[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2716 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2716

    To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special 
 resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of adding 
the sites associated with the forced relocation and confinement of the 
 Aleut people during World War II in the State of Alaska as a unit of 
           the National Park System, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 31, 2014

  Mr. Begich introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special 
 resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of adding 
the sites associated with the forced relocation and confinement of the 
 Aleut people during World War II in the State of Alaska 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 ``Aleut Confinement and Relocation 
Sites Study Act''.

SEC. 2. ALEUT CONFINEMENT AND RELOCATION SITES STUDY.

    (a) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (2) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Alaska.
    (b) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a special resource study of 
the following sites to determine whether any of the sites may be 
suitable for inclusion in the National Park System:
            (1) The 5 World War II Aleut relocation sites at Funter 
        Bay, Burnett Inlet, Killisnoo, Ward Lake, and the Wrangell 
        Institute in the State.
            (2) The following villages in the State from which the 
        Aleut people were forcibly removed and which were so 
        depopulated and so significantly damaged by miliary activity 
        and weather that the villages effectively could not be 
        resettled after World War II:
                    (A) Makushin, Kashega, and Biorka around Unalaska 
                Island.
                    (B) Attu on Attu Island.
    (c) Contents.--In conducting the study under subsection (b), the 
Secretary shall--
            (1) evaluate the national significance of the sites 
        described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b);
            (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of 
        designating those sites as one or more units of the National 
        Park System;
            (3) consider alternatives for preservation, protection, and 
        interpretation of the land comprising those sites by Federal, 
        State, or local governments or private or nonprofit 
        organizations;
            (4) consult with any interested governments or 
        organizations described in paragraph (3) or any other 
        interested individual; and
            (5) identify cost estimates for any Federal acquisition, 
        development, interpretation, operation, and maintenance 
        associated with carrying out the alternatives described in 
        paragraph (3).
    (d) Applicable Law.--The study under subsection (b) shall be 
conducted in accordance with section 8 of the National Park System 
General Authorities Act (16 U.S.C. 1a-5).
    (e) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date on which funds 
are first made available for the study under subsection (b), the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate a report that describes--
            (1) the findings of the study; and
            (2) any conclusions and recommendations of the Secretary.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this Act such sums as are necessary.
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