3.0.0 8221 2023-01-11T13:45:00Z 2023-01-11T13:45:00Z House HR 2020-09-11 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 157 (Friday, September 11, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. HURD of Texas:H.R. 8221.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article IV, Section 3, clause 2 provides Congress with thepower to ``dispose of and make all needful Rules andRegulations respecting the Territory and other Propertybelonging to the United States.''[Page H4337]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Referred to 2020-09-16T17:04:09Z Referred to 2020-09-11T17:07:05Z 2020-09-16 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. Committee 2020-09-11 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2020-09-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-09-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001073 Rep. Hurd, Will [R-TX-23] Will Hurd R TX 23 N C001063 Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28] Henry Cuellar D TX 28 2020-09-11 True V000132 Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34] Filemon Vela D TX 34 2020-09-14 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Elementary and secondary education Historic sites and heritage areas Land transfers Land use and conservation Minority education Racial and ethnic relations Texas Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2020-09-11 Introduced in House 2020-11-02T15:51:32Z Blackwell School National Historic Site Act

This bill establishes the Blackwell School National Historic Site in Texas as a unit of the National Park System to preserve, protect, and interpret for the benefit of present and future generations the Blackwell School, its role as both an academic and cultural cornerstone in the community in Marfa, Texas, and its function within a segregated system of education in Texas and the United States from 1885-1965.

The historic site shall not be established until the date on which the Department of the Interior has (1) entered into a written agreement with the Marfa Unified School District providing that the Blackwell School shall be donated to or placed by agreement into comanagement with the United States for inclusion in a national historic site to be managed consistently with the purposes of such a site, and (2) acquired sufficient land or interests in land within the boundaries of the historic site to constitute a manageable unit.

Interior may only acquire by donation, purchase with donated funds, or exchange any land or interest in land located within the boundary of the historic site.

The bill prohibits any private property or nonfederal public property from being included within the boundaries of the historic site or managed as part of such site without the written consent of the owner.

Interior shall prepare a general management plan for the historic site.

]]> Blackwell School National Historic Site Act Display Title Blackwell School National Historic Site Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Blackwell School National Historic Site Act Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced To establish the Blackwell School National Historic Site in Marfa, Texas, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr8221ih/xml/BILLS-116hr8221ih.xml 2020-09-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.