Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 356 To establish the Medgar Evers Home National Monument in the State of Mississippi, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 9, 2019 Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi (for himself, Ms. MOORE, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. CLY- BURN, Mr. RICHMOND, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. VEASEY, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. JOHNSON of Geor- gia, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. HORSFORD, Mrs. LAW- RENCE, Mr. EVANS, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. WATERS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. RUSH, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. NORTON, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. PAYNE, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mrs. HAYES, and Ms. UNDERWOOD) introduced the fol- lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To establish the Medgar Evers Home National Monument in the State of Mississippi, 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 ‘‘Medgar and Myrlie 4 Evers Home National Monument Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:40 Jan 19, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H356.IH H356 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 356 IH SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 1 In this Act: 2 (1) COLLEGE.—The term ‘‘College’’ means 3 Tougaloo College, a private educational institution 4 located in Tougaloo, Mississippi. 5 (2) HISTORIC DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘Historic 6 District’’ means the Medgar Evers Historic District, 7 as included on the National Register of Historic 8 Places, and as generally depicted on the Map. 9 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en- 10 titled ‘‘Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National 11 Monument’’, numbered 515/142561, and dated Sep- 12 tember 2018. 13 (4) MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘Monument’’ 14 means the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National 15 Monument established by section 3. 16 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 17 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di- 18 rector of the National Park Service. 19 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF MEDGAR AND MYRLIE EVERS 20 HOME NATIONAL MONUMENT. 21 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 23 there is established the Medgar and Myrlie Evers 24 Home National Monument in the State of Mis- 25 sissippi as a unit of the National Park System to 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:40 Jan 19, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H356.IH H356 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 356 IH preserve, protect, and interpret for the benefit of 1 present and future generations resources associated 2 with the pivotal roles of Medgar and Myrlie Evers 3 in the American Civil Rights Movement. 4 (2) DETERMINATION BY THE SECRETARY.— 5 The Monument shall not be established until the 6 date on which the Secretary determines that a suffi- 7 cient quantity of land or interests in land has been 8 acquired to constitute a manageable park unit. 9 (b) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the Monument 10 shall be the boundaries generally depicted on the Map. 11 (c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The Map shall be on file 12 and available for public inspection in the appropriate of- 13 fices of the National Park Service. 14 (d) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may 15 only acquire any land or interest in land located within 16 the boundary of the Monument by— 17 (1) donation; 18 (2) purchase from a willing seller with donated 19 or appropriated funds; or 20 (3) exchange. 21 (e) ADMINISTRATION.— 22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin- 23 ister the Monument in accordance with— 24 (A) this Act; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:40 Jan 19, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H356.IH H356 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 356 IH (B) the laws generally applicable to units 1 of the National Park System, including— 2 (i) section 100101(a), chapter 1003, 3 and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, 4 and 102101 of title 54, United States 5 Code; and 6 (ii) chapter 3201 of title 54, United 7 States Code. 8 (2) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 9 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years 10 after the date on which funds are first made 11 available to the Secretary for this purpose, the 12 Secretary shall prepare a general management 13 plan for the Monument in accordance with sec- 14 tion 100502 of title 54, United States Code. 15 (B) SUBMISSION.—On completion of the 16 general management plan under subparagraph 17 (A), the Secretary shall submit it to the Com- 18 mittee on Natural Resources of the House of 19 Representatives and the Committee on Energy 20 and Natural Resources of the Senate. 21 (f) AGREEMENTS.— 22 (1) MONUMENT.—The Secretary— 23 (A) shall seek to enter into an agreement 24 with the College to provide interpretive and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:40 Jan 19, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H356.IH H356 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 356 IH educational services relating to the Monument; 1 and 2 (B) may enter into agreements with the 3 College and other entities for the purposes of 4 carrying out this Act. 5 (2) HISTORIC DISTRICT.—The Secretary may 6 enter into agreements with the owner of a nationally 7 significant property within the Historic District, to 8 identify, mark, interpret, and provide technical as- 9 sistance with respect to the preservation and inter- 10 pretation of the property. 11 (g) NO BUFFER ZONES.— 12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act, the es- 13 tablishment of the Monument, or the management of 14 the Monument creates a buffer zone outside of the 15 Monument. 16 (2) ACTIVITY OR USE OUTSIDE MONUMENT.— 17 The fact that an activity or use can be seen, heard, 18 or detected from within the Monument shall not pre- 19 clude the conduct of the activity or use outside of 20 the Monument. 21 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:40 Jan 19, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H356.IH H356 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS