Pub. L. 94-518, tit. IV, sec. 401

Sec. 401. (a) The Congress finds: (1) Since 1866 a colony for the care and treatment of the victims of leprosy, known as the Kalaupapa settlement, has existed on the island of Molokai in the State of Hawaii. On this site Father Joseph Damien de Veuster (1840–1889) worked for sixteen years among those victims 90 STAT. 2448until at last succumbing to their disease. This inspiring work made him a figure of such national acclaim that, a statue of him rests in the Nation’s Capitol. This work led to proceedings for his beatification by the Catholic Church and to worldwide veneration of this devotion and mission. This respect and admiration served to focus unprecedented attention on die disease of leprosy and stimulated charity and scientific research toward its cure. (2) The Kalaupapa settlement constitutes it unique and nationally significant cultural, Historical, educational, and scenic resource. (b) The purposes of this title are— (1) to preserve and interpret the Kalaupapa settlement for the education and inspiration of present and future generations, and (2) to provide that the preservation and interpretation of that settlement be managed and performed by native Hawaiians, including patients and former patients of the Kalaupapa settlement, to the extent practical, and that training opportunities be provided such persons in management and interpretation of the settlement’s cultural, historical, educational, and scenic resources.