1.This Act may be cited as the
Granada Relocation Center National
Historic Site Act of 2006
.
2.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.
3.For the purposes of this Act:
(1)The
term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior acting through
the Director of the National Park Service.
(2)The term historic site means the Granada
Relocation Center, also known as Camp Amache.
4.Establishment of
historic site
(a)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)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)The
historic site shall be managed in accordance with all applicable laws and
regulations.
(d)The
historic site shall continue to be owned by the Town of Granada.
5.Management of the
historic site
(a)The Friends of Amache
shall be the
management entity for the historic site.
(b)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 assistanceThe Secretary may provide technical and
financial assistance to the management entity to mark, interpret, and preserve
the historic site.
(d)Limited role of
the secretaryNothing 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)
(1)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)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.
6.Authorization of
appropriationsThere is
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as are necessary to
carry out the provisions of this Act.