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(F) a plan for design of exhibits including, mittee on Resources be discharged from California (Mr. GEORGE MILLER), but not limited to, the selection of collec- from further consideration of the Sen- to permit the people of our region of tions to be exhibited, and the providing of se- ate bill (S. 548) to establish the Fallen the to tell the full story curity, preservation, protection, environ- Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis of our history, the battle that occurred mental controls, and presentations in ac- cordance with professional museum stand- National Historical Site in the State of on this site and the assumption of the ards; Ohio, and ask for its immediate consid- and the opening of (G) an agreement with the Navajo Nation eration in the House. our entire region of the Nation to set- and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe relative to The Clerk read the title of the Senate tlement. site selection and public access to the facili- bill. I cannot thank the gentlemen enough ties; and The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there on behalf of the people of the Buckeye (H) a financing plan developed jointly by objection to the request of the gen- State and our adjoining sister States the Navajo Nation and the Ute Mountain Ute tleman from Utah? for making this possible, before this Tribe outlining the long-term management Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. of the Center, including— century ends. (i) the acceptance and use of funds derived Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to ob- Mr. Speaker, the bill before us today is a from public and private sources to minimize ject, I do so for the purposes of yielding matter of great significance to the American the use of appropriated or borrowed funds; to the gentleman so he may explain the Midwest and to the 9th District of Ohio in par- (ii) the payment of the operating costs of bill. ticular. The bill under consideration today, the Center through the assessment of fees or Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, will the Senator DEWINE’s S. 548, is the companion to other income generated by the Center; gentleman yield? legislation I have introduced in the House, (iii) a strategy for achieving financial self- Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. H.R. 868. I wish to thank Senator DEWINE for sufficiency with respect to the Center by not I yield to the gentleman from Utah. taking the lead on this measure in the Senate. later than 5 years after the date of enact- ment of this Act; and Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, I appre- Some authorities place the Battle of Fallen (iv) appropriate vendor standards and busi- ciate the gentleman yielding. Mr. Timbers among the three most important bat- ness activities at the Four Corners Monu- Speaker, S. 548 introduced by Senator tles in the formation of the United States, ment Tribal Park. MIKE DEWINE from Ohio and the gen- alongside the battles of Yorktown and Gettys- SEC. 6. SELECTION OF GRANT RECIPIENT. tlewoman from Ohio (Ms. KAPTUR), who burg. We should note that the Battle of Fallen The Four Corners Heritage Council may have worked so diligently on this bill, Timbers did secure and open a large terri- make recommendations to the Secretary on authorizes the establishment of the tory—now embracing parts of Ohio, Michigan, grant proposals regarding the design of fa- Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Indiana, and Illinois—for new settlements in cilities at the Four Corners Monument Trib- Miamis National Historical Site in our fledgling nation. al Park. Ohio. Another, contemporary battle should also be SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. The historical site shall be estab- recognized here today. That is the struggle for (a) AUTHORIZATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of the lished as an affiliated area of the na- national recognition of the Battle of Fallen Interior to carry out this Act— tional park system and shall be admin- Timbers as a keystone in the Maumee Valley (1) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2000; and istered in a manner consistent with the and the Midwest. (2) $50,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 . In 1991, I was able to secure authorization through 2005 for maintenance and operation The Metropolitan Park District of in the Interior Appropriations bill for the Na- of the Center, program development, or staff- the Toledo area would be established as tional Park Service to assess the Maumee ing in a manner consistent with the require- the management entity and is respon- River Heritage Corridor for historically signifi- ments of section 5(b). sible for developing a management cant sites. The first site assessed was the (b) CARRYOVER.—Funds made available Fallen Timbers battlefield. under subsection (a)(1) that are unexpended plan for the site. The Secretary of the at the end of the fiscal year for which those Interior will provide both financial and We will hear later this morning from two funds are appropriated, may be used by the technical assistance to implement the people who have served in that more recent Secretary through fiscal year 2002 for the management plan and develop pro- battle, Dr. G. Michael Pratt from Heidelberg purposes for which those funds are made grams to preserve and interpret the College and Jean Ward, Director of available. historical, cultural, natural, rec- Metroparks of the Toledo Area. Dr. Pratt (c) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—The Secretary reational and scenic resources of the heads the Center for Historic and Military may reserve funds appropriated pursuant to site. Archeology. He led the archaeological study this Act until a grant proposal meeting the that definitively located the Fallen Timbers requirements of this Act is submitted, but no The National Park Service completed later than September 30, 2001. a special resource study in October of Battlefield site. Jean Ward has served the To- SEC. 8. DONATIONS. 1998 of the site, which is already des- ledo area as director of its park system for Notwithstanding any other provision of ignated as a national historic land- more than 30 years. Toledo Metroparks man- law, for purposes of the planning, construc- mark, and recommended affiliate sta- ages over 7,000 acres of parkland and historic tion, and operation of the Center, the Sec- tus. sites in Lucas County. retary may accept, retain, and expend dona- The bill has support from the Na- THE tions of funds, and use property or services tional Park Service and the minority, In 1794, the line of control between British donated, from private persons and entities or and I urge my colleagues to support forces and their Native American allies and from public entities. this bill. the forces of the United States lay across the SEC. 9. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION. Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, will the ‘‘Foot of the Rapids’’ on the . Nothing in this Act is intended to abro- gate, modify, or impair any right or claim of gentleman yield? On August 20, 1794, General the Navajo Nation or the Ute Mountain Ute Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. led his legion down the Maumee River valley Tribe, that is based on any law (including I yield to the gentlewoman from Ohio, from near what is now Waterville, Ohio. Com- any treaty, Executive order, agreement, or who has worked so very, very hard on ing to an area where a recent storm had top- Act of Congress). this legislation. pled much of the forest, Wayne’s leading ele- The Senate bill was ordered to be Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I just ments were engaged by about 1,100 warriors read a third time, was read the third wanted to, as we close out this first from a confederacy of Ohio and time, and passed, and a motion to re- session of the 106th Congress, and we tribes. The U.S. soldiers fell back to their main consider was laid on the table. close out this century, extend my deep- lines and a pitched battle surged back and f est appreciation on behalf of the people forth over the ‘‘fallen timbers.’’ Finally, a con- of Ohio and, by affiliation, the people certed charge by the entire legion drove the FALLEN TIMBERS BATTLEFIELD of Michigan, Indiana and Illinois to the Native Americans back to within sight of Fort AND FORT MIAMIS NATIONAL chairman, the gentleman from Utah Miamis to the northeast, and their resistance HISTORIC SITE ACT OF 1999 (Mr. HANSEN), who could not have been dissipated. Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, I ask more diligent in working with us, and The Native American coalition included unanimous consent that the Com- the ranking member, the gentleman members of the Wyandot, Miami, Ottawa,

VerDate jul 14 2003 08:54 Jul 27, 2004 Jkt 029102 PO 00000 Frm 00107 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR99\H18NO9.003 H18NO9 November 18, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 30743 Delaware, Mingo, , Potawatomi, and Battlefield Commission. The Commission has (5) The term ‘‘technical assistance’’ means Chippewa tribes as well as a few Canadian produced a flyer describing the battle and its any guidance, advice, or other aid, other militia. historic significance. It has also produced an than financial assistance, provided by the Secretary. The battle was a clear victory for the United excellent video presentation in support of States, a policy failure for the British, and a preservation. SEC. 3. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. disaster for the Native American Confederacy. (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the fol- Another person whose efforts must not be lowing: The resultant in 1795 forgotten is the former Mayor of the City of (1) The 185-acre Fallen Timbers Battlefield gained the City of Detroit, then the largest city Maumee, Steve Pauken. His tireless efforts is the site of the 1794 battle between General on the Great Lakes and secured much of the contributed as much as anyone’s to saving Anthony Wayne and a confederation of Na- Northwest Territory for the growing United Fallen Timbers. tive American tribes led by Little Turtle and States. Others that have contributed financial, indi- Blue Jacket. I am holding here a typical U.S. Department vidual, and organizational resources to the ef- (2) Fort Miamis was occupied by General of Defense sketch of the Battle of Fallen Tim- fort include the Ohio Historical Society, the Wayne’s legion from 1796 to 1798. (3) In the spring of 1813, British troops, led bers that has been widely displayed in Army City of Maumee, the City of Toledo, the installations across our nation for decades. by General Henry Proctor, landed at Fort Maumee Valley Heritage Corridor, Heidelberg Miamis and attacked the fort twice, without In addition to the battlefield, the Historic Site College, Toledo Metroparks, and the Toledo would include the nearby site of Fort Miamis, success. Blade and its editorial staff, particularly Ralph (4) Fort Miamis and Fallen Timbers Bat- which played a role not only in the Wayne Johnson. tlefield are in Lucas County, Ohio, in the campaign but also in the . In the The Fallen Timbers Battlefield was listed as city of Maumee. spring of 1813, British forces landed troops number two on the 1996 list of the ten most (5) The 9-acre Fallen Timbers Battlefield and artillery on the site of the deteriorated Fort endangered National Historic Landmarks in a Monument is listed as a National Historic Miamis on the lower Maumee River. Together report by the National Park Service. It was in- Landmark. with Shawnee Chief , the British (6) Fort Miamis is listed in the National cluded in the 1959 National Survey of Historic Register of Historic Places as a historic site. twice attacked the American garrison at Fort Sites and Buildings as one of 22 sites rep- Meigs—another military outpost along the (7) In 1959, the Fallen Timbers Battlefield resenting the national historic theme ‘‘The Ad- was included in the National Survey of His- Maumee River—and twice were repulsed. vance of the Frontier, 1763–1830.’’ It was des- toric Sites and Buildings as 1 of 22 sites rep- These U.S. victories at frustrated ignated a National Historic Landmark in 1960 resenting the ‘‘Advance of the Frontier, 1763– British attempts to regain the Northwest Terri- as ‘‘the culminating event which demonstrated 1830’’. tory and were a prelude to the victory of Com- the tenacity of the American people in their ef- (8) In 1960, the Fallen Timbers Battlefield modore Perry’s Battle of Lake Erie victory later was designated as a National Historic Land- forts of western expansion through the strug- in 1813, a large mural of which hangs just out- mark. gle for dominance in the Old Northwest Terri- side the House chamber. (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act tory.’’ are— THE BATTLE FOR FALLEN TIMBERS The National Park Service Resource Study (1) to recognize and preserve the 185-acre The people of northwest Ohio have long concluded that the Fallen Timbers Battlefield Fallen Timbers Battlefield site; held a strong interest in the history of our re- site would be ‘‘eligible, suitable, and feasible (2) to recognize and preserve the Fort Mi- gion and, in particular, in the battle that won for recognition as an affiliated area of the Na- amis site; the territory for the United States. In the mid- tional Park System if the 185-acre core battle- (3) to formalize the linkage of the Fallen 1930’s, a 9-acre site on the banks of the field can be acquired for preservation pur- Timbers Battlefield and Monument to Fort Miamis; Maumee River then thought to be the location poses.’’ The House should know that we have of the Battle of Fallen Timbers was dedicated (4) to preserve and interpret United States the commitments of the State of Ohio, the City and a statue commemorating the battle erect- military history and Native American cul- of Toledo, and the City of Maumee to see this ed. As interest in preserving both our local his- ture during the period from 1794 through project through to completion. 1813; tory and natural areas grew earlier this dec- Mr. Speaker, I urge all of our colleagues to (5) to provide assistance to the State of ade, I was able to secure the authorization for support this bill which helps complete the ap- Ohio, political subdivisions of the State, and a resource study of the Fallen Timbers area preciation of our nation’s early history. nonprofit organizations in the State to im- by the National Park Service as part of a pos- Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. plement the management plan and develop sible Maumee River Valley Heritage Corridor Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reserva- programs that will preserve and interpret the historical, cultural, natural, recreational that lies between Toledo, Ohio, and Fort tion of objection. Wayne, Indiana. It remains one of the most and scenic resources of the historic site; and The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there (6) to authorize the Secretary to provide scenic and bucolic stretches in the Midwest. objection to the request of the gen- Beginning in 1995, an archaeological inves- technical assistance to the State of Ohio, po- tleman from Utah? tigation led by Dr. Pratt set out to identify the litical subdivisions of the State, and non- There was no objection. profit organizations in the State, including exact location of the battle. Dr. Pratt’s excel- The Clerk read the Senate bill, as fol- the Ohio Historical Society, the city of lent work has proven conclusively that the bat- lows: Maumee, the Maumee Valley Heritage Cor- tle actually took place some distance from the S. 548 ridor, the Fallen Timbers Battlefield Com- existing Fallen Timbers Monument. Develop- mission, Heidelberg College, the city of To- ment is beginning to encroach on the battle- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- ledo, and the Metropark District of the To- resentatives of the United States of America in field site, but a significant portion of the core ledo Area, to implement the management Congress assembled, plan. battlefield is still in agricultural use and owned SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FALLEN TIM- by the City of Toledo. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fallen Tim- It is that site, along with the Monument site BERS BATTLEFIELD AND FORT MI- bers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National AMIS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE. and the Fort Miamis site, that this legislation Historic Site Act of 1999’’. (a) IN GENERAL.—There is established, as would establish as a National Historic Site and SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. an affiliated area of the National Park Sys- an interpretive locus for the entire heritage As used in this Act: tem, the Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort corridor. (a) DEFINITIONS.— Miamis National Historic Site in the State Most impressive, however, has been the (1) The term ‘‘historic site’’ means the of Ohio. outpouring of grassroots interest in the Battle Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Monument (b) DESCRIPTION.—The historic site is com- of Fallen Timbers and the preservation of its and Fort Miamis National Historic Site es- prised of the following as generally depicted sites. Our office has received hundreds of let- tablished by section 4 of this Act. on the map entitled Fallen Timbers Battle- ters supporting preservation of these sites in- (2) The term ‘‘management plan’’ means field and Fort Miamis National Historical the general management plan developed pur- Site-proposed, number NHS–FTFM, and cluding this batch of drawings of Fort Miamis suant to section 5(d). dated May 1999: sent by the students at the Fort Miami School (3) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec- (1) The Fallen Timbers site, comprised gen- in Maumee, Ohio. Local press coverage has retary of the Interior. erally of the following: been extensive. (4) The term ‘‘management entity’’ means (A) The Fallen Timbers Battlefield site, We should particularly note the efforts of the Metropolitan Park District of the Toledo consisting of an approximately 185-acre par- Marianne Duvendack and the Fallen Timbers Area. cel located north of U.S. 24, west of U.S. 23/

VerDate jul 14 2003 08:54 Jul 27, 2004 Jkt 029102 PO 00000 Frm 00108 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H18NO9.003 H18NO9 30744 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE November 18, 1999 I–475, south of the Norfolk and Western Rail- to a map relating to the Coastal Bar- vate lands would have qualified for inclusion road line, and east of Jerome Road. rier Resources System, and ask for its under the Fish and Wildlife Service’s designa- (B) The approximately 9-acre Fallen Tim- immediate consideration in the House. tion criteria for otherwise protected areas or bers Battlefield Monument, located south of The Clerk read the title of the bill. U.S. 24; and undeveloped coastal barriers. (2) The Fort Miamis Park site. b 1930 This bill will rectify a previous mapping error by the Fish and Wildlife Service and bring this (c) MAP.—The map shall be on file and The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. available for public inspection in the appro- OPA into conformance with congressional in- priate offices of the National Park Service. PEASE). Is there objection to the re- tent to use existing park boundaries as the SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION OF HISTORIC SITES. quest of the gentleman from New Jer- basis for OPA boundaries. The Administration (a) APPLICABILITY OF NATIONAL PARK SYS- sey? supports this legislation and I urge that the TEM LAWS.—The historic site shall be admin- Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. House pass the bill. istered in a manner consistent with this Act Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to ob- Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reserva- and all laws generally applicable to units of ject, I do so for the purpose of asking tion of objection. the National Park System, including the Act the gentleman from New Jersey to ex- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there of August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1, 2–4; commonly plain his unanimous consent request. objection to the request of the gen- known as the National Park Service Organic Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman tleman from New Jersey? Act), and the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. from New Jersey (Mr. SAXTON). There was no objection. 461 et seq.; commonly known as the Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act). Mr. SAXTON. Mr. Speaker, coastal The Clerk read the bill, as follows: (b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—The Sec- barriers are dynamic ecosystems and H.R. 34 retary may enter into a cooperative agree- are prone to frequent moving and shift- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- ment with the management entity to provide ing as the result of storms and other resentatives of the United States of America in technical assistance to ensure the marking, natural processes. Despite their vulner- Congress assembled, research, interpretation, education and pres- ability, these areas are attractive loca- SECTION 1. CORRECTIONS TO MAPS. ervation of the Fallen Timbers Battlefield tions to live in and are popular for va- (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the In- and Fort Miamis National Historic Site. cation destinations. terior shall, before the end of the 30-day pe- (c) REIMBURSEMENT.—Any payment made riod beginning on the date of the enactment by the Secretary pursuant to this section Congress approved the Coastal Bar- of this Act, make such corrections to the shall be subject to an agreement that con- riers Resources Act of 1982 to protect map described in subsection (b) as are nec- version, use, or disposal of the project so as- these areas by establishing a system of essary to ensure that depictions of areas on sisted for purposes contrary to the purposes barrier units that are precluded from that map are consistent with the depictions of this section as determined by the Sec- receiving Federal development assist- of areas appearing on the map entitled retary, shall result in a right of the United ance, including Federal flood insur- ‘‘Amendments to the Coastal Barrier Re- States to reimbursement of all funds made ance. The System is administered by sources System’’, dated llllll, and on available to such project or the proportion of the Fish and Wildlife Service. file with the Committee on Resources of the the increased value of the project attrib- House of Representatives. utable to such funds as determined at the Maps depicting the various units are (b) MAP DESCRIBED.—The map described in time of such conversion, use, or disposal, adopted by Congress, and any changes this subsection is the map that— whichever is greater. to the boundaries of System units re- (1) is included in a set of maps entitled (d) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.— quire legislative action. The System ‘‘Coastal Barrier Resources System’’, dated (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in con- includes 274 otherwise protected areas. November 2, 1994; and sultation with the management entity and Otherwise protected areas include (2) relates to unit P19–P of the Coastal Bar- Native American tribes whose ancestors lands that are held for conservation rier Resources System. were involved in events at these sites, shall purposes by the Federal, State, and The bill was ordered to be engrossed develop a general management plan for the local governments or private conserva- and read a third time, was read the historic site. The plan shall be prepared in third time, and passed, and a motion to accordance with section 12(b) of Public Law tion groups. 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–1 et seq.; commonly Mr. Speaker, H.R. 34 adopts maps reconsider was laid on the table. known as the National Park System General drawn by the Fish and Wildlife Service f Authorities Act). that correctly portray the boundaries MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE (2) COMPLETION.—The plan shall be com- of the Cayo Costa State Park in Flor- A message from the Senate by Mr. pleted not later than 2 years after the date ida, and this is supported by the Fish Lundregan, one of its clerks, an- funds are made available. and Wildlife Service and the Com- (3) TRANSMITTAL.—Not later than 30 days nounced that the Senate had passed mittee on Resources majority and mi- after completion of the plan, the Secretary without amendment a joint resolution nority. shall provide a copy of the plan to the Com- of the House of the following title: mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of H.R. 34 passed the House of Rep- H.J. Res. 83. Joint resolution making fur- the Senate and the Committee on Resources resentatives as part of H.R. 1431 on ther continuing appropriations for the fiscal of the House of Representatives. September 21, 1999. year 2000, and for other purposes. SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS Mr. Speaker, I believe H.R. 34 cor- f There is authorized to be appropriated rects a true mapping error, and I such funds as are necessary to carry out this strongly urge the passage of this legis- DIRECTING SECRETARY OF THE Act. lation. INTERIOR TO MAKE CORREC- The Senate bill was ordered to be Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. TIONS TO MAP RELATING TO read a third time, was read the third Speaker, further reserving my right to object, COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES time, and passed, and a motion to re- this bill would authorize a minor map correc- SYSTEM consider was laid on the table. tion to change the boundaries of an otherwise Mr. SAXTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask f protected area (OPA) to make these bound- unanimous consent that the Com- aries coterminous with the boundaries of a mittee on Resources be discharged DIRECTING SECRETARY OF INTE- State park. This correction would exclude 14 from further consideration of the Sen- RIOR TO MAKE TECHNICAL COR- acres of private land from the OPA. ate bill (S. 574) to direct the Secretary RECTIONS TO MAP RELATING TO The Committee on Resources has thor- of the Interior to make corrections to COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES oughly reviewed the underlying justification for a map relating to the Coastal Barrier SYSTEM this map correction and has worked closely Resources System, and ask for its im- Mr. SAXTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask with the Fish and Wildlife Service throughout. mediate consideration in the House. unanimous consent that the Com- The Committee has found nothing to prove The Clerk read the title of the Senate mittee on Resources be discharged conclusively that Congress intended to include bill. from further consideration of the bill private lands abutting the boundaries of the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there (H.R. 34) to direct the Secretary of the State park when it created this OPA in 1990. objection to the request of the gen- Interior to make technical corrections Also, there is reasonable doubt that these pri- tleman from New Jersey?

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