H.R. 1963

Granada Relocation Center National Historic Site Act of 2007

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110th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1963

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 19, 2007

Mrs. Musgrave introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

A BILL

To establish the Granada Relocation Center National Historic Site as an affiliated unit of the National Park System.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Granada Relocation Center National Historic Site Act of 2007.

2.

Findings

Congress finds the following:

(1)

The Granada Relocation Center, also known as Camp Amache, was located in the Arkansas Valley in Prowers County in southeastern Colorado.

(2)

Of the 10 camps built across the country, Camp Amache was the only one built on private lands that were purchased outright or acquired by condemnation.

(3)

The Granada Relocation Center had the smallest population of the 10 camps but was the tenth largest population in Colorado at the time.

(4)

More than 10,000 Japanese-Americans were interned at the Granada Relocation Center between August 1942 and October 1945.

(5)

314 of the original 10,500 acres of Camp Amache have been found to be nationally significant and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

(6)

Different construction methods were used at Camp Amache than at all the other sites.

(7)

These differences are mirrored in the remaining foundations of housing, administrative, warehouse, other support buildings, and the cemetery that remain within the core area of the Granada Relocation Center.

(8)

Camp Amache had the largest and most diversified agricultural enterprise of all the camps, including a 500-acre vocational farm for high school agriculture students.

(9)

There is strong local, regional, and national support for recognizing and telling the relatively unknown story of internment of United States citizens of Japanese descent.

3.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Act:

(1)

Secretary

The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service.

(2)

Historic site

The term historic site means the Granada Relocation Center, also known as Camp Amache.

4.

Establishment of historic site

(a)

In general

There is established, as an affiliated area of the National Park System, the Granada Relocation Center National Historic Site, consisting of portions of Camp Amache, located in Granada, Colorado.

(b)

Boundaries

The boundaries of the historic site shall include the approximately 593 acres as generally depicted on the map titled _______, numbered ______, and dated___________, 2007. The map shall be on file and available for inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.

(c)

Administration

The historic site shall be managed in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.

(d)

Ownership

The historic site shall continue to be owned by the Town of Granada.

5.

Management of the historic site

(a)

Management entity

The Friends of Amache shall be the management entity for the historic site.

(b)

Cooperative agreement

The Secretary may enter into a cooperative agreement with the management entity to ensure the marketing, interpretation, and preservation of the historic site.

(c)

Technical and financial assistance

The Secretary may provide technical and financial assistance to the management entity to mark, interpret, and preserve the historic site.

(d)

Limited role of the secretary

Nothing in this Act authorizes the Secretary to acquire any property at the historic site or to assume overall financial responsibility for the operation, maintenance, or management of the historic site.

(e)

General management plan

(1)

In general

The Secretary, in consultation with the management entity, shall develop a general management plan for the historic site. The plan shall be prepared in accordance with section 12(b) of Public law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–1 et seq.; commonly known as the National Park System General Authorities Act).

(2)

Transmittal

Not later than 3 years after the date that funds are made available for this Act, the Secretary shall provide a copy of the completed general management plan to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.

6.

Authorization of appropriations

There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.