[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6852 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.6852
One Hundred Eighteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four
An Act
To designate Holcombe Rucker Park, in Harlem, New York, as a National
Commemorative Site, 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 ``Holcombe Rucker Park National
Commemorative Site Act''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL COMMEMORATIVE SITE.
(a) Designation.--Holcombe Rucker Park, in Harlem, New York, is
hereby designated as the ``Holcombe Rucker Park National Commemorative
Site'' (referred to in this section as the ``Commemorative Site'').
(b) Administration.--
(1) Cooperative agreements.--The Secretary of the Interior may
enter into cooperative agreements with appropriate public or
private entities, including the Mayor of New York City or the
Mayor's designee, for interpretive and educational purposes related
to the Commemorative Site, including installing a plaque,
interpretive exhibit, or other marker, as appropriate, at the
Commemorative Site, with the written consent of the owner of the
Commemorative Site, to memorialize the achievements of Holcombe
Rucker and to provide recognition of the historic role of Holcombe
Rucker Park in the development of the game of basketball and of
many of its most talented players.
(2) Effect of designation.--The Commemorative Site shall not be
a unit of the National Park System.
(3) Limitations.--Nothing in this Act--
(A) authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to interfere
with the rights of any person with respect to private property
or any local zoning ordinance or land use plan of the State of
New York or any political subdivision thereof, including
prohibiting any actions that may otherwise be taken by a
property owner (including any owner of the Commemorative Site)
with respect to the property of the owner;
(B) affects the administration of the Commemorative Site by
New York City or the State of New York; or
(C) authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire
land or interests in land through condemnation or otherwise.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.