S 2502
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2502
To provide for the establishment of a memorial within Kalaupapa
National Historical Park located on the island of Molokai, in the State
of Hawaii, to honor and perpetuate the memory of those individuals who
were forcibly relocated to the Kalaupapa Peninsula from 1866 to 1969,
and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
December 18, 2007
Mr. AKAKA (for himself and Mr. INOUYE) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources
A BILL
To provide for the establishment of a memorial within Kalaupapa
National Historical Park located on the island of Molokai, in the State
of Hawaii, to honor and perpetuate the memory of those individuals who
were forcibly relocated to the Kalaupapa Peninsula from 1866 to 1969,
and for other purposes.
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 `Kalaupapa Memorial Act of 2007'.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF MEMORIAL WITHIN KALAUPAPA NATIONAL HISTORICAL
PARK.
(a) In General- The Secretary of Interior shall authorize Ka `Ohana
O Kalaupapa, a non-profit organization consisting of patient residents
at Kalaupapa National Historical Park, and their family members and
friends, to establish a memorial at a suitable location or locations
approved by the Secretary at Kalawao or Kalaupapa within the boundaries
of Kalaupapa National Historical Park located on the island of Molokai,
in the State of Hawaii, to honor and perpetuate the memory of those
individuals who were forcibly relocated to Kalaupapa Peninsula from
1866 to 1969.
(1) IN GENERAL- The memorial authorized by subsection (a) shall--
(A) display in an appropriate manner the names of the first 5,000
individuals sent to the Kalaupapa Peninsula between 1866 and 1896,
most of whom lived at Kalawao; and
(B) display in an appropriate manner the names of the approximately
3,000 individuals who arrived at Kalaupapa in the second part of
its history, when most of the community was concentrated on the
Kalaupapa side of the peninsula.
(2) APPROVAL- The size, design, and inscriptions of the memorial authorized
by subsection (a) shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary
of the Interior.
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