Springfield Race Riot National Monument Act

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 305 To establish the Springfield Race Riot National Monument in the State of Illinois, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES FEBRUARY 8, 2021 Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Mr. DURBIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Nat- ural Resources A BILL To establish the Springfield Race Riot National Monument in the State of Illinois, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Springfield Race Riot 4 National Monument Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6 In this Act: 7 (1) NATIONAL MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘Na- 8 tional Monument’’ means the Springfield Race Riot 9 National Monument established by section 3(a)(1). 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:41 Mar 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S305.IS S305 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 305 IS (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en- 1 titled ‘‘Springfield Race Riot National Memorial 2 Proposed Boundary’’, numbered 687/148588, and 3 dated October 2018. 4 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 5 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di- 6 rector of the National Park Service. 7 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF SPRINGFIELD RACE RIOT NA- 8 TIONAL MONUMENT. 9 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 11 there is established the Springfield Race Riot Na- 12 tional Monument in the State of Illinois, as a unit 13 of the National Park System, to preserve, protect, 14 and interpret for the benefit of present and future 15 generations resources associated with the Springfield 16 Race Riot of 1908 and the role of the riot in the for- 17 mation of the National Association for the Advance- 18 ment of Colored People. 19 (2) CONDITIONS.—The National Monument 20 shall not be established until the date on which the 21 Secretary acquires sufficient land within the bound- 22 ary of the National Monument to constitute a man- 23 ageable unit. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:41 Mar 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S305.IS S305 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 305 IS (b) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the National 1 Monument shall be the boundaries generally depicted on 2 the Map. 3 (c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The Map shall be on file 4 and available for public inspection in the appropriate of- 5 fices of the National Park Service. 6 (d) ACQUISITION OF AUTHORITY.—The Secretary 7 may acquire any land or interest in land located within 8 the boundary of the National Monument by— 9 (1) donation; 10 (2) purchase with donated or appropriated 11 funds; or 12 (3) exchange. 13 (e) AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary may enter into 14 agreements with— 15 (1) the city of Springfield, Illinois, for the pur- 16 pose of establishing and operating outside of the Na- 17 tional Monument boundary facilities for administra- 18 tion and visitor services; and 19 (2) other public or private entities for the pur- 20 poses of carrying out this Act. 21 (f) ADMINISTRATION.— 22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin- 23 ister the National Monument in accordance with— 24 (A) this Act; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:41 Mar 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S305.IS S305 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 4 •S 305 IS (B) the laws generally applicable to units 1 of the National Park System. 2 (2) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 3 (A) DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION.—Not 4 later than 3 years after the date on which funds 5 are first made available to the Secretary for the 6 preparation of a general management plan for 7 the National Monument, the Secretary shall 8 prepare a general management plan for the Na- 9 tional Monument in accordance with section 10 100502 of title 54, United States Code. 11 (B) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—On com- 12 pletion of the general management plan under 13 subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall submit to 14 the Committee on Natural Resources of the 15 House of Representatives and the Committee 16 on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 17 the general management plan prepared under 18 that subparagraph. 19 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:41 Mar 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S305.IS S305 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS