[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 521 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 521

     To establish the Steel Industry National Historic Site in the 
                     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 2003

  Mr. Doyle (for himself, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Fattah, Mr. 
   English, Ms. Hart, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. 
 Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Sherwood, Mr. 
Murtha, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Holden, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Platts, Mr. 
 Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Stupak, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Frost, Mr. LaHood, Ms. 
  Kaptur, and Mr. Kucinich) introduced the following bill; which was 
                 referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
     To establish the Steel Industry National Historic Site in the 
                     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

    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 ``Steel Industry National Historic 
Site Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Certain sites and structures in the Commonwealth of 
        Pennsylvania symbolize in physical form the heritage of the 
        steel industry of the United States.
            (2) A very large proportion of the buildings and other 
        structures in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are nationally 
        significant historical resources, including the United States 
        Steel Homestead Works, the Carrie Furnace complex, and the Hot 
        Metal Bridge.
            (3) Despite substantial efforts for cultural preservation 
        and historical interpretation by the Commonwealth of 
        Pennsylvania and by individuals and public and private entities 
        in the Commonwealth, these buildings and other structures may 
        be lost without the assistance of the Federal Government.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are to ensure the 
preservation, interpretation, visitor enjoyment, and maintenance of the 
nationally significant historical and cultural sites and structures 
described in subsection (a) for the benefit and inspiration of present 
and future generations.

SEC. 3. STEEL INDUSTRY NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, PENNSYLVANIA.

    (a) Establishment.--The Steel Industry National Historic Site is 
hereby established as a unit of the National Park System in the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
    (b) Description.--The historic site shall consist of the following 
properties, each of which relate to the former United States Steel 
Homestead Works:
            (1) The historic location of the Battle of Homestead site 
        in the borough of Munhall, Pennsylvania, consisting of 
        approximately 3 acres of land, including the pumphouse and 
        water tower and related structures, within the property bounded 
        by the Monongahela River, the CSX railroad, Waterfront Drive, 
        and the Damascus-Marcegaglia Steel Mill.
            (2) The historic location of the Carrie Furnace complex in 
        the boroughs of Swissvale and Rankin, Pennsylvania, consisting 
        of approximately 35 acres of land, including blast furnaces 6 
        and 7, the ore yard, the cast house, the blowing engine house, 
        the AC power house, and related structures, within the property 
        bounded by the proposed southwesterly right-of-way line needed 
        to accommodate the Mon/Fayette Expressway and the relocated CSX 
        railroad right-of-way, the Monongahela River, and a property 
        line drawn northeast to southwest approximately 100 yards east 
        of the AC power house.
            (3) The historic location of the Hot Metal Bridge, 
        consisting of the Union railroad bridge and its approaches, 
        spanning the Monongahela River and connecting the mill sites in 
        the boroughs of Rankin and Munhall, Pennsylvania.
            (4) All other property included in the historic site by 
        Federal law or acquired by the Secretary of the Interior for 
        inclusion in the historic site pursuant to subsection (c) or 
        other Federal law.
    (c) Acquisition of Property.-- To further the purposes of this 
section, the Secretary of the Interior may acquire, by donation, 
property for inclusion in the historic site as follows:
            (1) Any land or interest in land with respect to the 
        property identified in paragraphs (1), (2), or (3) of 
        subsection (b).
            (2) Up to 10 acres of land adjacent to or in the general 
        proximity of the property identified in paragraphs (1), (2), or 
        (3) of subsection (b), for the development of visitor, 
        administrative, museum, curatorial, and maintenance facilities.
            (3) Personal property associated with, and appropriate for, 
        the interpretation of the historic site.
    (d) Administration.--The Secretary of the Interior shall administer 
the historic site in accordance with this section and the provisions of 
law generally applicable to units of the National Park System, 
including the Act of August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), and the Act 
of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.).
    (e) Cooperative Agreements.--
            (1) In general.--To further the purposes of the historic 
        site, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into a 
        cooperative agreement with any interested individual, public or 
        private agency, organization, or institution.
            (2) Contrary purposes.--Any payment made by the Secretary 
        pursuant to a cooperative agreement under this subsection shall 
        be subject to an agreement that conversion, use, or disposal of 
        the project so assisted for purposes contrary to the purpose of 
        the historic site, as determined by the Secretary, shall result 
        in a right of the United States to reimbursement of all funds 
        made available to such a 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.
    (f) Technical and Preservation Assistance.--The Secretary of the 
Interior may provide technical assistance to any person for--
            (1) the preservation of historic structures within the 
        historic site;
            (2) the maintenance of the natural and cultural landscape 
        of the historic site; and
            (3) local preservation planning for the historic site.
    (g) General Management Plan.--
            (1) Preparation.--Not later than the last day of the third 
        fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of this 
        Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall prepare a general 
        management plan for the historic site.
            (2) Consultation.--The Secretary shall prepare the general 
        management plan in consultation with__
                    (A) an appropriate official of each appropriate 
                political subdivision of the Commonwealth of 
                Pennsylvania that has jurisdiction over all or a 
                portion of the lands included in the historic site; and
                    (B) an appropriate official of the Steel Industry 
                Heritage Corporation.
            (3) Submission of plan to congress.--Upon the completion of 
        the general management plan, the Secretary shall submit 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.
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