S. 2412: Tule Lake National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-12-17 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 599.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-12-17 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 599. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Tule Lake National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2015

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Tule Lake National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2015 (Sec. 3) This bill establishes the Tule Lake National Historic Site in California as a unit of the National Park System in order to preserve, protect, and interpret the site of incarceration and segregation of U.S. citizens of Japanese descent and resident immigrants of Japanese citizenry at Tule Lake during World War II. The National Park Service (NPS) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shall enter into an agreement to allow the NPS to manage and interpret the resources of the portions of the site within the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge. The resources of the Lava Beds National Monument may be used to administer the site. The Department of the Interior shall prepare a general management plan for the site. (Sec. 4) The boundaries of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument are revised to exclude from the monument the Tule Lake Unit, consisting of portions of the Tule Lake Segregation Center National Historic Landmark and Camp Tule Lake, and incorporate the excluded lands and interests into the site. Any funds available for the purposes of the excluded lands and interests shall become available for the purposes of the site. (Sec. 5) Such sums as are necessary may be used to carry out this bill.

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Tule Lake National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2015

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Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] · 1 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 2412, Tule Lake National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2015 (2016-09-02)

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s2412.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>

Record fed-us-cong114-s2412 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114