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FALLEN TIMBERS BATTLEFIELD AND FORT MIAMIS NATIONAL HISTORICAL SITE ACT

The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 548) to establish the
Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historical Site in
the State of Ohio, which had been reported from the Committee on Energy
and Natural Resources, with an amendment to strike all after the
enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Fallen Timbers Battlefield
and Fort Miamis National Historic Site Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

As used in this Act:
(a) Definitions.--
(1) The term ``historic site'' means the Fallen Timbers
Battlefield and Monument and Fort Miamis National Historic
Site established by section 4 of this Act.
(2) The term ``management plan'' means the general
management plan developed pursuant to section 5(d).
(3) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the
Interior.
(4) The term ``management entity'' means one representative
from each of the following organizations:
(A) The Ohio Historical Society;
(B) The City of Maumee;
(C) The Maumee Valley Heritage Corridor;
(D) The Fallen Timbers Battlefield Preservation Commission;
(E) Heidelberg College;
(F) The City of Toledo;
(G) The Metropark District of the Toledo Area; and
(H) any other 2 organizations designated by the Governor of
Ohio.
(5) The term ``technical assistance'' means any guidance,
advice, or other aid, other than financial assistance,
provided by the Secretary.

SEC. 3. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The 185-acre Fallen Timbers Battlefield is the site of
the 1794 battle between General Anthony Wayne and a
confederation of Native American tribes led by Little Turtle
and Blue Jacket.
(2) Fort Miamis was occupied by General Wayne's legion from
1796 to 1798.
(3) In the spring of 1813, British troops, led by General
Henry Proctor, landed at Fort Miamis and attacked the fort
twice, without success.
(4) Fort Miamis and Fallen Timbers Battlefield are in Lucas
County, Ohio, in the city of Maumee.
(5) The 9-acre Fallen Timbers Battlefield Monument is
listed as a National Historic Landmark.
(6) Fort Miamis is listed in the National Register of
Historic Places as a historic site.
(7) In 1959, the Fallen Timbers Battlefield was included in
the National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings as 1 of
22 sites representing the ``Advance of the Frontier, 1763-
1830''.
(8) In 1960, the Fallen Timbers Battlefield was designated
as a National Historic Landmark.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to recognize and preserve the 185-acre Fallen Timbers
Battlefield site;
(2) to recognize and preserve the Fort Miamis site;
(3) to formalize the linkage of the Fallen Timbers
Battlefield and Monument to Fort Miamis;
(4) to preserve and interpret United States military
history and Native American culture during the period from
1794 through 1813;
(5) to provide assistance to the State of Ohio, political
subdivisions of the State, and nonprofit organizations in the
State to implement the management plan and develop programs
that will preserve and interpret the historical, cultural,
natural, recreational and scenic resources of the historic
site; and
(6) to authorize the Secretary to provide technical
assistance to the State of Ohio, political subdivisions of
the State, and nonprofit organizations in the State,
including the Ohio Historical Society, the city of Maumee,
the Maumee Valley Heritage Corridor, the Fallen Timbers
Battlefield Commission, Heidelberg College, the city of
Toledo, and the Metropark District of the Toledo Area, to
implement the management plan.

SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FALLEN TIMBERS BATTLEFIELD AND
FORT MIAMIS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE.

(a) In General.--There is established, as an affiliated
area of the National Park System, the Fallen Timbers
Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site in the
State of Ohio.
(b) Description.--The historic site is comprised of the
following as generally depicted on the map entitled Fallen
Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historical Site-
proposed, number NHS-FTFM, and dated May 1999:
(1) The Fallen Timbers site, comprised generally of the
following:
(A) The Fallen Timbers Battlefield site, consisting of an
approximately 185-acre parcel located north of U.S. 24, west
of U.S. 23/I-475, south of the Norfolk and Western Railroad
line, and east of Jerome Road.
(B) The approximately 9-acre Fallen Timbers Battlefield
Monument, located south of U.S. 24; and
(2) The Fort Miamis Park site.
(c) Map.--The map shall be on file and available for public
inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park
Service.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION OF HISTORIC SITES.

(a) Applicability of National Park System Laws.--The
historic site shall be administered in a manner consistent
with this Act and all laws generally applicable to units of
the National Park System, including the Act of August 25,
1916 (16 U.S.C. 1, 2-4; commonly known as the National Park
Service Organic Act), and the Act of August 21, 1935 (16
U.S.C. 461 et seq.; commonly known as the Historic Sites,
Buildings, and Antiquities Act).
(b) Cooperative Agreement.--The Secretary may enter into a
cooperative agreement with the management entity to provide
technical assistance to ensure the marking, research,
interpretation, education and preservation of the Fallen
Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site.
(c) Reimbursement.--Any payment made by the Secretary
pursuant to this section shall be subject to an agreement
that conversion, use or disposal of the project so assisted
for purposes contrary to the purposes of this section as
determined by the Secretary, shall result in a right of the
United States to reimbursement of all funds made available to
such project or the proportion of the increased value of the
project attributable to such funds as determined at the time
of such conversion, use of disposal, whichever is greater.
(d) General Management Plan.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation with the
management entity and Native American tribes whose ancestors
were involved in events at these sites, 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) Completion.--The plan shall be completed not later than
2 years after the date funds are made available.
(3) Transmittal.--Not later than 30 days after completion
of the plan, the Secretary shall provide 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.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

There is authorized to be appropriated such funds as are
necessary to carry out this Act.

Amendment No. 2296 was agreed to as follows:

Beginning on page 10, strike line 23 and all that follows
through page 11, line 11, and insert the following:
(4) The term ``management entity'' means the Metropolitan
Park District of the Toledo Area.
On page 15, line 7, strike ``use or disposal'' and insert
``use, or disposal''.
On page 15, line 13, strike ``use or disposal'' and insert
``use, or disposal''.

The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended,
was agreed to.
The bill (S. 548), as amended, was passed, as follows:

S. 548

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 ``Fallen Timbers Battlefield
and Fort Miamis National Historic Site Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

SEC. 3. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

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(2) to recognize and preserve the Fort Miamis site;
(3) to formalize the linkage of the Fallen Timbers
Battlefield and Monument to Fort Miamis;
(4) to preserve and interpret United States military
history and Native American culture during the period from
1794 through 1813;
(5) to provide assistance to the State of Ohio, political
subdivisions of the State, and nonprofit organizations in the
State to implement the management plan and develop programs
that will preserve and interpret the historical, cultural,
natural, recreational and scenic resources of the historic
site; and
(6) to authorize the Secretary to provide technical
assistance to the State of Ohio, political subdivisions of
the State, and nonprofit organizations in the State,
including the Ohio Historical Society, the city of Maumee,
the Maumee Valley Heritage Corridor, the Fallen Timbers
Battlefield Commission, Heidelberg College, the city of
Toledo, and the Metropark District of the Toledo Area, to
implement the management plan.

SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FALLEN TIMBERS BATTLEFIELD AND
FORT MIAMIS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION OF HISTORIC SITES.

(a) Applicability of National Park System Laws.--The
historic site shall be administered in a manner consistent
with this Act and all laws generally applicable to units of
the National Park System, including the Act of August 25,
1916 (16 U.S.C. 1, 2-4; commonly known as the National Park
Service Organic Act), and the Act of August 21, 1935 (16
U.S.C. 461 et seq.; commonly known as the Historic Sites,
Buildings, and Antiquities Act).
(b) Cooperative Agreement.--The Secretary may enter into a
cooperative agreement with the management entity to provide
technical assistance to ensure the marking, research,
interpretation, education and preservation of the Fallen
Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site.
(c) Reimbursement.--Any payment made by the Secretary
pursuant to this section shall be subject to an agreement
that conversion, use, or disposal of the project so assisted
for purposes contrary to the purposes of this section as
determined by the Secretary, shall result in a right of the
United States to reimbursement of all funds made available to
such 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.
(d) General Management Plan.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation with the
management entity and Native American tribes whose ancestors
were involved in events at these sites, 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) Completion.--The plan shall be completed not later than
2 years after the date funds are made available.
(3) Transmittal.--Not later than 30 days after completion
of the plan, the Secretary shall provide 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.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

There is authorized to be appropriated such funds as are
necessary to carry out this Act.

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