[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2698 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2698

To establish the Granada Relocation Center National Historic Site as an 
              affiliated unit of the National Park System.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 2, 2006

Mr. Allard (for himself and Mr. Salazar) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish the Granada Relocation Center National Historic Site as an 
              affiliated unit of the National Park System.

    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 ``Granada Relocation Center National 
Historic Site Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the Granada Relocation Center, also known as Camp 
        Amache, was located in the Arkansas Valley in Prowers County in 
        southeastern Colorado;
            (2) of the 10 camps built across the country, Camp Amache 
        was the only one built on private lands that were purchased 
        outright or acquired by condemnation;
            (3) the Granada Relocation Center had the smallest 
        population of the 10 camps but was the tenth largest population 
        in Colorado at the time;
            (4) more than 10,000 Japanese-Americans were interned at 
        the Granada Relocation Center between August 1942 and October 
        1945;
            (5) 314 of the original 10,500 acres of Camp Amache have 
        been found to be nationally significant and are listed on the 
        National Register of Historic Places;
            (6) different construction methods were used at Camp Amache 
        than at all the other sites;
            (7) these differences are mirrored in the remaining 
        foundations of housing, administrative, warehouse, other 
        support buildings, and the cemetery that remain within the core 
        area of the Granada Relocation Center;
            (8) Camp Amache had the largest and most diversified 
        agricultural enterprise of all the camps, including a 500-acre 
        vocational farm for high school agriculture students, and
            (9) there is strong local, regional, and national support 
        for recognizing and telling the relatively unknown story of 
        internment of United States citizens of Japanese descent.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this Act:
            (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior acting through the Director of the National 
        Park Service.
            (2) Historic site.--The term ``historic site'' means the 
        Granada Relocation Center, also known as Camp Amache.

SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF HISTORIC SITE.

    (a) In General.--There is established, as an affiliated area of the 
National Park System, the Granada Relocation Center National Historic 
Site, consisting of portions of Camp Amache, located in Granada, 
Colorado.
    (b) Boundaries.--The boundaries of the historic site shall include 
the approximately 593 acres as generally depicted on the map titled 
_______, numbered ______, and dated___________, 2006. The map shall be 
on file and available for inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
National Park Service.
    (c) Administration.--The historic site shall be managed in 
accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.
    (d) Ownership.--The historic site shall continue to be owned by the 
Town of Granada.

SEC. 5. MANAGEMENT OF THE HISTORIC SITE.

    (a) Management Entity.--The ``Friends of Amache'' shall be the 
management entity for the historic site.
    (b) Cooperative Agreement.--The Secretary may enter into a 
cooperative agreement with the management entity to ensure the 
marketing, interpretation, and preservation of the national historic 
site.
    (c) Technical and Financial Assistance.--The Secretary may provide 
technical and financial assistance to the management entity to mark, 
interpret, and preserve the historic site.
    (d) Limited Role of the Secretary.--Nothing in this Act authorizes 
the Secretary to acquire any property at the historic site or to assume 
overall financial responsibility for the operation, maintenance, or 
management of the historic site.
    (e) General Management Plan.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation with the 
        management entity, 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) Transmittal.--Not later than 3 years after the date 
        that funds are made available for this Act, the Secretary shall 
        provide a copy of the completed general management plan to the 
        Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums 
as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
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