[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 3111 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
2d Session
H. R. 3111
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 5, 2008
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services
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AN ACT
To provide for the administration of Port Chicago Naval Magazine
National Memorial 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 ``Port Chicago Naval Magazine National
Memorial Enhancement Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. PORT CHICAGO NAVAL MAGAZINE NATIONAL MEMORIAL.
Section 203 of the Port Chicago National Memorial Act of 1992
(Public Law 102-562; 16 U.S.C. 431; 106 Stat. 4235) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (f);
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new
subsections:
``(c) Administration.--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 this Act and laws
generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including
the National Park Service Organic Act (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1 et
seq.) and the Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666; 16 U.S.C. 461 et
seq.). Land transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the
Secretary of the Interior under subsection (d) shall be administered in
accordance with this subsection.
``(d) Transfer of Land.--The Secretary of Defense shall transfer a
parcel of land, consisting of approximately 5 acres, depicted within
the proposed boundary on the map titled `Port Chicago Naval Magazine
National Memorial, Proposed Boundary', numbered 018/80,001, and dated
August 2005, to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the
Interior if the Secretary of Defense determines that--
``(1) the land is excess to military needs; and
``(2) all environmental remediation actions necessary to
respond to environmental contamination related to the land have
been completed in accordance with the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
(42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and other applicable laws.
``(e) Agreement With City of Concord and East Bay Regional Park
District.--The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to 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 Memorial.''; and
(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
as much public access as possible to the Memorial without
interfering with military needs.''.
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON REMEDIATION AND REPAIR OF PORT CHICAGO
NAVAL MAGAZINE NATIONAL MEMORIAL.
(a) Remediation.--It is the sense of Congress that, in order to
facilitate the land transfer described in subsection (d) of section 203
of the Port Chicago National Memorial Act of 1992, as added by section
2, the Secretary of Defense should promptly remediate remaining
environmental contamination related to the land.
(b) 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--
(1) repair storm damage to the Port Chicago site; and
(2) develop a process by which future repairs and necessary
modifications to the site can be achieved in as timely and
cost-effective a manner as possible.
Passed the House of Representatives March 4, 2008.
Attest:
LORRAINE C. MILLER,
Clerk.
By Deborah M. Spriggs,
Deputy Clerk.