1.
This Act may be cited as the
Steel Industry National Historic Site
Act
.
2.
(a)
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)
Certain 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)
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.
3.
Steel Industry National Historic Site, Pennsylvania
(a)
The Steel Industry National Historic Site is hereby established
as a unit of the National Park System in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
(b)
(1)
Inclusion of certain property
Subject to paragraph (2), the historic site shall consist of the
following properties, each of which relate to the former United States Steel
Homestead Works, as depicted on the map entitled Steel Industry National
Historic Site
, dated November 2003, and numbered 80,000:
(A)
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.
(B)
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.
(C)
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.
(2)
The map referred to in paragraph (1) shall be available for
public inspection in an appropriate office of the National Park Service.
(c)
To further the purposes of this section, the Secretary of the
Interior may acquire, only 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 subsection (b)(1).
(2)
Up to 10 acres of land adjacent to or in the general proximity of
the property identified in such subsection, 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)
Private property protections
Nothing in this Act shall be construed—
(1)
to require any private property owner to permit public access
(including Federal, State, or local government access) to the private property;
or
(2)
to modify any provision of Federal, State, or local law with
regard to public access to or use of private property.
(e)
The Secretary of the Interior shall administer the historic site
in accordance with this Act 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.).
(f)
(1)
Until such time as the Secretary of the Interior has acquired the
property identified in subsection (b)(1), as depicted on the map referred to in
such subsection, the Secretary may enter into a cooperative agreement with any
interested individual, public or private agency, organization, or institution
to further the purposes of the historic site.
(2)
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.
(g)
The Secretary of the Interior may provide technical assistance to
any person for—
(1)
the preservation of historic structures within the historic site;
and
(2)
the maintenance of the natural and cultural landscape of the
historic site.
(h)
(1)
Not later than three years after the date on which funds are
first made available to carry out this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall
prepare a general management plan for the historic site that will incorporate
or otherwise address substantive comments made during the consultation required
by paragraph (2).
(2)
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;
(B)
an appropriate official of the Steel Industry Heritage
Corporation; and
(C)
private property owners in the vicinity of the historic
site.
(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.