New Philadelphia National Historical Park Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 8224 To establish the New Philadelphia National Historical Park in the State of Illinois as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 Mr. LAHOOD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To establish the New Philadelphia National Historical Park in the State of Illinois as a unit of the National Park System, 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 ‘‘New Philadelphia Na- 4 tional Historical Park Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6 Congress finds that— 7 (1) Frank McWorter, an enslaved man, bought 8 his freedom and the freedom of 15 family members 9 by mining for crude niter in Kentucky caves and 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:21 Nov 11, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8224.IH H8224 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 8224 IH processing the mined material into saltpeter, by hir- 1 ing his time to other settlers, and by selling lots in 2 New Philadelphia, the town he founded; 3 (2) New Philadelphia, founded in 1836 by 4 Frank McWorter, was the first town planned and le- 5 gally registered by a free African American before 6 the Civil War; 7 (3) the first railroad constructed in the area of 8 New Philadelphia bypassed New Philadelphia, which 9 led to the decline of New Philadelphia; and 10 (4) the New Philadelphia site is a registered 11 National Historic Landmark. 12 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 13 In this Act: 14 (1) PARK.—The term ‘‘Park’’ means the New 15 Philadelphia Historical Park established by this Act. 16 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 17 the Secretary of the Interior. 18 (3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 19 of Illinois. 20 SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW PHILADELPHIA. 21 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 22 State a unit of the National Park System to be known 23 as the ‘‘New Philadelphia Historical Park’’ to coordi- 24 nate— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:21 Nov 11, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8224.IH H8224 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 8224 IH (1) preservation, protection, and interpretation 1 efforts of the Park by the Federal Government, the 2 State, units of local government, and private and 3 nonprofit organizations; and 4 (2) appropriate management options necessary 5 to ensure the protection, preservation, and interpre- 6 tation of the many significant aspects of the Park. 7 (b) BOUNDARY.—The Park shall consist of the ap- 8 proximately lll acres generally depicted as 9 ‘‘llll’’ on the map titled ‘‘llllllll’’ 10 and dated llllll. 11 SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION. 12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall administer 13 land within the boundary of the Park in accordance 14 with— 15 (1) this Act; and 16 (2) the laws generally applicable to units of the 17 National Park System, including— 18 (A) section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and 19 sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 20 102101 of title 54, United States Code; and 21 (B) chapter 3201 of title 54, United States 22 Code. 23 (b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary 24 may enter into cooperative agreements with the State or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:21 Nov 11, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8224.IH H8224 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 8224 IH other public and nonpublic entities, under which the Sec- 1 retary may identify, interpret, and provide assistance for 2 the preservation of non-Federal land within the bound- 3 aries of the Park and at sites in close proximity to the 4 Park, but located outside the boundaries of the Park, in- 5 cluding providing for placement of directional and inter- 6 pretive signage, exhibits, and technology-based interpre- 7 tive devices. 8 (c) ACQUISITION OF LAND.—The Secretary may ac- 9 quire for inclusion in the Park any land (including inter- 10 ests in land), buildings, or structures owned by the State 11 or any other political, private, or nonprofit entity by dona- 12 tion, transfer, exchange, or purchase from a willing seller. 13 (d) TECHNICAL AND PRESERVATION ASSISTANCE.— 14 The Secretary may provide public interpretation and tech- 15 nical assistance for the preservation of historic structures 16 of, the maintenance of the cultural landscape of, and local 17 preservation planning for, related historic and cultural re- 18 sources within the boundaries of the Park. 19 (e) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Not later than 3 fiscal 20 years after the date on which funds are first made avail- 21 able to carry out this Act, the Secretary, in consultation 22 with the State, shall complete a general management plan 23 for the Park in accordance with— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:21 Nov 11, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8224.IH H8224 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 8224 IH (1) section 100502 of title 54, United States 1 Code; and 2 (2) any other applicable laws. 3 (f) NO BUFFER ZONE CREATED.—Nothing in this 4 Act, the acquisition of the land or an interest in land au- 5 thorized by this Act, or the management plan for the Park 6 shall be construed to create buffer zones outside of the 7 Park. That activities or uses can be seen, heard, or de- 8 tected from the acquired land shall not preclude, limit, 9 control, regulate, or determine the conduct or manage- 10 ment of activities or uses outside of the Park. 11 (g) EMINENT DOMAIN OR CONDEMNATION.—In car- 12 rying out this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may not 13 use eminent domain or condemnation. 14 (h) EFFECT.—Nothing in this Act modifies any au- 15 thority of the Federal Government to carry out Federal 16 laws on Federal land located in the Park. 17 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:21 Nov 11, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H8224.IH H8224 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS