[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4529 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4529

    To provide for the establishment of a memorial within Kalaupapa 
National Historical Park located on the island of Molokai, in the State 
of Hawaii, to honor and perpetuate the memory of those individuals who 
 were forcibly relocated to the Kalaupapa Peninsula from 1866 to 1969, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 14, 2005

  Mr. Case (for himself and Mr. Abercrombie) introduced the following 
         bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide for the establishment of a memorial within Kalaupapa 
National Historical Park located on the island of Molokai, in the State 
of Hawaii, to honor and perpetuate the memory of those individuals who 
 were forcibly relocated to the Kalaupapa Peninsula from 1866 to 1969, 
                        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 ``Kalaupapa Memorial Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF MEMORIAL WITHIN KALAUPAPA NATIONAL HISTORICAL 
              PARK.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Interior shall authorize Ka 
`Ohana O Kalaupapa, a non-profit organization consisting of patient 
residents at Kalaupapa National Historical Park, and their family 
members and friends, to establish a memorial at a suitable location or 
locations approved by the Secretary at Kalawao or Kalaupapa within the 
boundaries of Kalaupapa National Historical Park located on the island 
of Molokai, in the State of Hawaii, to honor and perpetuate the memory 
of those individuals who were forcibly relocated to Kalaupapa Peninsula 
from 1866 to 1969.
    (b) Design.--
            (1) In general.--The memorial authorized by subsection (a) 
        shall--
                    (A) display in an appropriate manner the names of 
                the first 5,000 individuals sent to the Kalaupapa 
                Peninsula between 1866 and 1896, most of whom lived at 
                Kalawao; and
                    (B) display in an appropriate manner the names of 
                the approximately 3,000 individuals who arrived at 
                Kalaupapa in the second part of its history, when most 
                of the community was concentrated on the Kalaupapa side 
                of the peninsula.
            (2) Approval.--The size, design, and inscriptions of the 
        memorial authorized by subsection (a) shall be subject to the 
        approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
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