigh 5.0
ounces;
''(B) contain .999 fine silver;
''(C) have incused into the edge the fineness and
weight of the bullion coin;
''(D) bear an inscription of the denomination of
such coin, which shall be 'quarter dollar'; and
''(E) not be minted or issued by the United States
Mint as so-called 'fractional' bullion coins or in any
size other than the size described in subparagraph (A).
''(2) Availability for sale.--Bullion coins minted under
paragraph (1)--
''(A) shall become available for sale no sooner
than the first day of the calendar year in which the
circulating quarter dollar coins of which such bullion
coins are a duplicate are issued; and
''(B) may only be available for sale during the
year in which such circulating quarter dollar coins are
issued.''.

SEC. 4. COLLECTION AND RECOGNITION PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--Not later than December 1, 2018, the Secretary of
the Treasury shall initiate a program to promote the collection of, and
recognition of the subjects of, the coins authorized under the
amendments made by this Act.
(b) Study Required.--The Secretary shall conduct a study on the
progress of the program described in subsection (a).
(c) Report.--Not later than March 1, 2019, the Secretary shall
submit a report to the Congress on the results of the study conducted
pursuant to subsection (b).

A: Women's History and Nineteenth Amendment Centennial Quarter Dollar Coin Program Act This bill requiresthe Department of the Treasury to mint and issue quarter-dollar coins in commemoration of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment granting women the right to vote. The design on the reverse of each coin shall be emblematic of the accomplishments and contributions of a prominent woman who was a resident of a state, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. territory. Such coins shall be issued in alphabetical order of the area represented, starting with the state of Alabama. Treasury shall: initiate a program to promote collection of the coins and recognition of their subjects, and strike and make available for sale silver bullion coins that are the exact duplicates of the coins.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ''Mississippi Valley
National Historical Park Act of 1999''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Mississippi Valley National Historical Park, Blytheville,
Arkansas.
Sec. 4. Transfer of jurisdiction, Eaker Air Force Base, for historical
park.
Sec. 5. Acquisition of Chickasawba Mound for inclusion in historical
park.
Sec. 6. Administration of historical park.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:
(1) The central and lower Mississippi Valley region
contained the highest population levels and the most complex
Native American societies north of Mexico before the arrival of
European peoples in the 16th century.
(2) In addition, the Mississippi Valley has also hosted
Spanish, French, English, and ultimately American societies at
different times in the last 450 years.
(3) Blytheville, Arkansas, is centrally located in the
Mississippi Valley region.
(4) Former Eaker Air Force Base, which is located outside
of Blytheville, Arkansas, in the central Mississippi Valley
region, is the site of 14 archaeological sites associated with
Native Americans.
(5) Because of its value in illustrating and interpreting
the heritage of the United States, the largest of these
archaeological sites, was recognized by the National Park
Service as a National Historic Landmark in 1996.
(6) Another archaeological site outside of Blytheville,
Arkansas, the Chickasawba Mound, was placed on the National
Register of Historic Places in 1984 because of its historic and
archaeological resources.
(7) These previous actions by the Department of the
Interior recognize that these archaeological sites are likely
to benefit, educate, and inspire present and future generations
of Americans, but no unified heritage park for the central
Mississippi Valley region exists within the National Park
Service.
(8) Blytheville, Arkansas, also possesses many other
regionally and nationally significant natural, seismic,
cultural, and recreational resources associated with the
heritage of the central Mississippi Valley region.
(9) The sites and resources associated with the heritage of
the central Mississippi Valley region require recognition
through the establishment of a national historical park for the
central Mississippi Valley region as a unit of the National
Park System.
(10) As a result of the closing of Eaker Air Force Base in
Blytheville, Arkansas, pursuant to the Defense Base Closure and
Realignment Act of 1990, Federal land and facilities are
readily available for the establishment of a national
historical park for the central Mississippi Valley region to
protect the archaeological sites located on the former military
installation, as well as to preserve, maintain, and interpret
the natural, seismic, cultural, and recreational heritage of
the central Mississippi Valley region for the benefit,
education, and inspiration of present and future generations of
Americans.

SEC. 3. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, BLYTHEVILLE,
ARKANSAS.

(a) Establishment.--In order to preserve for the benefit and
inspiration of the people of the United States as a national historical
park certain properties in Blytheville, Arkansas, and its vicinity
associated with the archaeological, natural, seismic, cultural, and
recreational heritage of the Mississippi Valley region, there is
established as a unit of the National Park System the Mississippi
Valley National Historical Park in the State of Arkansas.
(b) Boundaries.--The historical park shall consist of approximately
570 acres, including the real property transferred to the National Park
Service at former Eaker Air Force Base under section 4 and the parcel
of real property containing the archaeological site known as the
Chickasawba Mound and authorized for acquisition under section 5. The
boundaries of the historical park shall also include all property
authorized to be acquired for inclusion in the park by any law enacted
after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION, EAKER AIR FORCE BASE, FOR HISTORICAL
PARK.

(a) Transfer of Archaeological Sites.--The Secretary of Defense
shall transfer, without reimbursement, to the administrative
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior the parcels of real
property (including improvements thereon) located at former Eaker Air
Force Base, Blytheville, Arkansas, consisting of the archaeological
sites depicted on the map entitled ''Arkansas Aeroplex Archaeological
Sites''.
(b) Visitor and Administrative Sites.--
(1) Transfer required.--To preserve the historical
character and landscape of the main features of the historical
park, the Secretary of Defense also shall transfer, without
reimbursement, to the administrative jurisdiction of the
Secretary of the Interior an additional parcel of real property
at former Eaker Air Force Base for the development of visitor,
administrative, museum, curatorial, and maintenance facilities
for the historical park.
(2) Acreage limitation.--The parcel transferred under this
subsection may not exceed 15 acres.
(3) Selection.--The parcel to be transferred under this
subsection shall be jointly selected by the Secretary of
Defense and the Secretary of the Interior.
(c) Use of Land.--The Secretary of the Interior shall use the real
property transferred under this section as part of the historical park.
(d) Legal Description.--The exact acreage and legal description of
the real property to be transferred under this section shall be
determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary of Defense. The
cost of the survey shall be borne by the Secretary of the Interior.

SEC. 5. ACQUISITION OF CHICKASAWBA MOUND FOR INCLUSION IN HISTORICAL
PARK.

The Secretary of the Interior may acquire for inclusion in the
historical park, by donation or exchange, the archaeological site known
as the Chickasawba Mound, which was placed on the National Register of
Historic Places in 1984.

SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATION OF HISTORICAL PARK.

(a) Applicable Laws.--The Secretary of the Interior shall
administer the historical park in accordance with this Act and the laws
generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including
the Act of August 25, 1916 (commonly known as the National Park Service
Organic Act; 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), and the Act of August 21, 1935
(commonly known as the Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act;
16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.).
(b) Cooperative Agreements.--
(1) Authorized.--The Secretary of the Interior may consult
and enter into cooperative agreements with interested entities
and individuals to provide for the preservation, development,
interpretation, and use of the historical park.
(2) Conditions.--Any payment made by the Secretary pursuant
to such a cooperative agreement shall be subject to an
agreement that conversion, use, or disposal of the project
assisted under the cooperative agreement for purposes contrary
to the purposes of the historical park, as determined by the
Secretary, 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 finds as determined at the time of such
conversion, use, or disposal, whichever is greater.
(c) Acquisition of Real Property.--Subject to sections 4 and 5, the
Secretary of the Interior may acquire, within the boundaries of the
historical park, real property with appropriated or donated funds, by
donation, or by exchange for inclusion in the historical park.

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Directs the Secretary of Defense to transfer, without reimbursement, to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior certain archaeological sites (including improvements) located at the former base, including an additional parcel of real property for the development of visitor, administrative, museum, curatorial, and maintenance facilities.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) acquire for inclusion in the historical park, by donation or exchange, the archaeological site known as the Chickasawba Mound, which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984; and (2) enter into cooperative agreements with interested entities and individuals to provide for the preservation, development, interpretation, and use of the park.
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