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        H.R.1927

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen


                                 An Act


 
To amend title 54, United States Code, to establish within the National 
 Park Service the African American Civil Rights Network, 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 ``African American Civil Rights 
Network Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
    The purposes of this Act are--
        (1) to recognize--
            (A) the importance of the African American civil rights 
        movement; and
            (B) the sacrifices made by the people who fought against 
        discrimination and segregation; and
        (2) to authorize the National Park Service to coordinate and 
    facilitate Federal and non-Federal activities to commemorate, 
    honor, and interpret--
            (A) the history of the African American civil rights 
        movement;
            (B) the significance of the civil rights movement as a 
        crucial element in the evolution of the Civil Rights Act of 
        1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000a et seq.); and
            (C) the relevance of the African American civil rights 
        movement in fostering the spirit of social justice and national 
        reconciliation.
SEC. 3. U.S. CIVIL RIGHTS NETWORK PROGRAM.
    (a) In General.--Subdivision 1 of division B of subtitle III of 
title 54, United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 
3083 the following:

               ``CHAPTER 3084--U.S. CIVIL RIGHTS NETWORK

``Sec.
``308401. Definition of network.
``308402. U.S. Civil Rights Network.
``308403. Cooperative agreements and memoranda of understanding.
``308404. Sunset.

``Sec. 308401. Definition of network
    ``In this chapter, the term `Network' means the African American 
Civil Rights Network established under section 308402(a).
``Sec. 308402. U.S. Civil Rights Network
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish, within the 
Service, a program to be known as the `U.S. Civil Rights Network'.
    ``(b) Duties of Secretary.--In carrying out the Network, the 
Secretary shall--
        ``(1) review studies and reports to complement and not 
    duplicate studies of the historical importance of the African 
    American civil rights movement that may be underway or completed, 
    such as the Civil Rights Framework Study;
        ``(2) produce and disseminate appropriate educational materials 
    relating to the African American civil rights movement, such as 
    handbooks, maps, interpretive guides, or electronic information;
        ``(3) enter into appropriate cooperative agreements and 
    memoranda of understanding to provide technical assistance under 
    subsection (c); and
        ``(4)(A) create and adopt an official, uniform symbol or device 
    for the Network; and
        ``(B) issue regulations for the use of the symbol or device 
    adopted under subparagraph (A).
    ``(c) Elements.--The Network shall encompass the following 
elements:
        ``(1) All units and programs of the Service that are determined 
    by the Secretary to relate to the African American civil rights 
    movement during the period from 1939 through 1968.
        ``(2) With the consent of the property owner, other Federal, 
    State, local, and privately owned properties that--
            ``(A) relate to the African American civil rights movement;
            ``(B) have a verifiable connection to the African American 
        civil rights movement; and
            ``(C) are included in, or determined by the Secretary to be 
        eligible for inclusion in, the National Register of Historic 
        Places.
        ``(3) Other governmental and nongovernmental facilities and 
    programs of an educational, research, or interpretive nature that 
    are directly related to the African American civil rights movement.
``Sec. 308403. Cooperative agreements and memoranda of understanding
    ``To achieve the purposes of this chapter and to ensure effective 
coordination of the Federal and non-Federal elements of the Network 
described in section 308402(c) with System units and programs of the 
Service, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements and 
memoranda of understanding with, and provide technical assistance to 
the heads of other Federal agencies, States, units of local government, 
regional governmental bodies, and private entities.
``Sec. 308404. Sunset
    ``This program shall expire on the date that is 7 years after the 
date of enactment of this chapter.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of chapters for title 54, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter 
3083 the following:

``3084 U.S. Civil Rights Network...............................308401''.

SEC. 4. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED.
    No additional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of 
this Act and the amendments made by this Act. Such requirements shall 
be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.