S.Amdt. 1648

1. Adds SEC. __. PORT CHICAGO NAVAL MAGAZINE NATIONAL MEMORIAL wherever appropriate

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   Inserted: SEC. __. PORT CHICAGO NAVAL MAGAZINE NATIONAL MEMORIAL.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--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--

   Inserted: (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (f);

   Inserted: (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:

   Inserted: "(c) Administration.--

   Inserted: "(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--

   Inserted: "(A) this Act; and

   Inserted: "(B) the laws generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including--

   Inserted: "(i) the National Park Service Organic Act (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.); and

   Inserted: "(ii) the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.).

   Inserted: "(2) Administered land.--The land described in subsection (d)(2) shall be administered in accordance with this subsection.

   Inserted: "(d) Transfer of Land.--

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   Inserted: "(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 reimbursement, 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.

   Inserted: "(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.

   Inserted: "(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

   Inserted: (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".

   Inserted: (b) Sense of Congress on Remediation and Repair of Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial.--

   Inserted: (1) 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 subsection (a)), the Secretary of Defense should promptly remediate any remaining environmental contamination relating to the land.

   Inserted: (2) 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--

   Inserted: (A) repair storm damage to the Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial; and

   Inserted: (B) 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.

   Inserted: (c) Effect.--Nothing in this section or the amendments made by this section 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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