[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 173 (Monday, November 24, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S15869-S15870]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            COMMEMORATION AND INTERPRETATION OF THE COLD WAR

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 452) to require that 
the Secretary of the Interior conduct a study to identify sites and 
resources, to recommend alternatives for commemorating and interpreting 
the Cold War, and for other purposes, which had been reported from the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, with an amendment, 
as follows:
  [Insert the part shown in italic.]

                                 S. 452

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. COLD WAR STUDY.

       (a) Subject of Study.--The Secretary of the Interior, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of 
     Energy, State historic preservation offices, State and local 
     officials, Cold War scholars, and other interested 
     organizations and individuals, shall conduct a National 
     Historic Landmark theme study to identify sites and resources 
     in the United States that are significant to the Cold War. In 
     conducting the study, the Secretary of the Interior shall--
       (1) consider the inventory of sites and resources 
     associated with the Cold War completed by the Secretary of 
     Defense pursuant to section 8120(b)(9) of the Department of 
     Defense Appropriations Act, 1991 (Public Law 101-511; 104 
     Stat. 1906);
       (2) consider historical studies and research of Cold War 
     sites and resources such as intercontinental ballistic 
     missiles, nuclear weapons sites (such as the Nevada test 
     site), flight training centers, manufacturing facilities, 
     communications and command centers (such as Cheyenne 
     Mountain, Colorado), defensive radar networks (such as the 
     Distant Early Warning Line), and strategic and tactical 
     aircraft; and
       (3) inventory and consider nonmilitary sites and resources 
     associated with the people, events, and social aspects of the 
     Cold War.
       (b) Contents.--The study shall include--
       (1) recommendations for commemorating and interpreting 
     sites and resources identified by the study, including--
       (A) sites for which studies for potential inclusion in the 
     National Park System should be authorized;
       (B) sites for which new national historic landmarks should 
     be nominated; and
       (C) other appropriate designations;
       (2) recommendations for cooperative arrangements with State 
     and local governments, local historical organizations, and 
     other entities; and

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       (3) cost estimates for carrying out each of those 
     recommendations.
       (c) Guidelines.--The study shall be--
       (1) conducted with public involvement; and
       (2) submitted to the Committee on Resources of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources of the Senate no later than 3 years after the date 
     that funds are made available for the study.

     SEC. 2. INTERPRETIVE HANDBOOK ON THE COLD WAR.

       Not later than 4 years after funds are made available for 
     that purpose, the Secretary of the Interior shall prepare and 
     publish an interpretive handbook on the Cold War and shall 
     disseminate information gathered through the study through 
     appropriate means in addition to the handbook.

     SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       There are authorized to be appropriated $300,000 to carry 
     out this Act.

  The committee amendment was agreed to.
  The bill (S. 452), as amended, was read the third time and passed.

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