PORT CHICAGO NATIONAL MEMORIAL.

SEC. 203. PORT CHICAGO NATIONAL MEMORIAL. (a) Designation.— In order to recognize the critical role Port Chicago, located at the Concord Naval Weapons Station in Contra Costa County, California, played in the Second World War by serving as the main facility for the Pacific Theater and the historic importance of the explosion which occurred at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine on July 17, 1944, such Naval Magazine is hereby designated as a National Memorial, to be known as the Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial. The Secretary of the Interior shall take appropriate action to assure that the Memorial is announced in the Federal Register and that official records and lists are amended, in due course, to reflect the inclusion of this memorial along with other national memorials established by an Act of Congress. (b) Marker.— The Secretary of the Interior, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Defense, is authorized and directed to place at the site the Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial, as designated under subsection (a), an appropriate plaque or marker commemorating the critical role Port Chicago played in the Second World War and the historic importance of the explosion which occurred at that location on July 17, 1944. The plaque or marker shall include a listing of the names of those who lost their fives during the explosion. (c) Public Access.— The Secretary of the Interior shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the Secretary of the Navy to provide for public access to the Memorial.