[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4895 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4895

    To establish the Medgar Evers National Monument in the State of 
                  Mississippi, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 29, 2018

   Mr. Thompson of Mississippi (for himself and Mr. Bishop of Utah) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To establish the Medgar Evers National Monument in the State of 
                  Mississippi, 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 ``Medgar Evers National Monument 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Home.--The term ``Home'' means the Medgar Evers Home in 
        Jackson, Mississippi, as generally depicted on the Map.
            (2) Monument.--The term ``Monument'' means the Medgar Evers 
        National Monument established by section 3.
            (3) Historic district.--The term ``Historic District'' 
        means the Medgar Evers Historic District, as included on the 
        National Register of Historic Places, and as generally depicted 
        on the Map and located within the boundaries of the Monument.
            (4) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map entitled ``Medgar 
        Evers National Monument'', numbered __/__, and dated January 
        2018.
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National 
        Park Service.
            (6) College.--The term ``College'' means Tougaloo College, 
        a private educational institution located in Tougaloo, 
        Mississippi.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF MEDGAR EVERS NATIONAL MONUMENT.

    (a) Establishment.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), there is 
        established the Medgar Evers National Monument in the State of 
        Mississippi as a unit of the National Park System to preserve, 
        protect, and interpret for the benefit of present and future 
        generations the Home and the history of Medgar Evers' pivotal 
        role in the American Civil Rights Movement.
            (2) Conditions.--The Monument shall not be established 
        until the date on which the Secretary--
                    (A) has entered into a written agreement with the 
                College providing that the Home shall be donated to the 
                United States for inclusion in the Monument to be 
                managed consistently with the purposes of the Monument; 
                and
                    (B) has otherwise acquired sufficient land or 
                interests in land within the boundaries of the Monument 
                to constitute a manageable unit.
    (b) Boundaries.--The boundaries of Monument shall be the boundaries 
generally depicted on the Map.
    (c) Availability of Map.--The Map shall be on file and available 
for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park 
Service.
    (d) Acquisition of Authority.--The Secretary may only acquire any 
land or interest in land located within the boundary of the Monument 
by--
            (1) donation;
            (2) purchase with donated funds; or
            (3) exchange.
    (e) Administration.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall administer the 
        Monument in accordance with--
                    (A) this Act; and
                    (B) the laws generally applicable to units of the 
                National Park System.
            (2) Management plan.--
                    (A) Not later than 3 years after the date on which 
                funds are first made available to the Secretary for 
                this purpose, the Secretary shall prepare a general 
                management plan for the Monument in accordance with 
                section 100502 of title 54, United States Code.
                    (B) On completion of the general management plan 
                under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall submit it 
                to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
                Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
                Resources of the Senate.
    (f) Cooperative Agreements.--
            (1) Interpretation.--The Secretary shall enter into a 
        cooperative agreement with the College for interpretive and 
        educational programming related to the Monument.
            (2) Historic district.--The Secretary may enter into 
        cooperative agreements with the owner of a nationally 
        significant property within the Historic District, to identify, 
        mark, interpret, improve, restore, and provide technical 
        assistance with respect to the preservation and interpretation 
        of the property.
    (g) Written Consent of Owner.--No private property or non-Federal 
public property shall be included within the boundaries of the Monument 
or managed as part of the Monument without the written consent of the 
owner of such property.
    (h) No Buffer Zones.--Nothing in this Act, the establishment of the 
Monument, or the management of the Monument shall be construed to 
create buffer zones outside of the Monument. The fact that an activity 
or use can be seen, heard, or detected from within the Monument shall 
not preclude the conduct of that activity or use outside of the 
Monument.
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