[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3111 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3111

   To provide for the administration of Port Chicago Naval Magazine 
National Memorial as a unit of the National Park System, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 19, 2007

   Mr. George Miller of California (for himself, Mr. McDermott, Mrs. 
    McCarthy of New York, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Davis of 
Illinois, Ms. Sutton, Mr. Snyder, Mrs. Capps, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Brady 
  of Pennsylvania, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Ms. Matsui, Ms. 
 Solis, Ms. Lee, and Ms. Woolsey) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to 
   the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for the administration of Port Chicago Naval Magazine 
National Memorial as a unit of the National Park System, 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 ``Port Chicago Naval Magazine National 
Memorial Enhancement Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. PORT CHICAGO NAVAL MAGAZINE NATIONAL MEMORIAL.

    Section 203 of the Port Chicago National Memorial Act of 1992 
(Public Law 102-562; 16 U.S.C. 431; 106 Stat. 4235) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (g);
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
        subsections:
    ``(c) Administration.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
administer the Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial as a unit 
of the National Park System in accordance with this Act and laws 
generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including 
the National Park Service Organic Act (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1 et 
seq.) and the Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666; 16 U.S.C. 461 et 
seq.).
    ``(d) Transfer of Land.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, whenever the Secretary of Defense determines that the land 
depicted within the proposed boundary on the map titled `Port Chicago 
Naval Magazine National Memorial, Proposed Boundary', numbered 018/
80,001, and dated August 2005, is excess to military needs, the 
Secretary of Defense shall transfer the land, which consists of 
approximately 5 acres, to the administrative jurisdiction of the 
Secretary of the Interior, who shall administer the property in 
accordance with subsection (c).
    ``(e) Environmental Remediation.--As part of the transfer under 
subsection (d), the Secretary of Defense shall perform, in accordance 
with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and other applicable 
laws, all environmental remediation actions necessary to respond to 
environmental contamination attributable to former military activities 
on the property.
    ``(f) Agreement With City of Concord and East Bay Regional Park 
District.--The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into an 
agreement with the City of Concord, California, and the East Bay 
Regional Park District, to establish and operate a facility for visitor 
orientation and parking, administrative offices, and curatorial storage 
for the Memorial.''; and
            (3) in subsection (g), (as redesignated by paragraph (1)), 
        by striking ``Secretary of the Navy to provide public access to 
        the Memorial.'' and inserting ``Secretary of Defense to provide 
        as much public access as possible to the Memorial without 
        interfering with military needs.''.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that in order to preserve the Port 
Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial for future generations, the 
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Interior should work 
together to--
            (1) repair storm damage to the Port Chicago site; and
            (2) develop a process by which future repairs and necessary 
        modifications to the site can be achieved in as timely and 
        cost-effective a manner as possible.
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