Springfield Race Riot National Historic Monument Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1407 To establish the Springfield Race Riot National Historic Monument in the State of Illinois, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 26, 2021 Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois (for himself, Mr. CARSON, Ms. NORTON, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. LAHOOD, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. BOST, Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Mr. COHEN, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. CASTEN, Mr. BACON, and Mrs. DINGELL) introduced the fol- lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To establish the Springfield Race Riot National Historic 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 Historic Monument Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6 In this Act: 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:31 Mar 26, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1407.IH H1407 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1407 IH (1) HISTORIC MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘Historic 1 Monument’’ means the Springfield Race Riot Na- 2 tional Historic Monument established by section 3. 3 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en- 4 titled ‘‘Springfield Race Riot National Memorial 5 Proposed Boundary’’, numbered 687/148588 and 6 dated October 2018. 7 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 8 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di- 9 rector of the National Park Service. 10 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF SPRINGFIELD RACE RIOT NA- 11 TIONAL HISTORIC MONUMENT. 12 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 14 there is established the Springfield Race Riot Na- 15 tional Historic Monument in the State of Illinois as 16 a unit of the National Park System, to preserve, 17 protect, and interpret for the benefit of present and 18 future generations, resources associated with the 19 Springfield Race Riot of 1908 and its role in the 20 formation of the National Association for the Ad- 21 vancement of Colored People. 22 (2) CONDITIONS.—The Historic Monument 23 shall not be established until the date on which the 24 Secretary acquires sufficient land within the bound- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:31 Mar 26, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1407.IH H1407 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1407 IH ary of the Historic Monument to constitute a man- 1 ageable unit. 2 (b) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the Historic 3 Monument shall be the boundaries generally depicted on 4 the Map. 5 (c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The Map shall be on file 6 and available for public inspection in the appropriate of- 7 fices of the National Park Service. 8 (d) ACQUISITION OF AUTHORITY.—The Secretary 9 may acquire any land or interest in land located within 10 the boundary of the Historic Monument by— 11 (1) donation; 12 (2) purchase with donated funds or appro- 13 priated funds; or 14 (3) exchange. 15 (e) AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary may enter into 16 agreements with— 17 (1) the city of Springfield, Illinois, for the pur- 18 pose of establishing and operating outside of the 19 Historic Monument boundary facilities for adminis- 20 tration and visitor services; and 21 (2) other public or private entities for the pur- 22 poses of carrying out this Act. 23 (f) ADMINISTRATION.— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:31 Mar 26, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1407.IH H1407 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 1407 IH (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin- 1 ister the Historic Monument in accordance with— 2 (A) this Act; and 3 (B) the laws generally applicable to units 4 of the National Park System. 5 (2) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 6 (A) DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION.—Not 7 later than 3 years after the date on which funds 8 are first made available to the Secretary for 9 this purpose, the Secretary shall prepare a gen- 10 eral management plan for the Historic Monu- 11 ment in accordance with section 100502 of title 12 54, United States Code. 13 (B) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—On com- 14 pletion of the general management plan under 15 subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall submit it 16 to the Committee on Natural Resources of the 17 House of Representatives and the Committee 18 on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen- 19 ate. 20 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:31 Mar 26, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1407.IH H1407 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS