1.This Act may be cited as the
Granada Relocation Center National
Historic Site Act of 2007
.
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___________, 2007. 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.