[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 548 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
S.548
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
An Act
To establish the Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National
Historical Site in the State of Ohio.
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 ``Fallen Timbers Battlefield and 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 Wayne 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 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 Battlefield
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, political
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 assistance
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 District of the Toledo Area, to
implement the management plan.
SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT 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/I-475, south of the Norfolk and Western Railroad line,
and east of Jerome Road.
(B) The approximately 9-acre Fallen Timbers Battlefield
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 historic 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.; commonly 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, education
and preservation of the Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis
National Historic Site.
(c) Reimbursement.--Any payment 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 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 funds as determined at the time of
such conversion, use, or disposal, whichever is greater.
(d) General Management Plan.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation with the
management entity and Native American tribes whose ancestors 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.
1a-1 et seq.; commonly known as the National Park System General
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 Representatives.
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
There is authorized to be appropriated such funds as are necessary
to carry out this Act.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.