Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Tule Lake National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2015”.
Tule Lake National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2015
A BILL
To establish the Tule Lake National Historic Site in the State of California, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Definitions
In this Act:
Historic site— The term “Historic Site” means the Tule Lake National Historic Site established by section 3(a).
Map— The term “Map” means the map entitled “Tule Lake National Historic Site Proposed Boundary”, numbered 501/128,313, and dated March 2015.
Monument— The term “Monument” means the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument.
Secretary— The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.
State— The term “State” means the State of California.
Sec. 3 Tule lake national historic site
Establishment— To preserve, protect, and interpret for the benefit of present and future generations the historic site of incarceration and segregation of United States citizens of Japanese descent and resident immigrants of Japanese citizenry at Tule Lake during World War II, there is established the Tule Lake National Historic Site in the State as a unit of the National Park System.
Boundaries— The boundaries of the Historic Site shall be the boundaries generally depicted on the Map.
Availability of map— The Map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
Administration—
In general— The Secretary shall administer the Historic Site in accordance with—
this Act; and
the laws generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including—
section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of title 54, United States Code; and
chapter 3201 of title 54, United States Code.
Interagency agreement— The Director of the National Park Service and the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall enter into an agreement to allow the Director of the National Park Service to manage and interpret the resources of the portions of the Historic Site, as depicted on the Map, that are located within the boundary of the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge, consistent with the management requirements of the Refuge.
Shared resources— To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary may use the resources of the Lava Beds National Monument to administer the Historic Site.
Management plan—
In general— Not later than 3 years after the date on which funds are made available to prepare a general management plan for the Historic Site, the Secretary shall prepare the general management plan in accordance with section 100502 of title 54, United States Code.
Coordination— The Secretary shall coordinate the preparation and implementation of the general management plan under subparagraph (A) with the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
Sec. 4 Removal of tule lake unit from the world war ii valor in the pacific national monument
Boundaries— The boundaries of the Monument are revised to exclude from the Monument the land and interests in land known as the “Tule Lake Unit”, consisting of portions of the Tule Lake Segregation Center National Historic Landmark and Camp Tule Lake, as depicted on the Map.
Incorporation into Historic Site—
In general— The land and interests in land excluded from the Monument under subsection (a) are incorporated in and made part of the Historic Site in accordance with section 3.
Use of funds— Any funds for the purposes of the land and interests in land excluded from the Monument under subsection (a) shall be made available for the purposes of the Historic Site.
References— Any reference in a law, regulation, document, record, map, or other paper of the United States to the Tule Lake Unit of World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument shall be considered to be a reference to the Tule Lake National Historic Site.
Sec. 5 Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act.