[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4063 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.4063
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand
An Act
To establish the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National
Historical Park in the State of California, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home
Front National Historical Park Establishment Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. ROSIE THE RIVETER/WORLD WAR II HOME FRONT NATIONAL HISTORICAL
PARK.
(a) Establishment.--In order to preserve for the benefit and
inspiration of the people of the United States as a national historical
park certain sites, structures, and areas located in Richmond,
California, that are associated with the industrial, governmental, and
citizen efforts that led to victory in World War II, there is
established the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National
Historical Park (in this Act referred to as the ``park'').
(b) Areas Included.--The boundaries of the park shall be those
generally depicted on the map entitled ``Proposed Boundary Map, Rosie
the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park'' numbered
963/80000 and dated May 2000. The map shall be on file and available
for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park
Service.
SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION OF THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.
(a) In General.--
(1) General administration.--The Secretary of the Interior (in
this Act referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall administer the
park in accordance with this Act and the provisions of law
generally applicable to units of the National Park System,
including the Act entitled ``An Act to establish a National Park
Service, and for other purposes'', approved August 35, 1916 (39
Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1 through 4), and the Act of August 21, 1935
(49 Stat. 666; 16 U.S.C. 461-467).
(2) Specific authorities.--The Secretary may interpret the
story of Rosie the Riveter and the World War II home front, conduct
and maintain oral histories that relate to the World War II home
front theme, and provide technical assistance in the preservation
of historic properties that support this story.
(b) Cooperative Agreements.--
(1) General agreements.--The Secretary may enter into
cooperative agreements with the owners of the World War II Child
Development Centers, the World War II worker housing, the Kaiser-
Permanente Field Hospital, and Fire Station 67A, pursuant to which
the Secretary may mark, interpret, improve, restore, and provide
technical assistance with respect to the preservation and
interpretation of such properties. Such agreements shall contain,
but need not be limited to, provisions under which the Secretary
shall have the right of access at reasonable times to public
portions of the property for interpretive and other purposes, and
that no changes or alterations shall be made in the property except
by mutual agreement.
(2) Limited agreements.--The Secretary may consult and enter
into cooperative agreements with interested persons for
interpretation and technical assistance with the preservation of--
(A) the Ford Assembly Building;
(B) the intact dry docks/basin docks and five historic
structures at Richmond Shipyard #3;
(C) the Shimada Peace Memorial Park;
(D) Westshore Park;
(E) the Rosie the Riveter Memorial;
(F) Sheridan Observation Point Park;
(G) the Bay Trail/Esplanade;
(H) Vincent Park; and
(I) the vessel S.S. RED OAK VICTORY, and Whirley Cranes
associated with shipbuilding in Richmond.
(c) Education Center.--The Secretary may establish a World War II
Home Front Education Center in the Ford Assembly Building. Such center
shall include a program that allows for distance learning and linkages
to other representative sites across the country, for the purpose of
educating the public as to the significance of the site and the World
War II Home Front.
(d) Use of Federal Funds.--
(1) Non-federal matching.--(A) As a condition of expending any
funds appropriated to the Secretary for the purposes of the
cooperative agreements under subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall
require that such expenditure must be matched by expenditure of an
equal amount of funds, goods, services, or in-kind contributions
provided by non-Federal sources.
(B) With the approval of the Secretary, any donation of
property, services, or goods from a non-Federal source may be
considered as a contribution of funds from a non-Federal source for
purposes of this paragraph.
(2) Cooperative agreement.--Any payment made by the Secretary
pursuant to a cooperative agreement under 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
Act, as determined by the Secretary, shall entitle the United
States to reimbursement of the greater of--
(A) all funds paid by the Secretary to such project; or
(B) the proportion of the increased value of the project
attributable to such payments, determined at the time of such
conversion, use, or disposal.
(e) Acquisition.--
(1) Ford assembly building.--The Secretary may acquire a
leasehold interest in the Ford Assembly Building for the purposes
of operating a World War II Home Front Education Center.
(2) Other facilities.--The Secretary may acquire, from willing
sellers, lands or interests in the World War II day care centers,
the World War II worker housing, the Kaiser-Permanente Field
Hospital, and Fire Station 67, through donation, purchase with
donated or appropriated funds, transfer from any other Federal
agency, or exchange.
(3) Artifacts.--The Secretary may acquire and provide for the
curation of historic artifacts that relate to the park.
(f) Donations.--The Secretary may accept and use donations of
funds, property, and services to carry out this Act.
(g) General Management Plan.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 3 complete fiscal years after
the date funds are made available, the Secretary shall prepare, in
consultation with the City of Richmond, California, and transmit to
the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a general
management plan for the park in accordance with the provisions of
section 12(b) of the Act of August 18, 1970 (16 U.S.C. 1a-7(b)),
popularly known as the National Park System General Authorities
Act, and other applicable law.
(2) Preservation of setting.--The general management plan shall
include a plan to preserve the historic setting of the Rosie the
Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park, which
shall be jointly developed and approved by the City of Richmond.
(3) Additional sites.--The general management plan shall
include a determination of whether there are additional
representative sites in Richmond that should be added to the park
or sites in the rest of the United States that relate to the
industrial, governmental, and citizen efforts during World War II
that should be linked to and interpreted at the park. Such
determination shall consider any information or findings developed
in the National Park Service study of the World War II Home Front
under section 4.
SEC. 4. WORLD WAR II HOME FRONT STUDY.
The Secretary shall conduct a theme study of the World War II home
front to determine whether other sites in the United States meet the
criteria for potential inclusion in the National Park System in
accordance with section 8 of Public Law 91-383 (16 U.S.C. 1a-5).
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) In General.--
(1) Oral histories, preservation, and visitor services.--There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to
conduct oral histories and to carry out the preservation,
interpretation, education, and other essential visitor services
provided for by this Act.
(2) Artifacts.--There are authorized to be appropriated
$1,000,000 for the acquisition and curation of historical artifacts
related to the park.
(b) Property Acquisition.--There are authorized to be appropriated
such sums as are necessary to acquire the properties listed in section
3(e)(2).
(c) Limitation on Use of Funds for S.S. RED OAK VICTORY.--None of
the funds authorized to be appropriated by this section may be used for
the operation, maintenance, or preservation of the vessel S.S. RED OAK
VICTORY.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.