,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fbb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #ab1 #bjac 
,mr4 ,sablan 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,holt1  
,mr4 ,pierluisi1 ,ms4 ,bordallo1 ,mr4   
,young of ,alaska1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 
,faleomavaega1 and ,mr4 ,honda7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,natural 
,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the   
,secretary of the ,interior to develop1 
maintain1 and administer an annex in    
,tinian1 ,commonwealth of the ,northern 
,mariana ,islands1 as an extension of   
the ,american ,memorial ,park located in
 ,saipan1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,american ,memorial ,park ,annex in     
,tinian  7a7 ,short title ,this section 
may be cited as the ,american ,memorial 
,park ,tinian ,annex ,act4  7b7         
,findings ,congress finds as follows3   
7#a7 ,in #bjja the ,national ,park      
,service conducted a suitability and    
feasibility study of ,north ,field on   
the island of ,tinian1 ,commonwealth of 

the ,northern ,mariana ,islands1 for    
inclusion in the ,national ,park        
,system4  7#b7 ,north ,field ,tinian is 
listed on the ,national ,register of    
,historic ,places as an historic        
district and has been designated a      
national historic landmark4  7#c7 ,the  
,department of ,defense holds a #ej-year
 lease over ,north ,field ,tinian4  7#d7
 ,the ,national ,park ,service          
determined that ,north ,field ,tinian   
was suitable for inclusion as one of the
 most significant ,world ,war ,,ii sites
 in the ,pacific because atomic bombs   
were flown to ,hiroshima and ,nagasaki  
from this site4  7#e7 ,the ,national    
,park ,service determined1 however1 that
 it was not feasible to include ,north  
,field ,tinian as a unit of the         
,national ,park ,system because of the  
military's future long term needs4  7#f7
 ,american ,memorial ,park on the island
 of ,saipan1 ,commonwealth of the       
,northern ,mariana ,islands1 is managed 
by the ,national ,park ,service1 as     

authorized under ,public ,law #id-bda   
and ,public ,law #ie-cdh1 to commemorate
 the ,world ,war ,,ii ,marianas         
,campaign4  7#g7 ,a ,tinian ,annex to   
the ,american ,memorial ,park could     
provide the opportunity for on and off  
site interpretation of ,north ,field    
without conflicting with military needs4
  7c7 ,establishment ,using existing    
facilities instead of developing new    
facilities to the extent practicable1   
the ,secretary of the ,interior1 acting 
through the ,national ,park ,service1   
shall develop1 maintain1 and administer 
an annex in ,tinian1 ,commonwealth of   
the ,northern ,mariana ,islands1 as an  
extension of the ,american ,memorial    
,park located in ,saipan1 on an         
appropriate parcel of ,tinian ,public   
,land to be agreed upon by the ,national
 ,park ,service and the ,governor of the
 ,northern ,mariana ,islands in         
consultation with the ,mayor of ,tinian4
 ,the annex shall be used to--  7#a7    
interpret the important aspects of      

,north ,field by highlighting the       
historic events related to the ,world   
,war ,,ii ,marianas ,campaign2 and  7#b7
 serve as a curatorial storage of ,world
 ,war ,,ii artifacts4