Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture National Historical Park Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2642 To establish the Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture National Historical Park in Collinsville, Illinois, Monroe, Madison, and St. Clair Counties, Illinois, and St. Louis City County, Missouri, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 19, 2021 Mr. BOST (for himself and Ms. BUSH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To establish the Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture Na- tional Historical Park in Collinsville, Illinois, Monroe, Madison, and St. Clair Counties, Illinois, and St. Louis City County, Missouri, 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 ‘‘Cahokia Mounds Mis- 4 sissippian Culture National Historical Park Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:52 Jun 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2642.IH H2642 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2642 IH SEC. 2. CAHOKIA MOUNDS MISSISSIPPIAN CULTURE NA- 1 TIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, ILLINOIS AND 2 MISSOURI. 3 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 4 (1) HISTORICAL PARK.—The term ‘‘historical 5 park’’ means the Cahokia Mounds Mississippian 6 Culture National Historical Park established by sub- 7 section (b). 8 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en- 9 titled ‘‘Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture Na- 10 tional Historical Park, Boundary’’, numbered 11 CMMC–NHP–107, and dated 05–31–2019. 12 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 13 the Secretary of the Interior. 14 (4) STATE.—The term ‘‘States’’ means the 15 States of Illinois and Missouri. 16 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), in 18 order to preserve and interpret for the benefit of 19 present and future generations the historical, cul- 20 tural, and natural resources associated with the life 21 of the Mississippian Culture as well as access for 22 American Indian spiritual practices and expressions, 23 there is established, as a unit of the National Park 24 System, the Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture 25 National Historical Park in Collinsville, Illinois, and 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:52 Jun 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2642.IH H2642 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 2642 IH Monroe, Madison, and St. Clair Counties, Illinois, 1 and St. Louis City County, Missouri. 2 (2) DETERMINATION BY SECRETARY.—The his- 3 torical park shall not be established until the date on 4 which the Secretary determines that a sufficient 5 quantity of land, or interests in land, has been ac- 6 quired to constitute a manageable unit. 7 (3) NOTICE.—Not later than 30 days after the 8 date on which the Secretary acquires the land under 9 subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall publish in the 10 Federal Register notice of the establishment of the 11 historical park. 12 (4) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be 13 on file and available for public inspection in the ap- 14 propriate offices of the National Park Service. 15 (c) BOUNDARY.—The boundary of the historical park 16 shall be the boundary as depicted on the map. 17 (d) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary may acquire 18 land and interests in land within the boundary of the his- 19 torical park by donation, purchase from a willing seller 20 with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, except 21 that land owned by the States or their political subdivi- 22 sions may be acquired only by donation. 23 (e) ADMINISTRATION.— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:52 Jun 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2642.IH H2642 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 2642 IH (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin- 1 ister the historical park in accordance with this sec- 2 tion and the laws generally applicable to units of the 3 National Park System, including— 4 (A) section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and 5 sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753 and 6 102101 of title 54, United States Code (for- 7 merly known as the National Park System Or- 8 ganic Act); and 9 (B) chapter 3201 of title 54, United States 10 Code (formerly known as the Act of August 21, 11 1935). 12 (2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 13 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 14 enter into cooperative agreements with the 15 States and their political subdivisions, colleges 16 and universities, non-profit organizations, In- 17 dian Tribes, and individuals— 18 (i) to mark, interpret, and restore na- 19 tionally significant historic or cultural and 20 natural resources relating to the life of the 21 Mississippian Culture within the bound- 22 aries of the historical park, if the agree- 23 ment provides for reasonable public access; 24 and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:52 Jun 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2642.IH H2642 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 2642 IH (ii) to conduct research relating to the 1 Mississippian Culture. 2 (B) COST-SHARING.— 3 (i) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal 4 share of the total cost of any activity car- 5 ried out under this paragraph shall not ex- 6 ceed 50 percent. 7 (ii) FORM OF NON-FEDERAL 8 SHARE.—The non-Federal share of the 9 cost of carrying out an activity under this 10 paragraph may be in the form of in-kind 11 contributions or goods or services fairly 12 valued. 13 (f) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after 15 the date on which funds are made available to carry 16 out this section, the Secretary shall prepare a gen- 17 eral management plan for the historical park in ac- 18 cordance with section 100502 of title 54, United 19 States Code. 20 (2) CONSULTATION.—In preparing the General 21 Management Plan, the Secretary shall consult with 22 the States and their political subdivisions, colleges 23 and universities, non-profit organizations, Indian 24 Tribes, and individuals, including— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:52 Jun 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2642.IH H2642 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 2642 IH (A) the Illinois Department of Natural Re- 1 sources; 2 (B) the Osage Tribe; and 3 (C) HeartLands Conservancy. 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:52 Jun 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2642.IH H2642 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS