1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Midway Atoll Trust Act . 2. Findings The Congress finds the following: (1) The most decisive battle of World War II took place at the Midway Atoll on June 4, 1942. (2) In 1993, the Navy determined that 78 properties at the Midway Atoll were eligible, including the nine properties that were designated as National Historic Landmarks in 1987, for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. (3) The Midway Atoll was designated a National Memorial in 2000. (4) The Midway Atoll has been managed by a public/private partnership through the Midway Phoenix Corporation (1996–2002) at minimal expense to the Federal Government. (5) The Midway Atoll was declared a national wildlife refuge in 1996. (6) The Midway Atoll has been closed to public visitation since November 2012. (7) The Government Accountability Office investigation reported in 2016 that three historic properties at the Midway Atoll were destroyed without proper consultation. (8) The United States Fish and Wildlife Service disregarded until 2015 the requirements of section 126 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (113 Stat. 1501A–164), which specifically directed the Secretary of the Interior to consult with the International Midway Memorial Foundation on a regular basis regarding the management of Midway Atoll National Memorial. (9) The United States Fish and Wildlife Service continues to demolish buildings and structures at the Midway Atoll by failing to maintain them. (10) The Government Accountability Office was not able to prepare a report on the finances of Midway Atoll because the budget data available from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service from 2009 through 2015 was of undetermined reliability for the purposes of submitting an evaluation. 3. Transfer of authority over Midway Atoll All administrative jurisdiction and authority of the Department of the Interior to manage national wildlife refuges on the Midway Atoll under the National Wildlife Refuge