[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5882 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5882

 To establish the Freedom Riders National Historical Park in Anniston, 
Alabama, as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 2016

Mr. Rogers of Alabama introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish the Freedom Riders National Historical Park in Anniston, 
Alabama, as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Freedom Riders National Historical 
Park Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDING.

    Congress finds that on May 4, 1961, a Greyhound bus traveling from 
Atlanta, Georgia, to Alabama made a routine stop at the Anniston 
Greyhound station. When the bus stopped in Anniston, Alabama, it was 
violently attacked by a mob at the Greyhound bus station. As the 
Freedom Riders bus attempted to continue down the highway it was 
attacked again and broke down. A fire bomb was thrown inside the bus. 
The group was able to escape the bus and separate transportation had to 
be arranged for their continued travel. The violent confrontations the 
Freedom Riders faced demonstrated to the Nation the struggle for 
equality and justice. Their brave effort was part of the courageous 
struggle of the Civil Rights movement.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FREEDOM RIDERS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK IN 
              ANNISTON, ALABAMA.

    (a) Establishment and Purpose.--There is hereby established Freedom 
Riders National Historical Park in Anniston, Alabama, for the purposes 
of--
            (1) providing an internationally significant place for 
        public education focused on the Freedom Riders, Civil Rights, 
        and the bus burning; and
            (2) preserving the historical site for the heritage of the 
        area and tourist destination.
    (b) Boundaries.--The Park is located at 1031 Gurnee Avenue in 
downtown Anniston, Alabama, at the Greyhound Bus Station site where the 
attack began on May 14, 1961. The property includes the site of the 
original bus station.
    (c) Acquisition of Land.--The Secretary may acquire additional 
buildings, assets, lands, and interests in lands for addition to the 
park by donation, transfer, or exchange only.

SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall administer the Park in 
accordance with this Act and laws generally applicable to units of the 
National Park System. Nothing in this Act shall modify any authority of 
the United States to carry out Federal laws on Federal land located 
within the Park.
    (b) Cooperative Agreement.--The Secretary may enter into 
cooperative agreements with Federal, State, City, and other public or 
nonprofit institutions under which the Secretary may identify, 
interpret, and provide assistance for the perseveration of non-Federal 
properties within the Park and at sites in close proximity to the Park, 
including providing for placement of directional and interpretive 
signage, exhibits, and technology-based interpretive devices.
    (c) Management Plan.--Not later than 3 fiscal years after the dates 
on which funds are first made available to carry out this Act, the 
Secretary, in consultation with the City, shall complete a general 
management plan for the Park in accordance with applicable laws, 
including section 100502 of title 54, United States Code.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this Act:
            (1) City.--The term ``City'' means the city of Anniston, 
        Alabama.
            (2) Park.--The term ``Park'' means the Freedom Riders 
        National Historical Park.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Interior.
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