[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1469 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1469

   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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 16, 2009

  Mrs. Boxer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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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 (16 
U.S.C. 431 note; Public Law 102-562; 106 Stat. 4235) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (f);
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Administration.--
            ``(1) In general.--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--
                    ``(A) this Act; and
                    ``(B) the laws generally applicable to units of the 
                National Park System, including--
                            ``(i) the National Park Service Organic Act 
                        (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.); and
                            ``(ii) the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 
                        U.S.C. 461 et seq.).
            ``(2) Administered land.--The land described in subsection 
        (d)(2) shall be administered in accordance with this 
        subsection.
    ``(d) Transfer of Land.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall enter 
        into a memorandum of understanding with the Secretary of the 
        Interior providing for the transfer, without consideration, of 
        administrative jurisdiction to the Secretary of the Interior of 
        the land described in paragraph (2), if the Secretary of 
        Defense determines that the land is in excess of military 
        needs.
            ``(2) Description of land.--The land referred to in 
        paragraph (1) is the parcel of approximately 5 acres of land, 
        as depicted on the map entitled `Port Chicago Naval Magazine 
        National Memorial, Proposed Boundary', numbered 018/80,001, and 
        dated August 2005.
    ``(e) Agreement With City of Concord and East Bay Regional Park 
District.--The Secretary of the Interior may 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 
Port Chicago Naval Magazine National 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 
        the maximum practicable public access 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, to facilitate 
the transfer of administrative jurisdiction described in subsection (d) 
of section 203 of the Port Chicago National Memorial Act of 1992 (16 
U.S.C. 431 note; Public Law 102-562; 106 Stat. 4235) (as added by 
section 2), the Secretary of Defense should promptly remediate any 
remaining environmental contamination relating 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 Naval Magazine 
        National Memorial; and
            (2) develop a process by which future repairs and necessary 
        modifications to the Memorial can be achieved in as timely and 
        cost-effective a manner as possible.

SEC. 4. EFFECT.

    Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act affects or 
limits the application of, or obligation to comply with, any 
environmental law, including section 120(h) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 
U.S.C. 9620(h)).
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