☛ Port Chicago Naval Magazine National
Memorial Enhancement Act of 2009 (PDF)
H. R. 1044
Sponsor: Rep. George Miller [D-CA-7]
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 16, 2009
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 2009''.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION, PORT CHICAGO NAVAL
MAGAZINE, CALIFORNIA.
(a) Transfer Required; Administration.--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 by striking subsection (c) and
inserting 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) Public Access.--The Secretary of the Interior shall enter
into an agreement with the Secretary of Defense to provide as much
public access as possible to the Port Chicago Naval Magazine National
Memorial without interfering with military needs. This subsection shall
no longer apply if, at some point in the future, the National Memorial
ceases to be an enclave within the Concord Naval Weapons Station.
``(f) 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 National Memorial.''.
(b) Sense of Congress on Remediation and Repair of National
Memorial.--
(1) 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 subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense
should remediate remaining environmental contamination related
to the land.
(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 develop a process by
which future repairs and necessary modifications to the National Memorial can be achieved in as timely and cost-effective a manner as possible.
Passed the House of Representatives July 15, 2009.
Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, Clerk
By Robert F. Reeves, Deputy Clerk