1.This Act may be cited as the
Gold Hill-Wakamatsu Preservation
Act
.
2.Congress finds that—
(1)the Gold Hill
Ranch in Coloma, California, was the location of the founding of the Wakamatsu
Tea and Silk Farm Colony in 1869;
(2)the Ranch
is—
(A)the oldest
property in North America to be associated with Japanese immigration;
and
(B)the only property
associated with the immigration of samurai following the Meiji
Restoration;
(3)the Ranch
includes—
(A)an 1860s home that
was occupied by the Wakamatsu settlers;
(B)mulberry trees
planted by the silk farmers; and
(C)the grave stone of
Okei Ito, which is the oldest Japanese immigrant grave in the United States;
and
(4)a variety of
non-Federal funds have been obligated with respect to the acquisition and
restoration of the Ranch, including—
(A)$485,000 from the
Farm and Ranchland Protection Program and $515,000 from private donations to be
applied toward acquisition of the Ranch; and
(B)$483,750 from the
California Cultural and Historical Endowment to be applied toward restoration
of the Graner farmhouse.
3.In this Act:
(1)The
term map means the map entitled Gold Hill-Wakamatsu
Site
and dated May 7, 2009.
(2)
(A)The term Ranch means the Gold Hill Ranch in
Coloma, California (El Dorado County Assessor’s Parcel No. 089–010–06),
comprising approximately 272 acres, which is more particularly described as the
SW¼ and the SW ½ of the SE ¼ of Sec. 29 and the N½NE¼ of Sec. 32, T. 11 N., R.
10 E., of El Dorado County, California.
(B)The
term Ranch excludes the small inholding of the Gold Trail School
District, as depicted on the map.
(3)The
term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through
the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.
4.Acquisition of
Gold Hill Ranch, Coloma, California
(a)Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary may acquire the
Ranch in exchange for consideration in an amount not to exceed
$3,290,000.
(b)Limitation on
acquisitionThe acquisition of the Ranch under subsection (a)
shall only be from willing sellers and not through eminent domain.
(c)Non-Federal
contributionsFor the consideration required under subsection
(a), the American River Conservancy and the Gold Hill Wakamatsu Colony
Foundation shall contribute any private funds or State or Federal grants
received by the Conservancy and the Foundation for the acquisition of the
Ranch.
(d)
(1)On acquisition of the Wakamatsu Colony site, the
Secretary may work with the American River Conservancy and the Gold Hill
Wakamatsu Colony Foundation to design and develop a visitor center that
provides for the interpretation of—
(A)the Wakamatsu
Colony;
(B)early pioneer
history; and
(C)the contribution
of traditional Japanese crops and practices to the extensive agricultural
economy of the State of California.
(2)To
the maximum extent practicable, the costs of constructing the visitor center
and conducting restoration activities at the Ranch shall be leveraged by
amounts received by the American River Conservancy and the Gold Hill Wakamatsu
Colony Foundation in the form of private funds and State or Federal grants
provided for those purposes.
(e)Authorization of
appropriationsThere are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as are necessary to carry out this Act.
1.This Act may be cited as the
Gold Hill-Wakamatsu Preservation
Act
.
2.In this Act:
(1)The term Gold Hill Ranch
means the
approximately 272 acres of land located in Coloma, California, as generally
depicted on the map entitled Gold Hill–Wakamatsu Site
and dated
May 7, 2009.
(2)The
term Secretary
means the Secretary of the Interior.
3.
(a)The
Secretary may acquire the Gold Hill Ranch, including any interest in the Gold
Hill Ranch, by purchase from a willing seller with donated or appropriated
funds, donation, or exchange.
(b)The
Secretary shall manage any land or interest in land acquired under subsection
(a) in accordance with—
(1)this Act;
(2)the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and
(3)any other applicable
laws.
(c)
(1)The Secretary may enter into a cooperative agreement with
public or nonprofit entities to interpret the history of the Wakamatsu Tea and
Silk Farm Colony and related pioneer history associated with Japanese
immigration to the area, including the history of traditional Japanese crops
and farming practices and the contribution of those practices to the
agricultural economy of the State of California.
(2)The
cooperative agreement referred to in paragraph (1) may include provisions for
the design and development of a visitor center to further public education and
interpretation of the Gold Hill Ranch.
4.Authorization of
appropriationsThere are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this
Act.
September 27, 2010
Reported with an amendment