[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 410 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 410

    To provide for the establishment of a memorial within Kalaupapa 
National Historical Park located on the island of Molokai, in the State 
of Hawaii, to honor and perpetuate the memory of those individuals who 
 were forcibly relocated to the Kalaupapa Peninsula from 1866 to 1969, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2009

 Ms. Hirono (for herself and Mr. Abercrombie) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide for the establishment of a memorial within Kalaupapa 
National Historical Park located on the island of Molokai, in the State 
of Hawaii, to honor and perpetuate the memory of those individuals who 
 were forcibly relocated to the Kalaupapa Peninsula from 1866 to 1969, 
                        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 ``Kalaupapa Memorial Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF MEMORIAL WITHIN KALAUPAPA NATIONAL HISTORICAL 
              PARK.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Interior shall authorize Ka 
`Ohana O Kalaupapa, a non-profit organization consisting of patient 
residents at Kalaupapa National Historical Park, and their family 
members and friends, to establish a memorial at a suitable location or 
locations approved by the Secretary at Kalawao or Kalaupapa within the 
boundaries of Kalaupapa National Historical Park located on the island 
of Molokai, in the State of Hawaii, to honor and perpetuate the memory 
of those individuals who were forcibly relocated to Kalaupapa Peninsula 
from 1866 to 1969.
    (b) Design.--
            (1) In general.--The memorial authorized by subsection (a) 
        shall--
                    (A) display in an appropriate manner the names of 
                the first 5,000 individuals sent to the Kalaupapa 
                Peninsula between 1866 and 1896, most of whom lived at 
                Kalawao; and
                    (B) display in an appropriate manner the names of 
                the approximately 3,000 individuals who arrived at 
                Kalaupapa in the second part of its history, when most 
                of the community was concentrated on the Kalaupapa side 
                of the peninsula.
            (2) Approval.--The location, size, design, and inscriptions 
        of the memorial authorized by subsection (a) shall be subject 
        to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
    (c) Funding.--Ka `Ohana O Kalaupapa, a nonprofit organization, 
shall be solely responsible for acceptance of contributions for and 
payment of the expenses associated with the establishment of the 
memorial.
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