[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1044 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1044

   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

                           February 12, 2009

 Mr. George Miller of California 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 2009''.

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 (f);
            (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.). Land transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the 
Secretary of the Interior under subsection (d) shall be administered in 
accordance with this subsection.
    ``(d) Transfer of Land.--The Secretary of Defense shall transfer a 
parcel of land, consisting of approximately 5 acres, 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, to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the 
Interior if the Secretary of Defense determines that--
            ``(1) the land is excess to military needs; and
            ``(2) all environmental remediation actions necessary to 
        respond to environmental contamination related to the land have 
        been completed in accordance with the Comprehensive 
        Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
        (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and other applicable laws.
    ``(e) 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 (f), (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 ON REMEDIATION AND REPAIR OF PORT CHICAGO 
              NAVAL MAGAZINE NATIONAL MEMORIAL.

    (a) Remediation.--It is the sense of Congress that, in order to 
facilitate the land transfer described in subsection (d) of section 203 
of the Port Chicago National Memorial Act of 1992, as added by section 
2, the Secretary of Defense should promptly remediate remaining 
environmental contamination related to the land.
    (b) Repair.--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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