Homestead Steel Works National Historic Site Act

Homestead Steel Works National Historic Site Act - Establishes in Pennsylvania the Homestead Steel Works National Historic Site (the Site) for inclusion within the National Park System. Specifies the historic properties to be included within the Site.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire by donation specified property for inclusion within such Site.

Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) enter into cooperative agreements to further the purposes of this Act; and (2) provide technical assistance for the preservation of the Site's structures, maintenance of its cultural landscape, and local preservation planning for the Site. Provides for the reimbursement of the United States if funds disbursed under a cooperative agreement are used for purposes contrary to the purposes of this Act.

Directs the Secretary to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees a general management plan for the Site. Requires the Secretary, in preparing the plan, to consult with an appropriate official of the Steel Industry Heritage Corporation and an appropriate official of each appropriate political subdivision of Pennsylvania that has jurisdiction over all or a portion of the Site.

[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 635 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 635

     To establish the Steel Industry National Historic Park in the 
                     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 14, 2001

 Mr. Doyle (for himself and Mr. Coyne) introduced the following bill; 
            which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
     To establish the Steel Industry National Historic Park in the 
                     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

    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 ``Steel Industry National Historic 
Park Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS, PURPOSES, AND DEFINITIONS.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Certain sites and structures in the Commonwealth of 
        Pennsylvania symbolize in physical form the heritage of the 
        steel industry of the United States.
            (2) A very large proportion of the buildings and other 
        structures in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are nationally 
        significant historical resources, including the United States 
        Steel Homestead Works, the Carrie Furnace complex, and the Hot 
        Metal Bridge.
            (3) Despite substantial efforts for cultural preservation 
        and historical interpretation by the Commonwealth of 
        Pennsylvania and by individuals and public and private entities 
        in the Commonwealth, these buildings and other structures may 
        be lost without the assistance of the Federal Government.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are to provide for the 
preservation, development, interpretation, and use of the nationally 
significant historical and cultural sites and structures as described 
in subsection (a) for the benefit and inspiration of present and future 
generations.
    (c) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Historic park.--The term ``historic park'' means the 
        Steel Industry National Historic Park established by section 3.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 3. STEEL INDUSTRY NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania the Steel Industry National Historic Park as a unit of the 
National Park System.
    (b) Description.--The historic park shall be comprised of the 
following properties, each of which relate to the former United States 
Steel Homestead Works:
            (1) The historic location of the Battle of Homestead site 
        in the borough of Munhall, Pennsylvania, consisting of 
        approximately 3 acres of land, including the pumphouse and 
        water tower and related structures, within the property bounded 
        by the Monongahela River, the CSX railroad, Waterfront Drive, 
        and the Damascus-Marcegaglia Steel Mill.
            (2) The historic location of the Carrie Furnace complex in 
        the boroughs of Swissvale and Rankin, Pennsylvania, consisting 
        of approximately 35 acres of land, including blast furnaces 6 
        and 7, the ore yard, the cast house, the blowing engine house, 
        the AC power house, and related structures, within the property 
        bounded by the proposed southwesterly right-of-way line needed 
        to accommodate the Mon/Fayette Expressway and the relocated CSX 
        railroad right-of-way, the Monongahela River, and a property 
        line drawn northeast to southwest approximately 100 yards east 
        of the AC power house.
            (3) The historic location of the Hot Metal Bridge, 
        consisting of the Union railroad bridge and its approaches, 
        spanning the Monongahela River and connecting the mill sites in 
        the boroughs of Rankin and Munhall, Pennsylvania.
            (4) All other property included in the historic park by 
        Federal law or acquired by the Secretary for inclusion in the 
        historic park pursuant to section 4 or other Federal law.

SEC. 4. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.

    To further the purposes of this Act, the Secretary may acquire, by 
donation, property for inclusion in the historic park as follows:
            (1) Any land or interest in land with respect to the 
        property identified in paragraphs (1), (2), or (3) of section 
        3(b).
            (2) Up to 10 acres of land adjacent to or in the general 
        proximity of the property identified in paragraphs (1), (2), or 
        (3) of section 3(b), for the development of visitor, 
        administrative, museum, curatorial, and maintenance facilities.
            (3) Personal property associated with, and appropriate for, 
        the interpretation of the historic park.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall administer the historic park 
in accordance with this Act and the provisions of law generally 
applicable to units of the National Park System, including the Act of 
August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), and the Act of August 21, 1935 
(16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.).
    (b) Cooperative Agreements.--
            (1) In general.--To further the purposes of this Act, the 
        Secretary may enter into a cooperative agreement with any 
        interested individual, public or private agency, organization, 
        or institution.
            (2) Contrary purposes.--Any payment made by the Secretary 
        pursuant to a cooperative agreement under this subsection shall 
        be subject to an agreement that conversion, use, or disposal of 
        the project so assisted for purposes contrary to the purpose of 
        this Act, as determined by the Secretary, shall result in a 
        right of the United States to reimbursement of all funds made 
        available to such a project or the proportion of the increased 
        value of the project attributable to such funds as determined 
        at the time of such conversion, use, or disposal, whichever is 
        greater.
    (c) Technical and Preservation Assistance.--The Secretary may 
provide to any person technical assistance for the preservation of 
historic structures of, the maintenance of the cultural landscape of, 
and local preservation planning for, the historic park.

SEC. 6. GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.

    (a) In General.--Not later than the last day of the third fiscal 
year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall, in consultation with the officials described in subsection (b), 
prepare a general management plan for the historic park.
    (b) Officials Consulted.--The officials described in this 
subsection are--
            (1) an appropriate official of each appropriate political 
        subdivision of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that has 
        jurisdiction over all or a portion of the historic park; and
            (2) an appropriate official of the Steel Industry Heritage 
        Corporation.
    (c) Submission of Plan to Congress.--Upon the completion of the 
general management plan, the Secretary shall submit a copy of the plan 
to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the 
Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives.
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